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Yes, coal is important, but dont you think that exploring alternatives that are cleaner and more efficient are what will carry our country into the future? It is a good thing that some forward thinkers made electricity a possibility and a reality, because if someone like yourself were in charge all those years ago, we would still be using candles and lanterns. Wouldnt want to put the candle-stick makers out of work, would we?
Like the hostages jetting from Iran the day Reagan raised his right hand, America’s economy is about to bust its chains.
Not everyone will celebrate, even though they should.
America wants to recover.
In all our history, recoveries follow crashes. Usually, the deeper the dip, the steeper the climb back out. The only crisis with a recovery worse than Obama’s is the one that led to policies even more collectively transformative than his.
Builders, growers, producers, achievers—that is, employers--don’t know whether the next blow from the White House will aim at their taxes, their energy, their emissions, their employees’ tort rights,...
How much does a modern wind turbine cost, what is it's life expectancy, how much energy does it produce, thusly how much will it cost consumers per kwh??? Our energy costs have skyrocketed already, this will only make it worse.
I'm NOT saying I'm not in favor of less pollution, I'm saying what will the costs be, and how many of those wind turbines and solar panels will it take for our energy needs?