tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720895508800507532.post7983892239469793168..comments2023-07-21T07:07:29.279-07:00Comments on Once Upon a College: Energy and energy efficiency lab activitiesMickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09058893780999651690noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720895508800507532.post-21585448545109909742010-02-20T03:26:59.250-08:002010-02-20T03:26:59.250-08:00That sucks. We'll have to put a new boiler in ...That sucks. We'll have to put a new boiler in the library eventually, of course, but it wouldn't have happened right away without the stimulus. And now it won't happen unless there's another similar scheme.<br /><br />That, by the way, is the proper Keynesian approach -- if you're going to use public money to fund private, public good projects, like switching the boiler in a public library that is also the library of a non-profit college, you have to employ due diligence to be sure that the project would not have happened anyway, without the stimulus.<br /><br />I'm not sure how much of the stimulus is really passing this test, or if the test is indeed in place in many programs. But the fact that we were turned down indicates that Maine has some test in place.<br /><br />So I find this a silver lining.<br /><br />Of course, if you're a Tea-Partier or similar, you don't believe (or don't understand) this theory.Mickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09058893780999651690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6720895508800507532.post-80457779846469679382010-02-19T09:39:09.078-08:002010-02-19T09:39:09.078-08:00Sadly, we didn't get the boiler grant for the ...Sadly, we didn't get the boiler grant for the library. We may yet see some of those funds in the next round.Jessehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01137877218600327211noreply@blogger.com