yeah I still don’t follow the analogy. Is oil refinery A doing appreciable harm to mom and pop shop B? Law enforcement protects against theft…but what theft is occurring here?
[quote]Oil refining is not the only business in California. I would bet that it doesn’t contribute to more than 0.01% of GDP.[/quote]
It is clearly not the only business, but a large percentage of businesses and nearly all of their consumers are dependent on energy…nearly every person in this state uses gasoline directly or indirectly. If costs for gasoline go up, then there is less money to spend on other things. (fewer jobs)
[quote] Solar power will be competitive with natural gas electricity by 2020. [/quote]
Sounds great! lets buy it in 2020…or we can make a law that mandates purchase of solar energy in proportion to its competitiveness with fossil fuels. Oh wait we already have that law, it is call the law of the free markets…
