tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032777560380839690.post4186102970761791256..comments2023-06-26T04:23:30.659-07:00Comments on Rate Crimes: A Nice DayRate Crimeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16057284640612791913noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032777560380839690.post-34349165448465950712009-09-21T12:51:46.241-07:002009-09-21T12:51:46.241-07:00It is important that solar and other renewable sol...It is important that solar and other renewable solutions be unfettered so that they can be refined by the powers of a transparent marketplace. I would not welcome a repeat of <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_streetcar_conspiracy" rel="nofollow">the market manipulations</a>, and the promotion of infantile urges that resulted in the ubiquity of the automobile. In any event, it is unlikely that the historically unprecedented per capita energy inputs that allowed the automobile culture to metastasize can be repeated.<br /><br /><i>“So it goes for the advertising industry as the automotive industry retrenches amid its worst sales in decades. That is wounding Madison Avenue — along with media companies selling commercial time and ad space — because national automakers and local auto dealerships spend almost $20 billion a year on ads, more than any other category of advertiser.”</i><br><i>With Trouble in Detroit, Madison Avenue Cringes</i> – New York Times, December 7, 2008Rate Crimeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16057284640612791913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8032777560380839690.post-53749818622343387032009-09-20T14:46:06.095-07:002009-09-20T14:46:06.095-07:00Thanks for bringing the performance issue to light...Thanks for bringing the performance issue to light again. Meaningful quality standards would lead to greater buyer confidence, and elevate PV applications to a level of ubiquitousness comparable to the automobile.Russhttp://www.gdcode.infonoreply@blogger.com