Doyle Promoting State Energy And Climate Bill
Gov. Doyle wants a state energy and climate protection bill approved even as federal legislation, having passed the US House, is still pending in the US Senate.
I'm glad to see that Doyle is countering arguments from partisan Republicans and some manufacturers and utilites who claim the bill will hurt the Wisconsin economy.
On the contrary: green energy production will stimulate new technologies: if anything, Doyle's goal to generate 25% of the state's electricity from renewable sources doesn't go far enough.
You can follow the national push for climate protection, alternative energy generation and green jobs legislation through the Repower America site, here.
4 comments:
James - curious about your use of the adjective "partisan".
Are not Democrats just as (if not more) partisan as Republicans when it comes to these issues?
Really what is the point of using that verbiage?
To Anon Jim;
My point was that there are Republicans who are reflexively partisan, others not.
John Torinus comes to mind as an open-minded Republican. Arnold Schwartznegger has figured out taht you can be Republican and pro-environment.
Lee Dreyfus got blasted as a RINO, but was often bi-partisan.
While "open-minded" political figures are often admired by the other party, they usually don't have much standing in their own.
Note that Torinus, Arnie, and Dreyfus are as about as influential in the Republican party as Joe Lieberman is in the Democrat.
Btw - am wondering what carbon footprint is on that biomass power plant is going to be?
Thought we weren't suppose to burn things to create electricity. It might be renewable per se, not so sure about the "green" aspect.
Also just love the part at the end of the linked biomass plant article about the unreliability of wind farms. How a 150 mega-watt wind farm is in reality at best a 50 mega-watt power generator. Amazing what truths the MSM accidently lets slip thru on occasion.
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