10-09-2012, 06:32 AM
Use any words you want, but the bottom line is that there's still a massive disconnect between "cost" and "price". Taxes, licenses, fees, covenants, "purchase price agreements", rebates, royalties, etc are a way of imposing "policy" over an otherwise free market. As a side effect, it becomes impossible to make any kind of informed choice about the cost of a particular solution.
How much would a gallon of gas cost if the price weren't manipulated?
What would the price of coal-fired electricity be if the downstream environmental cost wasn't externalized?
How much would a solar panel cost if the manufacturers had to clean up their industrial waste? (Hint: some countries are willing to poison themselves to win the game.)
How much would a gallon of gas cost if the price weren't manipulated?
What would the price of coal-fired electricity be if the downstream environmental cost wasn't externalized?
How much would a solar panel cost if the manufacturers had to clean up their industrial waste? (Hint: some countries are willing to poison themselves to win the game.)