tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25995363.post1259783258722800162..comments2023-06-20T01:49:29.525-07:00Comments on Blogging About the Unthinkable: A Curious EditorialSovietologisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09099598091505738702noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25995363.post-71912287499701052452008-03-28T00:08:00.000-07:002008-03-28T00:08:00.000-07:00Energy caps, what a regressive concept.Energy caps, what a regressive concept.Brian Mayshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13962229896535398120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25995363.post-57156601085404284582008-03-27T11:40:00.000-07:002008-03-27T11:40:00.000-07:00These idiotic Tradable Energy Quotas are nothing m...These idiotic Tradable Energy Quotas are nothing more than universal ration coupons and far from limiting the consumption of energy will lead inevitably to a black market the size of which beggars the imagination. Just the effort that would have to be made to enforce such a system would be staggering and a massive threat to civil liberty.<BR/><BR/>What these idiots are in effect proposing is a command economy, and we have had plenty of recent examples of impracticable these are.<BR/><BR/>At any rate if energy usage grows, so what? The issue is the byproducts, if these are minimized it would yield the same benefits with none of the problems.DV8 2XLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14595060432772287143noreply@blogger.com