From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 103376,345c9fcf5a67a99f X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2002-05-25 08:40:06 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!news1.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!postnews1.google.com!not-for-mail From: dewar@gnat.com (Robert Dewar) Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: OT: Microsoft takes on history Date: 25 May 2002 08:40:05 -0700 Organization: http://groups.google.com/ Message-ID: <5ee5b646.0205250740.196d20c5@posting.google.com> References: <3CED2E66.DD15C13D@despammed.com> <2TvH8.1710$Np5.1619@nwrddc01.gnilink.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: 205.232.38.14 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: posting.google.com 1022341205 27363 127.0.0.1 (25 May 2002 15:40:05 GMT) X-Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com NNTP-Posting-Date: 25 May 2002 15:40:05 GMT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:24765 Date: 2002-05-25T15:40:05+00:00 List-Id: "Frank J. Lhota" wrote in message news:... > If your point is that US consumers are not willing to pay more for > enviromentally friendly products, I can think of many counterexamples. In > several areas of the country, you can now choose your electric company. When > consumers were given a choice, many opted for energy producers who charged > substantially higher rates, but promised to generate the electricity more > cleanly. Can you cite chapter and verse on this? Sounds like the kind of thing that someone heard someone else say and uncritically passed it on. People always like to pass on things that are consistent with their political agendas :-)