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March 02, 2015 11:16 AM UTC
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Face it Ds: the fact that RES rollback made it this far proves that the fossil fuel industry is still the powerhouse of Colorado politics. This legislature shouldn't be appearing to discuss rolling back the merely preparatory actions Colorado has taken toward moving away from fossil fuels–it should be debating, seriously, different serious plans to acheive carbon neutrality by 2050 at the latest.
Climate change might not be a lost cause, if the public were paying attention, but the public ain't, so the cause is lost.
So here's what's going to happen: runaway positive feedbacks will lock-in an unpredictable, ever-worsening series of climate changes that will destroy whole countries, such as Bangladesh, while those who profit now by investing in still more fossil fuel exploration projects will remain millionaires and billionaires for generations to come. The sixth- and seventh-generation descendants of slave owners are still many of the richest families in this country. What's your prediction about whether there'll be any mega-wealthy coal baron descendants in 2100?
Wrong. Today there will be testimony from rural farmers and business owners on the pain higher energy costs due to the Democrat mandate are causing them. This legislation is costing jobs and futures in rural Colorado and it must be repealed. Rural Coloradans are not opponents of renewable energy, but it should not be rammed down anyone's throat.
I hope the Democrats on the Democrat kill committee see reason but I'm not optimistic.
But Republicans wouldn't pass legislation to help hurting rural communities during times like these? What hypocrites. Create a crisis than maximize the anguish than play the victim. Ugh. Rural Coloradoans have the land, wind and sunshine to sell clean energy back to the grid. Hopefully among the testimony will be those who are advancing innovative and new energy ways to live on the farm or ranch.
I see you're trying to talk sense to this troll. That's your first mistake.
I'm writing for those folks who drop by and want to read some contrast with his 'one and done' pissy crybaby pouts.
Did you listen to the hearing?
No. Did you? Did Republicans decide to engage in some sort of accomodation and compromise so that realistic legislation could move forward that benefited everyone? Was there a grand Kumbaya moment where Republicans embraced the idea that American ingenuity and new solutions could make an impact on old problems? Did Repubilcans manage to something useful and concilliatory?
These are the same people that think Cliven Bundy is a hero and Obama was born in Kenya…
Like you say Michael, you can't make this stuff up. Welfare Queens with hungry children are evil but a Welfare Rancher stealing from taxpayers is worthy of hero worship stuff and we're supposed to work with them to form a more perfect union? You ask a lot Lord.
I have the misfortune of working from a desktop this week that doesn't scrub Thingy1 and 2. You idiots might be interested in the national award bestowed upon Tri-State Generation and Transmission this past week for being one of two Colorado-based cooperatives recognized for their leadship in wind development. Yes, the very same people that gave us the laughable War on Rural Colorado campaign recognized as leaders in green energy.
For the record, they accepted the award; you really are a very special kind of stupid.
Energy Deparment Names Two Colorado-based Cooperatives as Wind Cooperatives of the Year for 2014
Ah, my daily minimum requirement of irony. Thanks, MB.
Here's a second helping, MamaJ…you really couldn't make this stuff up….
You can't possibly be that phucking stupid…
Don't worry Michael, Moderanus has plenty more stupid where that came from!
Shouldn't you and Andrew Carnegie be busy this week what with the revolt against Ryan Call at the state central committee meeting and Monica Owens' wedding……
You're in 'rural Colorado'? Or are you just another city boy telling those of us who are what we think and need?
He/she/it rarely comes back to discuss any issue tater. The general believe is he lives in his mom's basement and picks up dog poop for rich people for his income.
I'd like to see what the true cost is to rural Colorado versus the real decline in their propane costs from a year ago. Rural Coloradoans should have a net energy benefit this year so the bullshit that higher renewable standards is 'killing business' is dodgy propaganda. Next year voters are going to wonder why Republicans insisted on wasting time on legislation that catered to a select minority of voters without any regarding to the rest of society. Dumb politics preceding a presidential election.
Just ask Senator "Let's Roll Back the Renewable Standard" Sonnenberg what the billion-dollar tax base in Logan County has done for his constituents.
My favorite tweet of the SB252 era comes from the my ex-Senator who claimed wind energy was going to somehow increase costs to the Wray School District by $30,000, even though the Wray School District owns it's own turbine, offsets 100% of it's energy costs from the turbines production and provides about 25% of Wray's electrical demand on a long-term to the City. Dumphuckistan arithmetic.
Thanks for the recap again Michael. It is a reminder that real world facts are only relevant to those people who believe that this reality is a factual universe.
He also forgot to mention the fact that Wray gets its electrical supply from the Nebraska Municipal Power Pool, (who also serves 16 other cities in Colorado) not the local rural coop or Tri-State, so SB252 would has zero effect on Wray or the Wray School District. Unlike our rural coops, who claim grassroots governance but are effectively controlled by Tri-State (we would have had the Wray wind turbine build two years earlier had it not been for the Tri-State family trying to thwart the local project) NMMP allows its members to own their own generation; their mission is "local control and working together with their member communities".
Edit button, please. ("has", zero effect. Not sure how the word "would" got in that sentence).