| people who need to be paid a minimum wage."
this is not a 'job'. it's like recycling cans. 5 cents a can, no employment involved. 5 cents a watt, no employment involved, or whatever the right price is.
this is not a for-profit company. it's a service to the community that is marginally involved with money and electricity. it'll give unemployed people something to do that won't cost them money they don't have.
it probably isn't as cost-effective as cranking up the power plant a little more or even building a new one, but it will address social problems and assist in employment, whcih are difficult problems that are worth addressing.
it'd hardly break the bank to borrow a few dozen exercise bikes from junkyards or the museum of science and rig them with magnets and wire them up to a central battery and sell that electricity on the grid. fuck, you could sell refreshments at the door if you want to turn some extra profit from this.
for the politicians, it will marginally decrease our dependance on foreign oil. lol! |