Once we adopt these GW strategies the main effect will be the creation of government protected monopolies in power generation and many other industries. The goals of companies will be oriented far more toward satisfying bureacrats rather than customers than they are today.
Amen. The utility companies are seeing the $$ signs and jumping on the bandwagon. While I’m all for expansion of nuclear energy, the carbon credit idea is pure crap that will be foisted on the consumer. I’m not sure what we can do about it, other than install a home solar collector at a huge expense.