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- From: constant@gn.ecn.purdue.edu (Tino)
- Subject: Level playing field for alternative fuels
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.201239.13419@gn.ecn.purdue.edu>
- Organization: Purdue University Engineering Computer Network
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- Date: Sun, 24 Jan 93 20:12:39 GMT
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- In article <5742.1017.uupcb@spacebbs.com> john.holmgren@spacebbs.com (John Holmgren) writes:
- > Yes, exactly so. Which is why it's foolhardy to fuss with the market.
- >The best alternative is to remove oil SUBSIDIES, which were contrived for
- >domestic producers, and which just enrich OPEC guys. Let alternative fuels
- >develop on a level playing field, and at the same time exact a cost for
- >pollution.
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- If alternative fuels are to have the same playing field, I propose that each
- solar/wind farm undergoes a several year-long environmental impact study
- like current power producing facilities do.
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- And if one person in the community objects, will they be allowed to hold up
- the construction indefinitely through lawsuit after lawsuit?
-
- Hmmmm, thought so.
-
- Tino
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