[lbo-talk] Doug Henwood on eliteclimate change strategy

[Jordan Hayes]

> I'm thinking there should be some progressivity in electricity
> bills, so that a poor family in a small apartment pays less per
> kwh than does John Edwards in his 28,000 ft2 house.

Electricity is often subsidized (which is sort of a negative tax). 
Here's what my power company (PG&E) does:

http://pge.com/res/financial_assistance/

Also, there's "baseline" quantity pricing and "over baseline" -- it's 
more expensive to use more than some vaguely defined 'fair share' ... I 
get hit by this because I work at home and thus use more than I "should" 
which I guess is fine, but I also don't drive my car to/from work each 
day :-)

/jordan