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To: Scumbria who wrote (110099)	9/16/2000 8:13:27 PM
From: Elmer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 186894

Re: "Reagan singlehandedly destroyed all government effort to develop alternative energy" This assumes Government is the source of all solutions. I thought you said you weren't a liberal? EP

To: Scumbria who wrote (110099)	9/16/2000 8:17:07 PM
From: Jim McMannis	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 186894

RE:"Reagan singlehandedly destroyed all government effort to develop alternative energy. This ranks right up with his budgets on the scale of all time presidential stupidity." Weren't these incentives tied to the tax code? Seems to me a lot of them were a joke. Even some of the programs continue to be bottomless pits. What about hot fusion? RE:"I go about once a month, and strictly for the important businesses of microprocessor design and drinking stout" I realize what YOU do is very important but how do you convince everyone else to stop traveling because what they are doing isn't AS important? <G> Should Gore tax fuel more to weed out the unimportant travel?

To: Scumbria who wrote (110099)	9/17/2000 5:42:36 PM
From: EricRR	Respond to of 186894

Reagan single-handedly destroyed all government effort to develop alternative energy. This ranks right up with his budgets on the scale of all time presidential stupidity. Exhibit "A" is the ethanol doped fuel program. It's a classic example why government "energy policy" should be held to a minimum. For a cleaner environment, the government should only set "flexible" (as in "fuzzy," not binary) limits on end emissions. The marketplace will figure out the rest. PS- Unlike California, Pennsylvania’s electricity deregulation has gone quite well. The is a certain company which has made a respectable profit by selling "clean" electricity, at a premium to the regular type, to environmentally conscious consumers. The catch is that that the company’s chairman, Sam Wyly, is a card carrying Republican. greenmountain.com Despite his success in making green electricity affordable, many "greens" don't like his company. They accuse it of "profiteering," despite delivering clean electricity at a lower cost. For some people, environmentalism isn't a goal, it's a "pursuit." This is why I'm generally a Republican. The "religious" on our side are for the most part honest about their motivations. They can respect someone who is moral, but not religious. On the left though there are many people for whom social activism is an ends in itself. If Philip Morris announced the cure for cancer tomorrow, they wouldn't be happy. The cure for cancer is not what they want.