RE: World headed for irreversible climate change in five years, IEA warns
November 10, 2011 at 11:21 am
(This post was last modified: November 10, 2011 at 11:29 am by The Grand Nudger.)
I don't know what it's like where you come from, but where I come from utilities and government are one in the same. State sponsored and enforced monopolies, sold as solutions for the "common good of the people". I can only assume that "the people" here refers to shareholders of said utilities. Why entrust something so valuable to a group of people who have been known to keep their passports at the ready in case they need to grab everything that isn't nailed down while fleeing the country? Critical infrastructure (like energy production and distribution) should be owned by the people that it serves, with their bests interests in mind. This includes the short and long term effects of that infrastructure. While I don't feel that we're staring down the barrel of a howitzer, I can agree that we're staring down the barrel of a shotgun at least. This is the kind of situation where an ounce of prevention is worth a ton of cure, in my opinion.
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