[American Clean Energy and Security Act: Waxman/Markey Bill [** correction below]
Energy Bill narrowly passes House.(Carol Browner: White House Energy Advisor)
The Progress Report at Think Progress.
It seems that if the criticisms this energy plan, as well as that of the public component(The Ed Show) of health care reform have any merit, it will mean that there is no invisible hand of the market. If the competition that a not-for-profit health care option provides will do in the insurance industry, and if a market solution to incentivize pollution reduction is not feasible, then the market might not be the arena that solutions can be found. Maybe the solution would then be found in demand side economics. And given the compromises that comprise the effort to be non-partisan[*], further amendments should be well considered as to not weaken the progress or threaten failure, as further pressure for change might result.
[*]link linked post-post
[Pre-post err us missing link? generational accounting. Suffice to say: accounting is not economics nor math accounting...for values, let alone the right "scoring".]
[6-30-09: See Voodoo Economics Redux?
and "a new clean energy economy"]
[** Waxman-Markey Climate Change Bill or another misnomer aka H.R. 2454]
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