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Originally Posted by Eternal
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Finally, when it comes to this persistant idea that any alternative energy source must be able to match the existing baseloads of existing power plants smacks of not being able to think outside the box. The future of energy supply will most likely be a decentralised model not centralised.
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I have no doubt that when a (green) energy source..whatever it may be... becomes cheaper than burning fossil fuels, it will be adopted.
Taxing individuals to reduce their carbon foot-print makes no sense to me.
People and Companies don't like their power bills and want to make them as small as possible....hence developing renewables that are cheap will guarantee success.
I'd suggest high density housing trends would make centralised power distrubtion a necessary evil for some time to come, as hampsters on treadmills are unlikely to help much in the interim
....I digress
Would I be happy being taxed an extra $2000 a year to fund cheap renewables?
Probably not, but it does make more sense to me than taking money (tax) from the top income earners so the lower income earners can afford to keep burning fossil fuels.
On bugger! Apolitical
