This is why you have to really pay attention . . . I have heard of alot of crazy ideas in my time . . . but I would think that even "conservatives" would have to agree that this is just ridiculous.
Am I missing something?
Read the snippet below and tell me if I am crazy or the gas company is.
"Piedmont Gas is seeking approval from the Tennessee Regulatory Authority to allow rate increases when residents use less natural gas, a plan that fell apart in the state legislature last spring.
The utility, formerly known as Nashville Gas, is touting the proposed change as an environmentally friendly move that would give an incentive for the company to promote energy conservation among residential customers because profits would no longer be tied to selling ever-larger quantities of natural gas."
http://www.tennessean.com/...
So, the rationale is, if they don't have to depend on selling gas to make a profit, and can just charge me whatever they want to charge, then and only then will they be free to "promote energy conservation"?
WTF?
Is is just me, or is the "private sector" becoming more and more brazen in their attempts to squeeze every last nickel out of us?
I mean, they aren't even pretending anymore.
Scary.