JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"dpb" wrote in message ...
JoeSpareBedroom wrote:
"dpb" wrote in message ...

Two words: pollution credits

Who do you think dreamt up that cockamamie idea, and what motivated
them to do so?
A. A whole group of people, some actually on the "green" side...
B. Economics and pragmatism of how to actually make progress towards
achieving something both sides want.

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What one side wants, in some cases, is to do nothing.

It's not good to blindly worship an industry because you worked in it.
A. Even if it were true (which, in its entirety certainly, it isn't),
they didn't get their way, did they? That's the legislative method at
work. Neither "side" necessarily ever gets the entire piece of pie they
would like.

B. Factual evidence? Your initial allegation has melted away into
personal attack and/or such generalities as to be meaningless on request
for specifics. And, of course, it's not good to blindly accept that
another group is totally correct and not subject to critical thinking,
either.


Before we continue, let's clarify what you do not believe. I'll narrow it
down to two things for now:

1) Industries including utilities can and do purchase legislation. True or
false (your belief).

Environmental groups and other special interest groups can and do
purchase legislation. True or false (your belief).

2) Some utilities have arranged to not install sufficient pollution controls
on coal fired plants because they claim it's not economically feasible. True
or false (your belief).

Of course, it isn't always economically feasible (and, again as stated
before) sometimes it isn't even technically feasible. No "belief" about
it, it's fact.

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