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Positive feedback & Decision making
I've been reading a lot of material while working on my thesis. One concept I have come accost is the decision making using short-term cost minimization as the guiding decision making criteria. While there may be economic realities to contend with there is another side to this known as technological pathway dependency or behavioral lock-in.
In learning about public funds being spend in such areas as the power cost equalization program and/or the bulk fuel loan program it seems that the structure of the market has been effected by these programs supporting the dominate technology in reducing costs rather than effectively deploying alternative, renewable technologies.
What motivation is there for a utility receiving PCE funds to take on the capital costs as operating costs are subsidized by the state?
Does the benefits of diesel power plants warren the subsidies they are receiving?
If the PCE program were to go unfunded how would this alter the "competitiveness" of other technologies i.e wind, micro hydro, exc ?
What is the ratio of funding/subsidies for conventional energy to emerging energy technologies ?
In learning about public funds being spend in such areas as the power cost equalization program and/or the bulk fuel loan program it seems that the structure of the market has been effected by these programs supporting the dominate technology in reducing costs rather than effectively deploying alternative, renewable technologies.
What motivation is there for a utility receiving PCE funds to take on the capital costs as operating costs are subsidized by the state?
Does the benefits of diesel power plants warren the subsidies they are receiving?
If the PCE program were to go unfunded how would this alter the "competitiveness" of other technologies i.e wind, micro hydro, exc ?
What is the ratio of funding/subsidies for conventional energy to emerging energy technologies ?
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