Ray, How about having bake sales for the new power grid?
Bill On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 19:04:32 -0400 "Ray Evans Harrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Perhaps they need a National Endowment for Energy to push for > federal > support for electrical production. (sarcastic in case it isn't > obvious.) > > REH > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "William B Ward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 5:28 PM > Subject: Re: [Futurework] Power-ful thoughts and big distractions > > > > Seriously, > > > > I think that there is an argument for shared Fed/State maintenance > of the > > network and for paying power companies to get the power to the > network. > > > > Bill > > > > On Mon, 25 Aug 2003 15:43:45 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > writes: > > > It depends. > > > > > > Whether you believe in universality or whether you believe in > > > competition. > > > Belief plays a strong role here. > > > > > > What is one's conception of a "good" society? What is the > dominant > > > preferred value. Competition or universality. What sort of > balance > > > should > > > be established? When? > > > (I don't think one can have both) > > > > > > arthur > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Brad McCormick, Ed.D. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Saturday, August 23, 2003 4:00 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: [Futurework] Power-ful thoughts and big distractions > > > > > > > > > Here's how it looks to me: > > > > > > The electric power producers want deregulation > > > so they can make as much profit as possible -- > > > but they want the power grid to be heavily > > > regulated to guarantee power delivery so that > > > they will be able to make their > > > profits without being DISTRACTED (the Bush > > > word do jour!) by having to make the grid > > > work. But a grid robust enough to > > > handle the unpredictably > > > fluctuating loads from competition will have to have > > > substantially more capacity than if it only had > > > to handle minimized managed transmission > > > from tightly regulated producers. > > > > > > So the empirical question for economists > > > arises: Which will cost more, for the whole > > > package of transmission and production: > > > Deregulated production with extra > > > transmission capacity, or a less expensive > > > transmision network with regulated > > > producers? > > > > > > This leads to the SOCIAL question: Even if > > > competition costs MORE, do we still want competition > > > instead of regulation, because > > > what we want in life is not lower costs, > > > or leisure or anything else, > > > but the joys of competition as a good in > > > and for itself? > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Last week, Paul Krugman spoke of: > > > > > > faith-based deregulation > > > > > > -- > > > > > > Also, a senior Bush official described > > > religious opposition to the U.S. in Iraq as a: > > > > > > distraction > > > > > > the U.S. could not afford at this time, > > > presumably like the possibility of Gore > > > winning in Nov. 2000 was a DISTRACTION > > > the Bush admiistration could not aford at that > > > time. > > > > > > \brad mccormick > > > > > > -- > > > Let your light so shine before men, > > > that they may see your good works.... (Matt > 5:16) > > > > > > Prove all things; hold fast that which is good. (1 Thes > 5:21) > > > > > > <![%THINK;[SGML+APL]]> Brad McCormick, Ed.D. / > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- > > > Visit my website ==> http://www.users.cloud9.net/~bradmcc/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Futurework mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Futurework mailing list > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > > > > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ > > The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! > > Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! > > Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! > > _______________________________________________ > > Futurework mailing list > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework > > > > > > ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
