Perfect, Meet Good
I'm a pretty firm believer in alternative energy research, but it sure would be a shame if a mandate to use only renewables ends up derailing the entire California High-Speed Rail project.
Granted, a $40K study is miniscule in the context of a $40B project, and even a study doesn't commit anyone to anything, so there's little harm. The danger is that these projects get larded up with everyone else's pet desires, and the whole thing collapses under its own weight.
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Right, but in a very short time we're going to hear very loud demands to add more coal and nuclear power plants- and threats that what we want to do won't be affordable if we don't build more polluting energy sources.
I can see it now- "Here's your HSR, and oh, by the way, we need to build a new ten gigawatt coal-burning power plant in Colorado to provide the power."
When you're planning for the future, plan for the future.
Incidentally, Churchill's World Crisis has an interesting discussion of the Royal Navy changing from coal to oil.