Tuesday, March 29, 2011

Calorie Consumption Cost

The discussion of energy always seems to make little sense to the general public.  I would encourage conservatives to create an index of costs for calories consumed. 


Part of this idea goes to the old Clinton considered BTU Tax.  They wanted to tax the fuels used based on their power delivered for work in vehicles, machinery, etc.

This measure is meaningless to the everyday lives of consumers, so it was ideal for Democrat gamesmanship.

The same energy can be measured in calories.  While the average voter cannot really define a calorie as "the heat necessary to raise one gram of water one degree Celsius" (if I am not mistaken), the average voter knows how many calories some of their foods are and how much they cost.

That seems like a greater measuring stick to discuss the ridiculous costs of solar energy versus oil or coal.  Adjust in the subsidies and taxes for various points of view and we have a real conversation.

Just imagine a mom discussing the CCC of her cereal versus oil versus solar energy.  That is real economic analysis at the voter's level.