R Herbert

Big Hoopla Over Climate Change Proposal

After being trained in envronmental sciences and observing evidence over 30 years, I have to agree with 90% of trained climatologists that global warming is not a hoax. Better knownas climate change our planet is going through excelerated change. It is funny how people mistake weather trends for climate change. Uninformed critics like Rush and big oil funded spokesmen have created a good "hoax" smoke screen.

Face it, continued increasing use of fossil fuels with little regulation towards cleaner technoligies is poisoning our planet. Mercury in most of our water, acid rain, and heavy particulate matter in our air affects us all. The Americain Lung Assoc estimates that ~23,000 people die each year from crappy air. We don't pay the true cost of dirty power at the pump or the meter, We pay for it with degraded health and lower quality of life.

So if global warming is a hoax yet we clean up our act, then we still all benefit. If not a hoax and we dismiss the evidence and continue to increase, not just carbon emissions, but also associted toxins, we'll all suffer the ramifications.

Cap and trade may or may not be part of the solution. Cleaner technoligies and greater efficiencies need to be adopted.

People seem to accept change slower than the climate changes.

Solar Grid Parity: The Great $1 Myth

Several of our power companys in Wisconsin are raising rates to pay for coal plant upgrades. They are offering higher buy back programs for clean power. Our phone is ringing off the hook, although with the assistance of some subsidies. Solar power continues to look better.

Is Solar Power Inherently Deflationary?

They want to keep control of our power supply. When we install a grid tied PV system on our roof we become a small power plant, selling or at least off setting our electrical usage. When we have electric cars charged from the sun, they won't be able to sell us fuel. And so what if payback (at todays rates) is 10 years, 8 years or even 15 years. Typical PV panels last for 40+ years with next to no maintanence. I consider the free power then to be part of my retirement plan

Yes Solar is a big threat to the oil and coal industries. But the truth is we don't pay the true cost at the pump of those dirty fuels as they poison our streams and choke our populations.

Oh, and nuclear is an insane proposition with a heap of baggage.

Is Solar Power Inherently Deflationary?

They want to keep control of our power supply. When we install a grid tied PV system on our roof we become a small power plant, selling or at least off setting our electrical usage. When we have electric cars charged from the sun, they won't be able to sell us fuel. And so what if payback (at todays rates) is 10 years, 8 years or even 15 years. Typical PV panels last for 40+ years with next to no maintanence. I consider the free power then to be part of my retirement plan

Yes Solar is a big threat to the oil and coal industries. But the truth is we don't pay the true cost at the pump of those dirty fuels as they poison our streams and choke our populations.

Oh, and nuclear is an insane proposition with a heap of baggage.