Good job, Wally.

The other fallacy in the Big IOU propaganda is always claiming that it's all
about output to meet constantly rising demand.  Demand reduction--*
conservation*-- is another key to getting our energy economics where they
need to be.  Alternative sources, distributed generation, and demand
reduction increase consumers' security...but threaten short-term ROI (return
on investment) for big-time stockholders.  The Biggies further profit from
rate-payer and tax-payer subsidizing and underwriting of their investment
risks in new plant construction, cost-shift or divest their lower-profit
operations like transmission, and fight environmental and public health
regulations and enforcement.

Bill Witt

On Wed, Jun 1, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Pam Mackey-Taylor
<[log in to unmask]>wrote:

> Wally Taylor wrote an oped on Shattering the Myth of Baseload.  It appeared
> this past weekend in the Cedar Rapids Gazette.  The link is:
>
> http://thegazette.com/2011/05/27/shattering-the-myth-of-baseload/
>
>
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