So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it’s just that it will bankrupt them because they’re going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that’s being emitted.
Barack Obama
January 17, 2008
Audio: Obama Tells SF Chronicle He Will Bankrupt Coal Industry
[Deliberately bankrupting an industry that supplies 50% of the energy in this country?
Where is John Galt when we need him?–Joe]
Who is John Galt?
Exactly!
John is hanging out in “Galt’s Gulch” with Midas Mulligan, Hugh Akston, Richard Halley and the other folks who produce…
Wish I could gain entrance. I’d happily apprentice for any of those individuals who’d have me.
Maybe “who” is the wrong question.
Perhaps the question ought to be: “Why is John Galt?”
I prefer the non-fiction “Capitalism” to the fictional “Atlas”.
Obviously, public schools prefer something else entirely, which is of course the problem.