[Greenbuilding] ENERGY STAR Clothes Dryers Program Launch

[Jason Holstine]

I¹m sorry. Did somebody say something about consumers acting rationally?


On 7/24/12 10:44 AM, "David Bergman" <bergman at cyberg.com> wrote:

> I preach this all the time, though not as the only solution. But the
> institutional and international barriers to implementing this are huge --
> which is why I can't think of it as the only solution.
> 
> See for instance 
> Six Policies Economists Love (And Politicians Hate)
> http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/07/19/157047211/six-policies-economists-lo
> ve-and-politicians-hate
> 
>  
> <http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2012/07/19/157047211/six-policies-economists-l
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> 
> At 09:03 AM 7/24/2012, Grace Annam wrote:
> 
>> That's why the only substantive long-term solution is to, as much as
>> possible, see that the costs are born by the people creating them.  ALL the
>> costs, including the long-term and far-away costs.
>> 
>> Then the economists can sit back and have a field day while we all go about
>> making rational choices on how to spend our money...
>> 
>> Grace
>> 
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