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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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