Comments on: “Energy Independence”…. http://tomgpalmer.com/2010/01/21/energy-independence/ Personal website and weblog of the libertarian thinker Wed, 18 Jan 2012 04:50:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: CWE http://tomgpalmer.com/2010/01/21/energy-independence/comment-page-1/#comment-18893 CWE Tue, 26 Jan 2010 19:34:00 +0000 http://tomgpalmer.com/?p=4736#comment-18893 Stossel deftly addresses the issue of concentrated benefits with disperse costs, although he should have emphasized it more strongly. The $10 billion figure that Pickens throws out, works out to be about $33 per individual in the USA; call it $100 per household. Wull, shyoot, meester! I'd be happy with only $10 outta each o' y'all! It is precisely this kind of death-by-a-thousand-slashes thinking that has gotten California into the mess that it is in. Stossel deftly addresses the issue of concentrated benefits with disperse costs, although he should have emphasized it more strongly.

The $10 billion figure that Pickens throws out, works out to be about $33 per individual in the USA; call it $100 per household.

Wull, shyoot, meester! I’d be happy with only $10 outta each o’ y’all!

It is precisely this kind of death-by-a-thousand-slashes thinking that has gotten California into the mess that it is in.

]]> By: Eric H http://tomgpalmer.com/2010/01/21/energy-independence/comment-page-1/#comment-18769 Eric H Sat, 23 Jan 2010 04:21:19 +0000 http://tomgpalmer.com/?p=4736#comment-18769 T-Boone: "The best wind in the world is in the United States." Yeah, no kidding. And right now it's seeking rent and plunder. T-Boone:

“The best wind in the world is in the United States.”

Yeah, no kidding. And right now it’s seeking rent and plunder.

]]> By: Tristan Band http://tomgpalmer.com/2010/01/21/energy-independence/comment-page-1/#comment-18762 Tristan Band Sat, 23 Jan 2010 02:58:18 +0000 http://tomgpalmer.com/?p=4736#comment-18762 Awesome Bastiat reference at the end of the clip; ending the first segment on a great zinger. Send my regards to Mr. Stossel, ask him to do more libertarian style references. (A little Heinlein would be nice, esp. references to The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and Stranger in a Strange Land.) Awesome Bastiat reference at the end of the clip; ending the first segment on a great zinger. Send my regards to Mr. Stossel, ask him to do more libertarian style references. (A little Heinlein would be nice, esp. references to The Moon is a Harsh Mistress and Stranger in a Strange Land.)

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