Re:Wind and solar are attracting the most funding
by fpoling on Thursday April 07, 2016 @01:52AM
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It reminds me of an old joke when Soviet Union tried to decrease alcohol consumption through rising alcohol prises:
When father came home, his son announced that vodka would cost 50% more and said:
- Father, does it mean that you are going to drink less?
- No son, it means that you are going to eat less.
Personally I think poor people tend to be in this sort of budgetary Malthusian squeeze. If you raise the price of one thing then something else will have to give. Tax their gasoline more the end result is they'll buy 'less car' and have less money left over for rent. Since rents are likely the only other fungible cost that's where the money will ultimately come from.