Scholars and environmental workers all point to electrical power as being too inexpensive in Taiwan. Any appeal to consci-ence is no match for resistance to a rise in the cost of electricity. With energy efficiency the policy direction for the residential and commercial sectors, after twenty years of holding the cost of electricity steady, the time to raise fees is at hand.
學者、環保工作者們一致指出，關鍵就在於「台灣的電費太便宜了」，任何的道德勸說都不如調漲電費來得有效，既然「節能」是住商部門的政策方向，20 年未調漲的電費是該調整了。