You hear it all the time from Democrats, Progressives, and environmentalists --They want more (government and corporate) investment in renewable and alternative energy. And they are always lambasting energy companies, oil companies, and Republicans for not facilitating enough research and development to move our country forward regarding energy. We’ve been hearing it for years now. In
yesterday’s WSJ editorial section
, it turns out that what these groups say they want and how it is to be achieved are at odds:
In this year's great energy debate, Democrats describe a future when the
To wit, the greens are blocking the very transmission network needed for renewable electricity to move throughout the economy. The best sites for wind and solar energy happen to be in the sticks -- in the desert Southwest where sunlight is most intense for longest, or the plains where the wind blows most often. To exploit this energy, utilities need to build transmission lines to connect their electricity to the places where consumers actually live. In addition to other technical problems, the transmission gap is a big reason wind only provides two-thirds of 1% of electricity generated in the
Only last week, Duke Energy and American Electric Power announced a $1 billion joint venture to build a mere 240 miles of transmission line in
In
Now, does this all sound reasonable to you? These are the same people that do not want any domestic off-shore drilling or nuclear power plants. We will severely hamstring our economy and our well-being if we continue to let radicals dictate our national energy policy.
4 comments:
Hi VH,
This is plain craziness! Are they stupid or what! First, they don't want off-shore drilling or new drillings, for that matter, because they want renewable energy. Yet, they're the very ones who are impeding the flow of these energy products to their intended destinations by not allowing the building of those delivery lines?They can't have it both ways. I don't know, VH. I think I'll let you and the others to figure it sll out for me.
Have a great week.
Hey Tasha,
Average Americans like you and I are going to be negatively impacted by this eventually.
Thanks for the visit and comment as usual:)
Just wanted to let you know I stumbled it..and linked it back to my post as well! These people are nuts!
Thanks Bobo! I think people really need to know about this.
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