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Originally Posted by fotze
I agree. I think gas is too cheap but I also have a vested interest in it.  Plus the bills are chalk filled with amounts that are unrelated to the amount of gas used with fees and what-not. I think it should all be boiled down to a price per amount used, then jack that that price up. Same with garbage, $/kg thrown out. If you have 20 of your closest family members in your house you should pay more than your neighbor (unless you somehow do not use as much stuff).
Behaviours are not changing because the incremental cost of waste is not significant to most people. I still drive to 7/11 that is 5 blocks away. |
This is what burns my butt. The last time I checked out my electrical bill, the consumption portion of it was less than half of the charge. The rest was mostly delivery fees, plus other administrative crap. The delivery fee goes toward building and maintaining the transmission lines, which means the customers are paying the bill for the infrastructure used to deliver the electricity. That's a pretty good gig for the electrical industry ... we've paying most of their overhead.