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The Smart Grid Gets Its Own ETF

I've owned ITC for a while now, glad to see it's included! While it doesn't look perfect, I like the fact that at least it's not just market cap weighted.

Cap-and-Trade and the Cheap Energy Illusion

Great article! It seems like everyone who opposes some kind of plan to limit greenhouse gasses is very concerned about not raising energy costs in the near term, but they don't take into account all of the costs we'll have to pay in the longer term if we keep using fossil fuels as much as we do now. From mountain top removal to mine for coal, to the mercury, NOx, SOx and other toxic chemicals burning coal produces, to the added costs of health care because of the dirty air we breathe, to our rising deficits because of all the oil we import, these costs are never taken into account, and that should be. We have some of the cheapest, most subsidized energy in the world. We either start paying the fair price now, or we (and our children) will pay for it later.