Screamin Scott wrote:
If other countries are not held to the same standards (they currently are not) then our economy will suffer and others will not. What good would coal restrictions have if it only applies to select countries ?. As for "Green" technologies, they are not in any position to be able to supply all of our energy needs currently. Yes, they need to be developed, but that said, we need to eliminate the consequences of them k*****g birds & other wildlife. Also, the refusal of people who don't want the windmills off the coast of their seaside residences ( think of Kennedy blocking them) can't be tolerated. Note also that there are lots of areas of the country where the Sun doesn't shine enough or the wind doesn't blow enough for those technologies to be effective enough to generate the required power needed. As for Carbon credits, that's simply a ploy to enrich those like Gore ,who are invested in the companies who would oversee the process... We have built too many cities too close to the shores of oceans & rivers & we need to move them back onto higher ground. At one time, we needed to be close to those sources of water. That is no longer the case...
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When you speak about moving our cities inland, don't you realize the enormous cost just in economic terms? I merely asked some questions, I certainly didn't propose wind farms or solar fields where they would be inappropriate or inefficient. There is also thermal energy and hydro energy and who know's what energy.