Comments on: Socialized Trash Hauling Derailed – For Now http://joeygibson.com/2008/12/20/socialized-trash-hauling-derailed-for-now/ Java, Clojure, Scala, Groovy, Ruby, Python, Lisp, Objective-C, OSX, politics, religion, Koine Greek, Tae Kwon Do, Spanish and much more! Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:22:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: joeygibson http://joeygibson.com/2008/12/20/socialized-trash-hauling-derailed-for-now/comment-page-1/#comment-750 joeygibson Tue, 30 Dec 2008 15:13:31 +0000 http://joeygibson.com/?p=886#comment-750 I agree with you that the natural gas "deregulation" in GA was stupid. There's only one company that has the gas and owns the pipes, so they should be the ones selling it. Trash hauling is different. Multiple companies have trucks and I should have the right to contract with whichever one will give me the best deal. I agree with you that the natural gas “deregulation” in GA was stupid. There’s only one company that has the gas and owns the pipes, so they should be the ones selling it. Trash hauling is different. Multiple companies have trucks and I should have the right to contract with whichever one will give me the best deal.

]]> By: Bill Coleman http://joeygibson.com/2008/12/20/socialized-trash-hauling-derailed-for-now/comment-page-1/#comment-748 Bill Coleman Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:57:49 +0000 http://joeygibson.com/?p=886#comment-748 Only one part of the consolidated plan every made any sense -- why send four different garbage trucks into every neighborhood every week? It burns a lot of fuel. Then again, the haulers added a "fuel surcharge" on to my last bill, even though fuel prices are about 1/3 of what they were in September. I wonder if I'll get a "fuel surcharge" credit on my next bill. (Yeah, not likely) Utilities are an area where having monopolies makes some level of sense -- it avoids duplication of infrastructure. Of course, a few years ago our Georgia legislature introduced natural gas marketing companies -- indicating as to how it was going to save consumers money. I'm still waiting. Why the lawmakers missed was that no one needs to have natural gas "marketed" to them. I'd love to be dealing directly with Atlanta Gas light again.... Only one part of the consolidated plan every made any sense — why send four different garbage trucks into every neighborhood every week? It burns a lot of fuel. Then again, the haulers added a “fuel surcharge” on to my last bill, even though fuel prices are about 1/3 of what they were in September. I wonder if I’ll get a “fuel surcharge” credit on my next bill. (Yeah, not likely)

Utilities are an area where having monopolies makes some level of sense — it avoids duplication of infrastructure. Of course, a few years ago our Georgia legislature introduced natural gas marketing companies — indicating as to how it was going to save consumers money. I’m still waiting. Why the lawmakers missed was that no one needs to have natural gas “marketed” to them. I’d love to be dealing directly with Atlanta Gas light again….

]]> By: frgough http://joeygibson.com/2008/12/20/socialized-trash-hauling-derailed-for-now/comment-page-1/#comment-742 frgough Wed, 24 Dec 2008 18:04:32 +0000 http://joeygibson.com/?p=886#comment-742 The only word you need to know to explain all this: Kick-back. The only word you need to know to explain all this: Kick-back.

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