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Bill: LP Local Government Bill II
Details
Submitted by[?]: Libertarian Party
Status[?]: defeated
Votes: This is an ordinary bill. It requires more yes votes than no votes. This bill will not pass any sooner than the deadline.
Voting deadline: October 2440
Description[?]:
| See LP Local Government Bill |
Proposals
Article 1
Proposal[?] to change The government's policy concerning child labour.
Old value:: Child labour is allowed, but with additional regulations to those of adult labourers.
Current: Child labour is allowed, but with additional regulations to those of adult labourers.
Proposed: Child labour is regulated by local governments.
Article 2
Proposal[?] to change Government policy on the nation's power grid.
Old value:: The national grid is fully owned by the state.
Current: Multiple private companies each own and maintain sections of the national power grid.
Proposed: Each region owns and maintains its own power grid.
Debate
These messages have been posted to debate on this bill:
| Date | 12:54:22, August 07, 2007 CET | From |  Txurruka/Aperribai/Mayoz's OPX | To | Debating the LP Local Government Bill II |
| Message | With respect to Article 2: Say Gevaro is generating 100 MW of power more than it needs because there are too many base load generators online. The plants can't be shut down - it takes at least 24 hours to bring a coal plant online, more for nuclear - so what's to be done? Sure, Gevaro could burn it off by using pumping water from a dam up (in preparation for when demand exceeds supply) to a storage tank but they'd probably rather sell it off to someone else and try to make back some of their losses. Say Lindar Valley is 200 MW short of demand. LV could either fire up some hydro generators (they can come online in ninety seconds) or it could buy (part of) the missing power from Gevaro. If Gevaro is going to otherwise waste their power, their prices will be low. Lindar Valley may find it more economical to buy their power rather than fire up the hydro plants (engineers don't work for free, you know). But they can't. Gevaro wastes the power, Lindar generates more than necessary and expends more resources than is necessary in the process. Why? Because some federalist fundamentalist decided ideology was more important than the obvious benefits of grid interconnection. |
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Voting
| Vote | Seats | ||||
| yes |
Total Seats: 65 | ||||
| no |
Total Seats: 94 | ||||
| abstain | Total Seats: 41 |
| Random fact: Moderation will not implement nation renaming requests where the proposed name does not comply with the requirements set out in the Nation Renaming Guide: http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=6364 |
| Random quote: "Aristocracy and exclusiveness tend to final overthrow, in language as in politics." - W. D. Whitney |