Comments on: New Poll on US Voters Thinking on Energy https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/01/21/7953/ Wed, 21 Jan 2015 15:31:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.6 By: Greg Laden https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/01/21/7953/#comment-212592 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 15:31:13 +0000 https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=7953#comment-212592 In reply to Dennis mitton.

That is always an issue. Of course, “external” costs generally come home to roost. The mortgage crisis hit everyone badly. Imagine if it could be shown that using fossil carbon-based fuel would cause another mortgage crisis every few years. That would allow us to factor in the cost, and those alleged (and not proven) higher gas prices would then seem more reasonable.

]]> By: Dennis mitton https://gregladen.com/blog/2015/01/21/7953/#comment-212588 Wed, 21 Jan 2015 15:18:23 +0000 https://gregladen.com/blog/?p=7953#comment-212588 Hi Greg. Aren’t these poll results a bit of a ahoulder shrug? Wouldn’t you expect most people to say they are pro clean air, water, and energy? Who is for dirty water? But when you funnel down to actions and regulations and five buck a gallon gasoline I have to wonder how those kinds if poll results would compare to more philosophical questions.

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