tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post880288367101654783..comments2023-09-07T04:24:11.648-06:00Comments on y-intercept blog: That Can't Do Spirit is Backy-intercepthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03389285761013186443noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post-77151430990675125632008-04-14T10:39:00.000-06:002008-04-14T10:39:00.000-06:00The business community is biding its time, waiting...The business community is biding its time, waiting to see how the politics of global warmism will play out. As soon as this becomes clear, they will immediately begin working to gobble up as much of the direct and indirect government spending as possible. This seems to be going precisely according to the model you have laid out.Scott Hinrichshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11831447472339880148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post-30236035006853643812008-04-13T14:46:00.000-06:002008-04-13T14:46:00.000-06:00I am a fan of mass transit. But you are correct th...I am a fan of mass transit. <BR/><BR/>But you are correct that the left has a way of pushing mass transit to the point that it becomes a net negative.<BR/><BR/>Last I checked, UTA still had a net energy deficit. That is, UTA consumed more energy and released more pollutants than would have been consumed if everyone just drove cars. The numbers may have changed.<BR/><BR/>Trax uses electricity produced from domestic coal which decreases our dependence on foreign oil.<BR/><BR/>The one truism that I hold is that when thinking about environmental issues start with the subsidies, we will never arrive at the place where the new technologies are viable in the long haul.<BR/><BR/>My experience is that environmentalist get ahold of an technology. Use subsidies to push the technology to an absurdity, and effectively undermine society with the technology. We then turn wholesale against the technology.<BR/><BR/>This happened with both hydropower and nuclear power.<BR/><BR/>The current misuse of corn based ethanol is a good example of the way the government machinery works.<BR/><BR/>Fortunately for the world. Bush supports the subsidies for corn.<BR/><BR/>The left's hatred of Bush means that it is politically correct to discuss the real costs of ethanol.<BR/><BR/>In this case, we can see the effects of subsidies.<BR/><BR/>The truth is that ethanol from waste products is environmentally sound. However the ethanol produced for subsidies is not environmentally sound.<BR/><BR/>If Bush were pushing windmills, the environmental impact of windmills would be an issue.y-intercepthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03389285761013186443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5090403.post-86545956284012529682008-04-11T15:21:00.000-06:002008-04-11T15:21:00.000-06:00Is this why the Left is willing to bear almost any...Is this why the Left is willing to bear almost any cost to support mass transit, regardless of the benefit ratio?Scott Hinrichshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11831447472339880148noreply@blogger.com