Re: Solution to worlds energy problem

[Udo Gerstmann <gerstmann@gsf.de>]

It's not the taxation of fossil fuels where I dissagree with you. But I doubt
that maximum amount of energy consumtion / person is a scale for high standard
of living! I also doubt that every buck, euro and especially rubel saved by
energy reducing actiones will be spent for other energy-using activities.


"Bradshaw, Keith" schrieb:

> > You are joking, aren't you?!
> >
>         No I'm not!  I repeat, this argument is not my idea, it was put
> forward decades ago and reiterated several times since.  Perhaps it's the
> taxation issue that concerns you.  It concerns me as well, and I think we'd
> all be rightly suspicious of "new taxes".  Higher taxes on fossil fuels
> COUPLED WITH reductions of other taxes, keeping the overall tax burden the
> same or less.  Something like that will have to happen.
>
> > "Bradshaw, Keith" schrieb:
> >
> > > > The solution to the worlds energy problems:
> > > >
> > > > 1. Start with reducing consumption.
> > > >
> > >         This point is not original to me, in fact I think it goes back
> > to
> > > the beginning of the last century: reducing energy consumption by
> > > insulation, increasing efficiency etc. may be a lot more difficult than
> > you
> > > think.  Basically, if a family save money on heating or whatever, the
> > money
> > > they save will be spent on other energy-using activities.  If you get a
> > more
> > > economical car, you're likely to drive it further to make up for it.

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Dr. Udo Ch. Gerstmann, Diplom-Chemiker
Institut für Strahlenschutz
GSF - Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit, GmbH
Ingolstaedter Landstrasse 1, D-85764 Neuherberg, Germany
Phone: +49-89-3187-2359, Fax: +49-89-3187-3323
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