--- Michael Meuser <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> We could hurry this transition along a bit by adding a stiff
> surcharge to oil based products and use this money to develop the
> technologies and market for alternatives. The market would work
Now lets return to the real world. In San Diego this last summer
customers were paying the prices charged in the California Power Exchange
for electricity. The price was approximately $0.12 per kWh (and this does
not count the charges for transmission and distribution services, and
other pass through charges mandated by the states PUC--these would amount
to about another $0.06 to $0.07 cents). The outcry from San Diego was
deafening. Customers will not stand for these kinds of prices.
> its wonders. Well, maybe not. For decades oil companies,
> automakers et al have resisted any sort of taxation of their
> products saying that the consumer would not stand for it and the it
> would be a hardship for the consumer. Of course the oil
When a customers electric bill doubles, triples, and in some cases
quadruples you bet it is a hardship. Imagine you have a $75 bill one
month and then surprise you get a bill for $180 the next.
In the LA area there are about 500,000 customers that qualify for
discounts due to low income. You want their bills to double too, and just
say, "Oh well, try switching to renewables." Of course renewables wont
decrease their bill by much.
> companies themselves have no problem imposing this hardship as
> long as the subsidy ends up in their pockets and, guess what,
What subsidy?
Steve
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