"-rick-" wrote in message
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"Doug Kanter" wrote ...
"Dave Hall" wrote

I'm not answering any of this until you answer my questiuon of just
how
much you are willing to give up in order to achieve your level of a
"clean" environment.

I now pay $35-$50 per month for electricity. I'd pay $100-$150 before
I'd
write my senators and ask for an explanation. Keep in mind, however,
that
ANY number you choose, and any comment about whether the poor can afford
clean power are 100% irrelevant, since you have NO clue as to how much a
typical electric generating plant in Ohio would pay for cleaner
equipment,
and for how many years it would affect their balance sheet in a major
way.


In front of me is a brochure from PGE detailing options for electrical
sources.

For 99% pollution free renewable sources (wind and geothermal), the cost
is an extra $0.29/day for the average household consumption level.

For "Clean Wind" the rate is $3.50 / 100kWh unit.

http://www.portlandgeneral.com/home/...er/default.asp

-rick-

Anything in the brochure about the cost of retrofitting a coal burning plant
with the latest in smokestack filtering equipment? That's the real problem
in places like Ohio, where plants are belching out the worst crap, which
blows East.