How do you implement that?

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How do you implement that?

TB — 3/27/2011 10:42:53 PM (archived)

Good question. It might be too late. The niches have been long filled by state monopolies, and it's damn hard to pry loose from that situation once you've fallen into it. A private watchdog group that showed how the state regulators were screwing up might be able to start the ball rolling, but I'm not holding my breath.

I've been personally convinced for many years that a truly free society would probably have to start from scratch somewhere else at this point. Kind of like the U.S. got started in the first place. It's one reason I developed an interest in space colonization.

I'm not sure how Underwriters Labs carved out a weird space where nobody with any sense buys an appliance without that stamp on it, and yet government regulation covers the rest of the field like a blanket. I'm also not sure why nobody else got into that business.

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Too cheap to meter. - ER - 3/26/2011 1:06:50 PM
- Re: common design - TB - 3/27/2011 2:15:51 AM
- What we need is a common design for our infrastructure. - Lee - 3/27/2011 1:58:04 AM
- Re: Too cheap to meter. - TB - 3/26/2011 5:25:37 PM
- It wasn't an "Accident". - robvg - 3/26/2011 4:28:49 PM
  - Re: Left leaning media and nuclear accidents - TB - 3/27/2011 6:52:24 PM
  - Left leaning media and nuclear accidents - er - 3/27/2011 3:50:55 PM
  - Re: It wasn't an "Accident". - ER - 3/27/2011 2:19:14 PM
    - How do you implement that? - TB - 3/27/2011 10:42:53 PM
    - Re: Re: Re: Who do you trust? - ER - 3/27/2011 9:06:40 PM
    - Re: Re: Who do you trust? - TB - 3/27/2011 8:31:00 PM
    - Re: Who do you trust? - er - 3/27/2011 8:15:23 PM
    - Who do you trust? - TB - 3/27/2011 8:02:41 PM
    - Hmm... - robvg - 3/27/2011 7:17:56 PM
  - The Sound of Silence - ER - 3/27/2011 1:55:24 PM
  - left leaning media - mcfly - 3/27/2011 12:37:11 PM
    - Re: What gets me.... - er - 3/27/2011 8:04:21 PM
      - Thanks for that ER n/t (n/t) - mcfly - 3/28/2011 12:59:57 AM
      - "Canada, Sweden, and Norway" - mcfly - 3/28/2011 12:59:20 AM
        
        Re: Re: Re: "Canada, Sweden, and Norway" - TB - 3/28/2011 2:53:04 PM
        
        Re: Consumption (P.S. added) - TB - 3/28/2011 7:26:03 PM
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: "Canada, Sweden, and Norway" - ER - 3/28/2011 6:35:34 PM
        
        See under alcaray's post below... n/t (n/t) - mcfly - 3/28/2011 6:07:32 PM
        
        Per Capita - TB - 3/28/2011 5:30:18 PM
        
        Re: Re: Re: Re: "Canada, Sweden, and Norway" - ER - 3/28/2011 4:53:33 PM
        
        Some thoughts on Canada, Swede, Norway - ER - 3/28/2011 2:17:31 PM
        
        Per capita consumption? nt - RobVG - 3/28/2011 2:17:20 PM
        
        I am on the slow boat to my own little world apparently... - Jody - 3/28/2011 1:46:35 PM
        
        Re: "Canada, Sweden, and Norway" - TB - 3/28/2011 1:41:08 PM
        
        What does gay marriage have to do with energy? nt - RobVG - 3/28/2011 4:01:45 AM
        
        Not only "no", but I anticipate quite an argument if you spell it out for him. n/t - alcaray - 3/28/2011 2:41:54 AM
        
        Yeah, tell me about it... - mcfly - 3/28/2011 6:00:17 PM
        
        I wonder what per capita consumption is like in antartica? n/t - alcaray - 3/28/2011 10:53:19 PM
        
        Or Las Vegas... n/t - alcaray - 3/28/2011 10:54:41 PM
      - Re: Re: What gets me.... - TB - 3/27/2011 10:20:08 PM
      - Re: Re: What gets me.... - ER - 3/27/2011 9:44:42 PM
      - Don't see too many nutcases anymore. - robvg - 3/27/2011 9:27:26 PM
    - Re: What gets me.... - TB - 3/27/2011 7:52:02 PM
    - What gets me.... - robvg - 3/27/2011 6:57:52 PM

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