Thread: OK, so why isn't the public screaming for alternative energy NOW?

Internalizing externalities is the way to do it within the economic system.

But when ever the government tries to do that they get accused of just trying to make revenue lol.

AGAIN another of these threads WITHOUT the concept of using less

OH NOES, GLOBAL WARMING, SAVE TEH PLANETZ!

Even then the oil companies own so many politicians that nothing would happen.

nuclear power >>>>>> oil

I get what you are saying, but I think the risks are so low that to ignore nuclear power is just plain stupid.

We can't move forward if we are scared of the risks and need to be ready to overcome new challenges.

In the last incarnation of the Farm Bill Bush made them create a research institution that has grants to study alternative farming, sustainability, IPM, etc.

It's pretty weak as far as actual funds and the proportion of the total bill's $, but it's a start.

that's because dallas IS boring

Expensive compared to how much it used to be, not expensive overall.

Also your model about solving pollution and alternative sources is retarded. You completely ignore infrastructure.

The only way organic and environmental prospects are currently economically viable is if they are government subsidized. The only way they're getting government subsidized is if we're in a booming economic period with a democratic controlled congress.

Truth.

hay, people voted, they did all they could