[ausev] AusEV Digest, Vol 31, Issue 7

[John Penry at TransTexasTrucks]

It could have been a different story, because if we had developed alternative energy plans long ago, the demand, and therefore the price, of oil would be down.

<http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/10/opinion/10friedman1.html?ex=1219032000&en=bea4b540ca60d32b&ei=5070&emc=eta1>
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Joby Wieser 
  To: ausev at austinev.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, August 12, 2008 6:09 AM
  Subject: Re: [ausev] AusEV Digest, Vol 31, Issue 7


I want to first apologize to any of you that my comments may offend.  I read today’s digest with great amusement.   All of us make ROI calculations in everything we do.  But some people place value on intangible and in my opinion silly things like “Global
 Warming”.    I bought an electric pickup because I know I know the payments and electricity and batteries will cost less than what I am spending on gas for my ¾ ton truck.  If Michael wants to spend his money on PV panels because it makes him feel good then that is a personal ROI judgment he can make for himself.    I do object to these tax payer funded schemes to help pay for them like the City of Austin is
 doing.  Or the State mandating a certain percentage of power be generated by “renewables”    The only sure thing this does is raise the true cost of energy and reduce our competitiveness in the world economy.   The government has no business picking winners and losers in any market, it is arrogant and foolish to think a senator or bureaucrat knows what is best.  Each person acting in his own self interest (how ever he defines it) making purchasing and selling decisions freely is the way to prosperity. Joby
 WieserFredericksburg, TX 




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