a tax by any other name
Small, remote towns in Alaska have little hope of affording the means to generate power by renewable sources, and therefore, must pay a penalty (tax) for the inability - thus being twice fined - first, by extremely high-cost high fossil fuel generation, then by the government's if you don't make it, you still pay for it (renewable-source power generated elsewhere). The State of Alaska helps in some areas, where wind is reliable, with funding that will never be repaid because of economies of scale. Maybe we should be studying the efficiencies of igloos and sod houses. . .
