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Politics : Actual left/right wing discussion
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To: one_less who wrote (5305)12/7/2006 8:40:57 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (1) of 10087
 
A recent study by the RAND Corp. shows the nation's economy would be likely to benefit, rather than be slowed, if the nation achieved the goal of supplying 25 percent of its energy needs from renewable sources by 2025.

That seems oddly phrased to me. Once we achieve that goal there should be some benefit, but there will be a large cost required in order to achieve it in the first place. RAND's statement might imply it is ignoring this cost and only counting the cost/benefit after the goal is achieved.

The rest of the article mentions things like renewable energy being 20% cheaper and then goes on to say "if they fell at an even faster rate". Well if your going to make such assumptions than yes renewable energy will become a much bigger deal, but I don't see why it would be considered safe to make the assumption. And if you are going to assume such cost reduction then there isn't any big need for a massive policy movement to support the change, it will happen as the market shifts to cheaper energy supplies.
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