On Tue, 14 Jul 2009 07:58:55 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

This should be of interest to all of us, right, left and in the
middle.

http://www.statesman.com/news/conten...eenchoice.html

"Electric utility chief says separate charge for renewable power may
need to be rolled into all users' bills."

You know, I keep hearing all this chicken little stuff about Cap and
Trade and stimulus, and blah, blah.
First off, there is no Cap and Trade. Hasn't even gone through
Congress.
Then there's the fact that what one joker says, like the guy quoted,
means didley squat. Let's see those power bill increases actually
happen. They won't. Politically and economically unfeasible.

Believe it or not, with Cap and Trade, that's what we're all looking
at. With the administrations known antipathy towards nuclear and clean
coal technology, all of us are going to be paying much more for energy
that cannot be delivered effectively and efficiently at a reasonable
cost.

Sticky little facts again rear up. Obama has been and still is behind
clean coal. Look up FutureGen and the resume of the Steven Chu.
Bush killed the clean coal project, and Obama and Chu restarted it
with $1 billion a month or so ago.
Funny he tapped Chu, a nuke advocate, as Sec of Energy.
Obama's not against nukes. But it's a political hot potato, so it'll
be the last tapped. It'll happen. Polls have to get right.
Can't force nukes on the folks, gotta bring them along.
Especially the lefties. You'll never get the real tree huggers.
They're like the Bush and Obama haters. Motivated by jerking knees
only. Have to just write them off.

Just think about it - that's all.

What I think is that all the work being done with alternative energy
is good. I haven't forgotten last year's $150 a barrel oil and +$4.00
gas.
Won't fix the economy though. Need more manufacturing.
Cap and Trade could be an end around outright tariffs.
Sorry China, you won't play on the same emissions field, don't try to
sell your stuff here. We'll just have to start manufacturing again.
Elegant solution, even if it looks something like a sledge hammer.

--Vic