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Just to be clear, at the end of the day it will be rate payers who subsidize coal power producers if this goes through. Ignoring any of the environmental probl
by iaw 8y ago
Just to be clear, at the end of the day it will be rate payers who subsidize coal power producers if this goes through.
Ignoring any of the environmental problems, I'd rather just be taxed if we're going to be giving coal workers welfare.
- gigatexal 8y agoI’m all for that vs telling companies what to do. Just make the coal worker after a certain point a protected class and support them while they transition either into retirement or other careers.
- imglorp 8y agoYup, paying for job retraining benefits everyone more than fossil subsidies OR welfare. https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/05/06/477033781/from-coal-to-code-a-new-path-for-laid-off-miners-in-kentucky https://www.npr.org/sections/alltechconsidered/2016/05/06/47...
- iaw 8y agoI think there's a large group of people that don't want to be retrained, fossil subsidies create a number of problems and screw with electricity market incentives in a way that could have horrendous repercussions. Welfare for this class wouldn't help me directly but a subsidy for the industry would likely hurt us all in a diffuse fashion over the long-term.
- greglindahl 8y agoGiven the tiny number of jobs involved, we could give all of the coal workers lifetime pay and a free Tesla and come out WAY ahead.