Comments on: Alternative Energy… https://blog.speculist.com/energy/alternative-ene.html Live to see it. Thu, 16 Dec 2021 08:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Engineer-Poet https://blog.speculist.com/energy/alternative-ene.html#comment-1018 Engineer-Poet Fri, 09 Dec 2005 22:57:33 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=509#comment-1018 If the research money came from taxes on the sources we want to discourage (or pollutants ditto) you could kill two birds with one stone.

]]> By: ivankirigin https://blog.speculist.com/energy/alternative-ene.html#comment-1017 ivankirigin Fri, 02 Dec 2005 21:35:48 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=509#comment-1017 Hmmm….
We need a program of alternative energy as civil defense. This has not happened; we need to start asking why not.

I consider myself a futurist, with big plans for tomorrow. But I take objection to rhetoric that might lead people to conclude a massive government plan is the best possible plan. Phrasing a good idea in the wrappings of what is normally an entirely governmental activity, defense, is bad. This is doubly so considering the government’s track record at energy policy.

I would much rather environmentalists market themselves to consumers to buy alternative energy and increase investment in such technologies. The alternatives are subsidies for old tech, tax breaks for un-marketable products, and warping regulations.

They should push _research_. Here. I agree with Future Pundit.

We should avoid the grand plan. Here, I agree with Cafe Hayek.

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