Steve at OTB:
Well, one part of it at least. I don’t know what prompted me to go look at her plan, but I did. One thing that struck as a bit…well ignorant was this part,
An aggressive comprehensive energy efficiency agenda to reduce electricity consumption 20 percent from projected levels by 2020 by changing the way utilities do business, catalyzing a green building industry, enacting strict appliance efficiency standards, and phasing out incandescent light bulbs;
The italicized part struck me as just plain ignorant of how the utility industry works. Utilities don’t really care how much people use, at least when it comes to electricity. Most utilities are regulated monopolies. As such, they don’t have to worry too much about marketing…at least their overall product. Sure maybe marketing different rates or rate options, but not for electricity. You either buy from the utility or…you don’t get electricity.
What you need to understand about that, Steve, is that her “changing the way they do business” means rationing of energy. Utter state control over who uses energy and for what purpose. And you know, that’s not unlike McCain’s proposed policy. Neither one even comes close to suggesting increasing energy production and reducing costs, Nothing about economic growth which is invariably tied to energy production. No, they’re about rationing, the both of them. Oh, and taxing the hell out of it, of course.
This nightmare needs to be loudly rejected.
Addendum: (David L)
Let me make this perfectly clear. Any energy rationing plan starts with the Washington politicians. That is before Dirty Harry Reid and Mrs. Pelosi starting tell how much energy we are allowed to use, they had better be walking, or pedaling their bicycle, to work.
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