Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Gone With the Wind
Lamar! Just doesn't get it sometimes.
I'm just confused here. It looks like Lamar! is trying to say that while turbines used in TVA's very cool Green Power Switch program are just too ugly to bear, he doesn't mind some good old fashioned coal plants. To wit:
It's time for Lamar! to realize that there are a hell of a lot of people willing to pay extra for TVA to reduce its reliance on coal. I'll save the nuclear debate for another day, but if we can pump out some like 25 megawatts of power with zero pollution, why wouldn't we? The haze in the Smokies gets worse by the day, and the best argument that Lamar! has about wind is that it's ugly.
I think we can all deal with a windmill farm in exchange for cleaner air.
I'm just confused here. It looks like Lamar! is trying to say that while turbines used in TVA's very cool Green Power Switch program are just too ugly to bear, he doesn't mind some good old fashioned coal plants. To wit:
"These oversized windmills produce a puny amount of unreliable power in a way that costs more than coal or nuclear power, require new transmission lines, must be subsidized with massive federal tax breaks and, in my view, destroy the landscape," said Sen. Alexander, chairman of the Senate Energy Subcommittee.Destroy the landscape? That's just silly. I mean, for goodness' sake, the current generation site is on an old strip mine. I am sure the people of the area are really sad to see that being used for something not evil.
It's time for Lamar! to realize that there are a hell of a lot of people willing to pay extra for TVA to reduce its reliance on coal. I'll save the nuclear debate for another day, but if we can pump out some like 25 megawatts of power with zero pollution, why wouldn't we? The haze in the Smokies gets worse by the day, and the best argument that Lamar! has about wind is that it's ugly.
I think we can all deal with a windmill farm in exchange for cleaner air.
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