<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Subsidized power leads to energy waste]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by Jason D Scorse http://www.grist.org/article/why-sustainable-development-is-so-damn-hard-philippines-edition/ Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:58:10 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/why-sustainable-development-is-so-damn-hard-philippines-edition/1 Yes...subsidies=increased use

welcome to Econ 1- but seriously, this is why subsidies, even for good things, are problematic and not a first-best option.

I teach environmental economics and blog at http://www.voicesofreason.info.

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welcome to Econ 1- but seriously, this is why subsidies, even for good things, are problematic and not a first-best option.

I teach environmental economics and blog at http://www.voicesofreason.info.

]]> Comment #2 by Delay And Deny http://www.grist.org/article/why-sustainable-development-is-so-damn-hard-philippines-edition/ Thu, 04 Oct 2007 01:35:28 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/why-sustainable-development-is-so-damn-hard-philippines-edition/2 I wouldn't even have a Phillipines


Under the Bailo Population Plan which calls for:

One child per couple worldwide

Population will be cut drastically.

Places like The Philippines would be reverted back to natural habitats...there would be no need for tons of electricity.

John Bailo
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Under the Bailo Population Plan which calls for:

One child per couple worldwide

Population will be cut drastically.

Places like The Philippines would be reverted back to natural habitats...there would be no need for tons of electricity.

John Bailo
Sutext:


]]> Comment #3 by mihan http://www.grist.org/article/why-sustainable-development-is-so-damn-hard-philippines-edition/ Thu, 04 Oct 2007 03:52:34 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/why-sustainable-development-is-so-damn-hard-philippines-edition/3 wha?

"places like The Philippines"? So, you're a racist, too? If anything, "places like the Philippines", (where plant and animal food sources and fresh water are abundant and there is no need to heat homes) should stay on the map and most of the US should revert back to natural habitat.

Good god, I can't believe I fed it.

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"places like The Philippines"? So, you're a racist, too? If anything, "places like the Philippines", (where plant and animal food sources and fresh water are abundant and there is no need to heat homes) should stay on the map and most of the US should revert back to natural habitat.

Good god, I can't believe I fed it.

]]> Comment #4 by Colin Wright http://www.grist.org/article/why-sustainable-development-is-so-damn-hard-philippines-edition/ Thu, 04 Oct 2007 04:37:41 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/why-sustainable-development-is-so-damn-hard-philippines-edition/4 Why isn't the U.S. gov't doing this?

It's hard for me to judge the merits of this example. But encouraging industrial growth around geothermal power plants seems to me like a good idea.

Already, aluminum production is leaving places like the US and heading to hydro-rich areas like Siberia. But if we are going to need millions of wind turbines, it would be good to have aluminum smelters here. (We have plenty of geothermal resources in the West.)

I don't know if the Phillipines has a supply of bauxite, but if they did they could vitually guarantee themselves supply of a very useful metal, and perhaps a light-industrial manufacturing base. This may not make sense with the current neoliberal, cheap-energy, outsourcing paradigm, but in does to those of us promoting a relocalization paradigm, particularly one that foresees a decent standard of living.

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It's hard for me to judge the merits of this example. But encouraging industrial growth around geothermal power plants seems to me like a good idea.

Already, aluminum production is leaving places like the US and heading to hydro-rich areas like Siberia. But if we are going to need millions of wind turbines, it would be good to have aluminum smelters here. (We have plenty of geothermal resources in the West.)

I don't know if the Phillipines has a supply of bauxite, but if they did they could vitually guarantee themselves supply of a very useful metal, and perhaps a light-industrial manufacturing base. This may not make sense with the current neoliberal, cheap-energy, outsourcing paradigm, but in does to those of us promoting a relocalization paradigm, particularly one that foresees a decent standard of living.

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