First Name | Peter |
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Last Name | Wolf |
Email Address | mariposa259-spam@yahoo.com |
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Subject | Capping Greenhouse Gases |
Comment | The future of energy use needs to be moving away from CO2 producing sources. The billions of dollars we spend for foreign oil each year jeopardizes the security of our country. We not only are lured into foreign wars to protect our energy sources, but that money is not spent on productive goods or services. Dollars are shipped overseas, forever removed from multiplying through our economy. Yetas our economy founders, we remain teethered to disappearing hydrocarbon energy interests; as supply dwindles, the cost inevitable will rise. Yet we continue blindly into global warming, when the very source of the heat is the solution to all our problems. Free, plentiful, non-polluting energy beats down upon us daily. Solar energy cost is simple the cost of harvesting it. The process of building the solar industry to do that will provide jobs that will provide jobs as that money is spent again and again instead of being shipped overseas, boosting the tax base, and providing employment. Though small now, by demanding that greenhouse gases be removed from the energy economy will provide the incentive for that industry to invest and grow, which will drive down the cost further. Legislation to require power companies to pay the prevailing rate to the small producer (such as home rooftops) will provide further incentive to commit the capital to put those solar panels into service. But wait, that's not all, because local electrical generation eliminates the huge loss of energy that come with transporting electricity from central, distant power generating plants. The solution to so many of our problems are beating down on our heads everyday, a win-win situation for our state and country (except for the big oil companies). This strategy will make worries about reducing greenhouse gases a moot point. As local solar power supplies 5%, then 10%, then 15% and 20% of energy needs, the costs will fall. The market for oil will collapse. Dangerous deep water drilling will be no longer economically viable. And most of this can be accomplished with requiring power companies to pay solar producers to supply the electrical grid, and tax incentives to make investing in solar cost effective. |
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Date and Time Comment Was Submitted | 2010-12-09 20:46:55 |
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