>You'd think that something so wonderful could operate in the energy market >without constant federal support.
You are happy when the government "leases" public land for coal, oil and gas extraction and gets paid little of nothing for it, but when it acts to promote a more balanced energy policy you act outraged. (I worked on the National Energy Plan for close to 10 years so I do know something about this.) >Stopped clock and all. And without a profit-driven market to recognize >what such a resource could be, we, the public, would never have had an >"Internet." It would still be the realm of academia and military otherwise. That is simply untrue propaganda. You have no facts to back this up. You are of course defending another massive government give away to greedy corporations -- corporate welfare. The public funded the development and took all the risks. When it became very apparent that it was a success the greedy rushed in and took things over for free. The greedy bellyache about collecting every last cent for their "intellectual property," but would be outraged if asked to pay for what they appropriated. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
