tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post5703751410810558453..comments2023-04-07T05:19:44.951-04:00Comments on Yes Vermont Yankee: Economics, Productivity, Energy and Vermont YankeeMeredith Angwinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-13372452597237376582011-08-10T13:38:25.663-04:002011-08-10T13:38:25.663-04:00One of the things you may be missing in the renewa...One of the things you may be missing in the renewables argument is the implied redistribution of income that many desire. By providing government subsidies to what are otherwise not economically viable energy sources, one can pretend to believe that we are taking from the rich and giving to the poor.<br />In reality, of course, we are giving to the renewable companies, but that point is frequently lost.Margarethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09139420345305332292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-5149833689149519942011-08-09T16:41:07.573-04:002011-08-09T16:41:07.573-04:00You have polite friends. At a demonstration, one ...You have polite friends. At a demonstration, one man was losing an argument with me. He won it, though, by looking at me and saying; "Have a nice cancer." At least, he thinks he won it...Meredith Angwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02737538041807740424noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-72486821606458629482011-08-09T16:19:43.563-04:002011-08-09T16:19:43.563-04:00Higher prices for basic commodities always have a ...Higher prices for basic commodities always have a regressive economic impact. Passing laws that mandate a certain amount of high-cost, unreliable electricity (wind, solar) be consumed always hurts those at the lower end of the economic ladder the most. Anyone who claims to be concerned with "economic justice" should be pro-nuclear, as it provides a basic commodity at the lowest cost. I argue this with my liberal friends and it freaks them out every time. The "debate" usually ends with them calling me some kind of name, but that's the usual indicator that you've scored the winning point.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3033288879708780106.post-64828911654037254562011-08-09T13:46:31.724-04:002011-08-09T13:46:31.724-04:00Meredith,
Being FOR low-cost electricity means be...Meredith,<br /><br />Being FOR low-cost electricity means being against high-cost electricity, i.e., wind, solar, biofuels, etc. <br /><br />When that high-priced energy is rolled into the rate schedules, electricity rates will go up, productivity will go down, companies will relocate and/or fire workers. <br /><br />The effects are no different than those due to an oil price increase which affects the bottom 90% of households much more than the top 10%. <br /><br />One reason the real wages of these households have been declining since the late 70s. <br /><br />Household incomes were kept steady because of more people working in a household, and having multiple jobs, and working more hours and thus having less idle and vacation time.Willem Postnoreply@blogger.com