I'd like to agree with you, Andy, but many people have tried for 30 years to educate others about the principles if not the current details of the issues at hand. What do you suggest we do about this failure to get the point across? How do we overcome apathy, denial, and incredulity?

Bethany

Andy Goodell wrote:
I think my point was lost in the discussion, but to me it's fairly simple. Wouldn't it be better to fund education and outreach projects instead of buying more "stuff?"

I think small scale renewable energy is great. If you are already using little energy, go ahead and install PV and thermal and microhydro if you can and reduce the load on the grid. But when it's statewide and tax dollars being discussed, I think educating those using >1kW is a far better use of resources ($515M in this case) than producing renewable energy.

-Andy

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