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Originally Posted by 79-240d-project
I for one feel the governments refusal to fund a mini-manhattan project to develop and implement a broad spectrum alternative energy project is criminal
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Germany is Germany. Their things are very different. No sense in comparing apples to oranges because the answer will not be meaningful. Lets look at the history of government. They get involved, taxes go up, things don't get done, stupid things get done, complexity gets higher and you may or may not get what you wanted initially. Even if you do get it, the price is higher. We were talking about the Gas Tax Holiday. Why am I for it even though it won't mean that much? Well, 46 cents out of every dollar that is supposed to be sent to road maintenance gets spent on something else. WTF? Sorry, the govt doesn't need the money. IF we could do the roads some other way without involving the govt, it can't be worse. If the govt gets involved in this, energy will cost more, more paperwork and probably less results. And if anyone cares, probably more wastage on some stupid project.
Problem is people are too lazy. Like with
Little Red Riding Hood, they want the woodcutter (in this case the govt) to kill the wolf. They don't want to do it themselves. Oh, that would be too hard. Problem is that in the story, we never know what happens AFTER LLRH is saved. In this case, the woodcutter disappears. In real life, the Woodcutter probably takes LLRH to the bedroom and boinks her till she can't walk.