Look. If you don't believe in the future of the smart grid, that's fine.
Sure, if private enterprise wants to invest in it, and can make a profit from it, I'm all for it. But it is NOT an appropriate use of taxpayer money.
However, before you dismiss it, why don't you try to do a little reading on the subject and figure out why many large, well respected companies like IBM, GE and Cisco, as well as the large utilities are already gearing up in a big way to build this market.
Again, that's fine for them. Go for it. But leave the taxpayer out of it.
I listed only one of the benefits that can come from it, but there are many economic benefits, national security benefits from a distributed grid and power structure, and environmental benefits.
Yes, you did, and I pointed out that it was a pretty insignificant item, and invited you to come up with something more substantive. I even went so far as to point out that I can understand if utilities will want to invest in superconductors for transmission.
You have yet to provide any compelling rationale for taxpayer dollars to spent in this arena.
". . . government even in its best state is but a necessary evil in its worst state an intolerable one" - Paine |
