While I’m ranting about consumer respect and sovereignty, another area in which we get no respect is in our automobile choices. For instance, this CNN/Money article discusses how it’s Detroit’s fault that we consume so much oil, foreign or domestic: Two environment groups — the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Detroit Project — argue …
May 8, 2003
While I’m ranting about consumer respect and sovereignty, another area in which we get no respect is in our automobile choices. For instance, this CNN/Money article discusses how it’s Detroit’s fault that we consume so much oil, foreign or domestic: Two environment groups — the Natural Resources Defense Council and the Detroit Project — argue …
What About The Consumer?
Whether it’s electricity or automobiles, consumers get no respect. Electricity regulators and other policymakers condescend to them, essentially arguing that electricity is too complex for consumers to make smart choices. Thus, they argue, we need retail rate caps, because otherwise electric companies would take advantage of those poor dolts who just want to have the …