[lbo-talk] Energy article on Spiked

John Thornton jthorn65 at mchsi.com
Wed Oct 13 14:29:06 PDT 2004


How is the working class ever going to be satisfied if you Luddites keep trying to force austerity programs on everyone for the sake of a fucking snail darter? Consumption is prosperity and happiness comrade and everyone needs to wake up to that reality.

John Thornton


>considering we're running at an energy intensity of nearly twice that of
>europe i would think that they best bets are efficiency and conservation.
>while the communistbanker is correct that public investment is called for,
>it should be weighted toward the demand rather than supply side. when
>supplies are needed, the CA model of targeting investement towards
>renewables and efficient decentralized resources makes good sense. i'm not
>sure then if his argument is for this type of investment or just more power
>plants a la the dreams of cheney.
>
>below's an interesting opinion piece in the electricity journal on the
>viability of hydrogen.
>
>al



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