tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29774939.post8649479166744089684..comments2023-07-20T10:16:46.141-04:00Comments on TheGreenMiles.com: Take Action to Support a National Renewable Energy StandardTheGreenMileshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15774630689123316690noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29774939.post-11920684957525000982007-02-22T17:12:00.000-05:002007-02-22T17:12:00.000-05:00We get the leadership we deserve. If we want bett...We get the leadership we deserve. If we want better leaders, we each have to be a better person.Citizen Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10090607751638859650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29774939.post-15305383778116680682007-02-22T13:19:00.000-05:002007-02-22T13:19:00.000-05:00Tom, I'm with you on that. I would LOVE a fossil ...Tom, I'm with you on that. I would LOVE a fossil fuel tax or a carbon tax. But if you use the word "tax" Republicans run in terror, and Democrats cower in fear of being called tax-and-spend liberals. Great political system we got, ain't it? Reward demagoging, penalize bold solutions.The Green Mileshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03465981178255092017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29774939.post-19284205770892740102007-02-22T13:14:00.000-05:002007-02-22T13:14:00.000-05:00Mandated Renewal Energy Standards take a complicat...Mandated Renewal Energy Standards take a complicated problem and make it more complex. We do not want to put our government, led by a bunch of technology ignorant lawyers, and put it in the business of picking future technologies. All that would do is create a situation rife for graft, corruption and a huge waste of money.<BR/><BR/>If you really think it is bad idea to burn fossil fuels, then advocate a tax on the burning of fossil fuels. Put this tax on a schedule to rise ten percent a year for the next five year for the next five years and watch what happens. <BR/><BR/>Too simple? Why is that a problem?Citizen Tomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10090607751638859650noreply@blogger.com