ALEC working hard to undercut renewable energy

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Permalink Reply by Grinning Cat on March 19, 2013 at 4:25pm

That graphic shows succinctly what ALEC is all about!

Permalink Reply by Luara on March 19, 2013 at 7:06pm

Calling solar and wind power "the future" is a huge leap, considering their severe problems as large-scale energy sources. 

And, most people would not appreciate being told they have to buy some of their electricity from very expensive sources.   That only seems justifiable to people who do have that faith that solar and wind will eventually be competitive as large-scale energy sources. 

Permalink Reply by Tom Sarbeck on March 21, 2013 at 8:04am

Luara,

Do you see the problems of solar and wind power as severe enough to preclude their use as large-scale energy sources?

Are you invested in or otherwise committed to carbon or nuclear energy sources?

My reason for asking?

For most goods and services, an exclusive focus on the short term works well.

Not so for energy, when in the short term we see only carbon and nuclear sources.

Because each of us lives only in the short term, our only reason for considering the long term is our offspring.

Permalink Reply by Tom Sarbeck on March 21, 2013 at 8:18am

In our l-o-n-g climb from our cyanobacteria origins (3 or 4 billion years), we've overcome a lot of obstacles.

Sociopath-owned or gambling-addict-owned corporations are another such obstacle, especially when they use their profits (from sales to us) to buy and rent lawmakers.