Maybe it's just me, but I often get confused regarding the way our "leaders" think. Because, at the moment the economy's starting to show some feint glimmers of light, but the situation's shaky at best. Employment's much too high for rapid recovery and the nation's in strangling debt.
So, amidst all of this, I found a blurb buried in an article about the current turmoil in the Gulf that said "many in the administration emphasize alternative forms of energy and some, including the president, have openly talked of the need for higher prices on oil and coal to make alternatives such as wind and solar more price-competitive."
Now, if I understand the comments correctly, they're saying that high prices for oil is desired because the other alternatives are currently too expensive, and if oil prices increase that makes wind and solar more financially viable. And I can see how that makes theoretical sense, however, the only problem is, we have to break the financial back of consumers to prove the alternative's worth.
But I guess what it really illustrates is how theorists promoting ideals are often out of touch with reality, and also apparently ignorant of fact. Because one of the things that makes the American economy the greatest in the world is free market competition. And in a competitive world, new ideas and products are welcomed with open arms and have every chance to succeed. provided they do what they're intended for, and that people willingly accept and buy them.
But, apparently what we have regarding and coal today are powers that be trying to control and manipulate markets through legislative devices designed to subvert market freedom, which in and of itself is horrendously wrong. But it's also compounded by forcing innocent users in a captive market pay to the price for idealism. And maybe that's why while these politicos are contriving to push prices up, voters are simultaneously massing to push those same politicos out.
That's it for today folks.
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