On Sat, 04 Mar 2006 18:05:58 +0000 David Hansen wrote :
Are you trying to personalise the discussion for some reason? Does
it matter whether I get a good feeling or not?

The 'you' was generic not personal.

However, simple payback is not the only way of looking at things and
even if just considering money there are rather more sophisticated
ways of evaluating things. In addition to money there are other ways
of looking at an investment, such as reduction in carbon dioxide
emissions.

Well yes. So the government should spend its money (our money)in ways
that maximise the CO2 reduction per £ spent. Given that for the most
part we are talking gas (either burned directly or in power stations)
cost saved is a pretty good proxy for CO2 reduction.

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