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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: SilentZ who wrote (436707)11/25/2008 9:26:48 AM
From: Road Walker  Read Replies (1) of 1574071
 
We need to spend a couple hundred billion on trains. No doubt about it.

That, and light rail.

But I still think energy provides the most bang for the buck... because there is an ROI. You can subsidize the more exotic stuff like solar and wind, but even subsidizing improved building efficiency (insulation, windows, etc) will get you almost to, and sometimes past, break even in savings. So you spend $1 on the subsidy and the lower energy bills return $0.90 to the economy, plus you create taxable jobs... a no brainer.

Same is true with MPG efficient cars on a less dramatic scale. Subsidize a turn over in the automobile fleet to more efficient cars and the price of gas will go down, PLUS the more efficient cars will use less gas, and that money not 'going up in fumes' will return to the economy. And maybe we can save Detroit in the process.
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