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]]> By: Adam Christensen http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2009/08/climate-change-and-water-scarcity-spell-challenges-for-utilities-sector.html#comment-8134 Adam Christensen Thu, 20 Aug 2009 20:00:36 +0000 http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2009/08/climate-change-and-water-scarcity-spell-challenges-for-utilities-sector.html#comment-8134 My guess (and that's what it is at this point) is that it is a cost issue as you mention. Margins are often thin so preserving short term profits becomes critical. As such, investments get sidelined because it represents a short term margin hit. So one of a few things has to happen. 1) The risk becomes so immediate or so obvious that they are forced to seek alternatives (in the case you refer to, cleaner burning power generating fuels); 2) regulation forces companies to adjust; 3) the economics of making the investments becomes financially attractive (given a number of factors) or, 4) the company is extraordinary and takes a big risk by innovating early on. The latter of those requires good judgment and few are willing to bet it, because times when the judgment is accurate, the first innovators don't always reap the rewards. Instead companies sit back and wait to see what their peers are doing. Then they tend to move as a flock with innovators followed closely behind. Just a casual observation. I'll try and get a more informed expert to weigh in shortly. My guess (and that’s what it is at this point) is that it is a cost issue as you mention. Margins are often thin so preserving short term profits becomes critical. As such, investments get sidelined because it represents a short term margin hit. So one of a few things has to happen. 1) The risk becomes so immediate or so obvious that they are forced to seek alternatives (in the case you refer to, cleaner burning power generating fuels); 2) regulation forces companies to adjust; 3) the economics of making the investments becomes financially attractive (given a number of factors) or, 4) the company is extraordinary and takes a big risk by innovating early on. The latter of those requires good judgment and few are willing to bet it, because times when the judgment is accurate, the first innovators don’t always reap the rewards. Instead companies sit back and wait to see what their peers are doing. Then they tend to move as a flock with innovators followed closely behind.

Just a casual observation. I’ll try and get a more informed expert to weigh in shortly.

]]> By: dunnage http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2009/08/climate-change-and-water-scarcity-spell-challenges-for-utilities-sector.html#comment-8133 dunnage Thu, 20 Aug 2009 19:34:14 +0000 http://asmarterplanet.com/blog/2009/08/climate-change-and-water-scarcity-spell-challenges-for-utilities-sector.html#comment-8133 Look these guys for some reason have for the most part been unwilling to adopt new tech to clean their old coal plants. Obama's CO2 plan is a giveaway to the Utilities and Traders. So how much are these folks worried about anything? I've never quite understood: you run a utility and make some decent change, so why not run your coal clean? Utility and cost? Aren't these guys smart enough to run a clean operation and at the same time make folks some money while providing needed services at usable rates? Give me a break. If you can't figure out how to cleanly burn coal and make a dollar --there's nothing to talk about anymore. Who are these people? Look these guys for some reason have for the most part been unwilling to adopt new tech to clean their old coal plants.

Obama’s CO2 plan is a giveaway to the Utilities and Traders. So how much are these folks worried about anything?

I’ve never quite understood: you run a utility and make some decent change, so why not run your coal clean? Utility and cost? Aren’t these guys smart enough to run a clean operation and at the same time make folks some money while providing needed services at usable rates? Give me a break.

If you can’t figure out how to cleanly burn coal and make a dollar –there’s nothing to talk about anymore. Who are these people?

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