Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Environmental Quality
 
Board
Air Pollution Control Board
 
chapter
Permits for Stationary Sources [9 VAC 5 ‑ 80]
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4/25/17  12:39 pm
Commenter: Don Thoren

Let the market drive it
 

Regulation here is simply unnecessary, the market will drive the transition to wind and solar when they are actually affordable.  As the statement on the petition says: Virginia already reduced carbon emissions by a similar amount between 2000 and 2015, while the state economy continued to grow.  That's true, it did so because of the abundance of cheap natural gas and the ability to cost effectively transition from coal fired power generation to natural gas.  The market drove the change.  Viriginia is doing the right thing by not over regulating autonomous vehicles.  The Commonwealth should follow that example and not regualte the power sector, especially when doing so would require significant subsidies.  Thank you.

 

 

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