Clean Energy Act

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

4. Every Atlasian citizen is required to receive energy from the new sources and also have access to the back up sources.

REQUIRED? Are you going to ask the Amish to wire their houses for clean energy? What if i want to use a diesel generator and create my own, non-clean power?

Seriously, this doesn't jive well with me.

Way to take it out of context.

Taking the law out of context is what makes lawyers rich.

Seriously, tho, this bill has some major problems due to lack of specificity, such as...

1) What constitutues an alternative source of energy?

2) What makes energy "clean" ?

3) The penalties under the law are not clearly specified.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

While I have some serious misgivings about this act, as a technical point you need to express the difference between small and large power plants in terms of Watts, not Volts.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Whatever the merits of mag lev trains or promoting clean energy production may or may not be, they are sufficiently different in scope that I would prefer that they be addressed in seperate bills.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

If a Region doesn't do what the Federal government wants it to do, then all the Act does is mandate that a certain Federal action will occur.  It's the same principle that has been used for setting the .08 BAL, the 55 mph speed limit, seat belt laws, etc.  The phrasing could probably use some improvement, but as far as I can tell, it would pass constitutional muster at least as far as any concerns about Regional rights might affect its Constitutionality, as it is all carrot and no stick.  In fact, I've prepared several Initiatives to present to the Southeast should this Act become law, and they are all worded so that if the promised carrot isn't presented, then certain provisions in them don't come into force.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Its immaterial though.

Yes and no. It indicates that there may be enough support for an override.