SB: Re: Clear Skies OT Apologies

["Rey Arbolay" <TXH2344@mynra.com>]

This is my understanding of the new policy based on listening to 
his speech and proposals. The core of his proposal is not to 
restrict industry with a blanket policy or regulation (it does not 
work) or to mandate conservation (ask Californians if it works, 
the only reason demand dropped in Cali was because of the prices 
for electricity, supply and demand and all that) but to promote 
through tax credits and government grants the development of clean 
technologies. No he does not dictate what technologies. Doing so 
would defeat the purpose. In a free society you state what needs 
to be done, stand back, and be amazed at the results. For this 
capitalism must be allowed to freely flourish. Countries who have 
tried otherwise have failed. I know. I served for a decade in the 
intra german border. After the fall of the wall i drove to the 
eastern side. It was like traveling to an alternate dimension. The 
polution, dirt and decay in the former comunist germany was 
apaling. I have also traveled to "free" but underdeveloped 
countries. And please do not begin the rant about under developed 
countries been the fault of the US. This countries tax payers give 
more money to help in their development than all other countries 
combined. These under developed countries are cesspools of 
pollution. Don believe me? try drinking the water in most south 
american or central american countries.
So how do you clean up the environment? BY making it profitable. 
Siemens will only develop a better solar panel if they can sell 
it. Plug powers fuel cells or Electric fuels zero emision bus will 
only be a reality if they can find buyers. Only wealthy countries 
can make this happen. That is the core problem with Kyoto an all 
other treaties. It attempts to place restrictions that would 
destroy a rich countries ability to clean the environment. By its 
implementation you take away the only true way to solve the 
problem. OK enough of my rant. bottom line, want to clean the 
environment? Make it profitable.


---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: "Huff 'n' Puff Constructions" <huffnpuff@shoal.net.au>
Date:  Fri, 15 Feb 2002 14:23:37 +1100

>G ' day Balers
>
>Apologies in advance for this off topic subject but I need some 
observations
>from the other side of the world to assist my thinking.  So if 
you do not
>want to read further, and I will keep it short, 'the delete key 
is your best
>friend'.  I do not want to start any wars here just want the 
truth if
>possible and reply to me off list if you prefer to, so as we do 
not take up
>other peoples' band width on an off topic subject.
>
>Just heard on the Aussie radio, George W. Bush speaking about the 
new USA
>policy on the environment called "Clear Skies".  Sounds like he 
has got his
>act together, at first glance, saving 4.9 million American jobs 
and some 400
>billion dollars in lost economy if theUSA and (Australia) had 
adopted the
>Kyoto Protocol.  Just also heard litle Johnnie Howard, our Prime 
Minister,
>supporting George W. on this idea.
>
>Must be something wrong somewhere, what does he mean by Clear 
Skies?   Does
>this mean nuclear power?  Can someone please help me as I am in 
the middle of
>preparing the bones of the agenda for the International SB 
Conference 2002.
>One of the streams that we are promoting for the conference is 
sustainable
>energy consumption for the built environment.
>
>Cannot find anything on my search engine on Clear Skies re George 
W.  Thanks
>for your help in advance and my apologies once again but you are 
the only mob
>I can get any sense out of or should I say truth out of.
>
>Kind regards The Straw Wolf
>http://strawbale.archinet.com.au
>61 2 6927 6027
>
>
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