Ah, so your objections mainly come down to denying that climate change is a cause for concern then?
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Their governance and administration is done by Puerto Ricans elected by Puerto Ricans. In other words, the government of Puerto Rico is responsible for the failings of PERPA. Since the government of Puerto Rico will not be running any government-owned utilities in the continental US, their failures with PERPA aren't really relevant - the amount of disaster aid received from the US notwithstanding.
It's not that it doesn't apply. I'm conscious of the bad examples, but throwing them out as reasons to not do something when good examples of the same thing exist is silly.
Sorry, but made for print examples don't carry any weight.....
And the Tennessee Valley Authority is an example of a case where it DOES work - also in the US. So we can be mindful of the mistakes of PERPA while trying to emulate the TVA.Sorry, but made for print examples don't carry any weight.....
The territory of Puerto Rico, which must adhere to the US Constitution and federal law is a perfect example of governmental greed, corruption and inefficiency in connection with control of utilities and that is not even mentioning the many independent countries whose utilities suffer the same fate under governmental control. Despite massive amounts of federal aid the grid is still not fully functional and stable.....but instead of getting a serious well thought out response.....meh, doesn't apply....
At what cost....sounds as though 15,000 families and their farms and land is OK....so when is it too much?....25,000?....50,000?....100,000?....or maybe when they come into your neighborhood and say it is time to leave?....is the cost too high then?...is the cost OK as long as it is NIMBY?
Why?....isn't that what Bernie is talking about in his proposal?....the greed and corruption that he seems to believe is rampant in the energy sector? You don't happen to believe that government officials are somehow immune to that same ongoing thing, do you?....
Any major public works project in a developed area is going to run into eminent domain issues. It's not a problem that can be avoided by not making public utilities. What matters is that the people who are displaced are fairly compensated.
Not sure where you got that impression from what I said. Government institutions can be corrupt. Private corporations can be corrupt. If we avoided doing things because they might become corrupt, we'd never do anything. So we acknowledge that it's a possibility, try to design safeguards in the system to prevent it, and keep an eye on things with watchdog and regulatory organizations.
Well, from everything you have posted here I have to believe you are on board with BS's 'NGD' policy so it seems to follow you would agree with him about the greed and corruption of the energy sector since otherwise there would be no legitimate reason to take it over. So I want to know why you think government officials are/would be any less greedy or corrupt? If they aren't then what is the justification for taking over an entire industrial sector of the US? Personally, I believe it is so he can bleed it dry for tax money.....gotta pay for the grandiose dream of his somehow....but what say you?
Except that he doesn't want to take over the fossil fuel production industry (in fact, he wants to eliminate it almost entirely, at least from an energy perspective - not sure how possible that is right now). What he's proposing is government control of electricity generation so that things can be standardized, upgraded, and protected properly - basically the equivalent of the federal highway system, but for electricity.
Now I have to admit that is very humorous.....you agree with him and what he wants to do but you don't know how it is possible....think maybe he is just proposing a money grab?....cuz most everything he proposes in relation to energy is more taxes or threats to extort more money from them which really translates into more money from us since we are the ones who buy the products. And of course if petroleum becomes so expensive that only the wealthy can afford it what do you think happens to other forms of energy?.....that's right.....their prices go right up along with petroleum. So, hold onto your wallet cuz this keeps sounding more and more like nothing less than a gigantic money grab......
What law would that be?.....cuz then I own stock in some companies that are violating the law.
Agreeing with a policy in general does not require that I agree with every detail of how it should be carried out or know now how something might occur 10-30 years down the road.
