.... yet when you make people WANT it rather than DEMANDING they do it, things work out better.
The Governator wants solar on 1 million rooftops in Cali, so rather than mandating that as a requirement, he introduced a subsidy for Solar for the first 1 million homes to do it. And it's working! 1 million rooftops may or may not be reached, but who cares, it's increasing demand and lowering prices for the rest. -Cameron On 1/8/07, Robert Munn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The government isn't going to change the laws because the legislators know > they will get tossed out of office if they try. You can't effectively > legislate behavior. People are going to do what they want. > > Just look at California. The state government tried to dictate to the auto > industry that by a certain date a percentage of all vehicles sold would be > low emissions vehicles- hybrids, electric, etc. What happened? The auto > industry has made a certain number of hybrid vehicles available, but at > higher costs than comparable standard vehicles. Unsurprisingly, consumers > (even in California) are choosing price over environmental impact. The > percentage of hybrids being sold is nowhere near the targets that the > legislature set, and there isn't a thing they can do to change that. You > can't force people to buy something they don't want. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Create robust enterprise, web RIAs. Upgrade & integrate Adobe Coldfusion MX7 with Flex 2 http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:224018 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
