The prime minister's spokesman spent 50 minutes fielding questions reflecting considering scepticism about whether Cameron's measures will make much difference.
(That may be overly optimistic: in Germany, where feed-in tariffs began in 2000, there were just 290,000 micro-power installations by the end of 2006).The question is whether these measures will make much difference.
Shyam Dev Sharma, who has been delivering cartons of cigarettes to roadside kiosks in central Delhi for 30 years, said he was skeptical that the new measures would make much of a difference.
Such measures may not make much of a difference.
Larry Felix, the former director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, told me that anti-counterfeit measures "don't make much sense from a direct financial perspective," since the cost of preventing counterfeiting is much greater than the infinitesimal loss caused by fake bills.
But the extra measures are unlikely to make much difference.
The measure is not expected to make much headway in the Senate.
Xavier Pommereau, a psychiatrist, told Libération he was doubtful the measure against internet sites would make much difference.
The measure is not expected to make much headway until sometime next year, and it could change based on rules that the Federal Reserve, which has broad authority to regulate mortgage lending, is expected to issue in the coming weeks.
Peer reviews, not age limits, make much more sense as performance measures.
