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What a lesson in unintended consequences of overbearing policy.

• travisporter 4y ago
  Deregulation ~= tragedy of the commons
  • EricE 4y ago
    lol - overbearing policy restricts to the least common denominator with no opportunity for innovation. Solar and Wind have been the biggest suppressor for developing longer term base load. Why would anyone who is remotely sane take a risk to develop base load power when politicians shift priorities on whatever the flavor of the day is. This has been going on for decades which is why we are now where we are. Base load generation takes a significant commitment and requires long term planning, but current politics place a high penalty on anything requiring a long term commitment. Talk about a tragedy of commons :p
    • travisporter 4y ago
      That's a very fair point, and to be clear, nuclear/geothermal/hydro baseload should be our top priority. But I fear regulation of things like fly ash, co2 emissions will be considered overbearing and then what's stopping fossil fuels?