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	<title>Comments on: McCain Launches Environmental Campaign</title>
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	<description>Big Teeth. Huge Ass. Surprisingly Reasonable.</description>
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		<title>By: Dos</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/05/12/mccain-launches-environmental-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-406925</link>
		<dc:creator>Dos</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 21:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>That is a very good point, Jimmy.  Comparing wind energy with nuclear power is like comparing little league team with the Yankees.  Not in the same league, hardly playing the same sport, in terms of energy generation compacity.  And that is regardless how big Obama&#039;s subsidy (...oh, err, sorry...investment) is.  

Please do me a favor in this area, Justin.  Seriously, if you want to do the environment good, please listen (I&#039;m not sincere very often):  Just tax the negative externality -- you don&#039;t like carbon emissions, then tax the hell out of carbon ($80 a ton) and let the utilities deal with finding alternative energy sources, whatever it may be -- hydro, solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, exc..  Please do not pick &quot;your favorite green energy&quot; and ask the government to subsidize it, because Obama does not know things like -- wind is great except when the wind doesn&#039;t blow and the capital costs to kW generated, particularly without PTC, does not pretty picture make.  There are other sources of clean renewable energy, but the second the government starts subsidizing they create market entrant barriers and rent-seeking.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>That is a very good point, Jimmy.  Comparing wind energy with nuclear power is like comparing little league team with the Yankees.  Not in the same league, hardly playing the same sport, in terms of energy generation compacity.  And that is regardless how big Obama&#8217;s subsidy (&#8230;oh, err, sorry&#8230;investment) is.  </p>
<p>Please do me a favor in this area, Justin.  Seriously, if you want to do the environment good, please listen (I&#8217;m not sincere very often):  Just tax the negative externality &#8212; you don&#8217;t like carbon emissions, then tax the hell out of carbon ($80 a ton) and let the utilities deal with finding alternative energy sources, whatever it may be &#8212; hydro, solar, wind, biomass, geothermal, exc..  Please do not pick &#8220;your favorite green energy&#8221; and ask the government to subsidize it, because Obama does not know things like &#8212; wind is great except when the wind doesn&#8217;t blow and the capital costs to kW generated, particularly without PTC, does not pretty picture make.  There are other sources of clean renewable energy, but the second the government starts subsidizing they create market entrant barriers and rent-seeking.</p>
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		<title>By: Jimmy the Dhimmi</title>
		<link>http://donklephant.com/2008/05/12/mccain-launches-environmental-campaign/comment-page-1/#comment-406911</link>
		<dc:creator>Jimmy the Dhimmi</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 19:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;blockquote?Obama favors massive investment into green tech that doesnâ€™t produce massive amounts of nuclear waste, like wind turbines.  ...and also doesn&#039;t produce massive amounts of energy, like nuclear reactors.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&lt;blockquote?Obama favors massive investment into green tech that doesnâ€™t produce massive amounts of nuclear waste, like wind turbines.  &#8230;and also doesn&#8217;t produce massive amounts of energy, like nuclear reactors.</p>
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