Cap and Trade vote on Friday

Originally Posted by Antitrust32

Also, I'd like to know what kind of electricity we are going to be using and how we are going to get it. Are we going to fill the entire state of texas with wind turbine's?

We did with oil rigs. They are everywhere. I cannot look out into the Gulf without seeing multiple rigs. But I digress...

Imo we have to make a switch from the present day coal burning which the majority of our electrical energy comes from. We have plenty of Coal. It is just ghastly stuff to deal with when you burn it.

imo
1. Cleaner burning Coal plants (expensive)
2. Nukes (expensive to begin with but cleaner and make up for expense)
3. Wind (15% of my power currently, very clean, but infant industry)
4. Solar (infancy and tougher than wind)
5. They have talked about using natural gas, oil shales in certain types of plants because it would be cleaner.
6. Geothermal, tidal power could be possible in rare places.

BTW
Wind power can work in lots more places that people think.
Germany has taken enormous advantage of wind, and this
country does not have near the climate we have for its use.

I have a special prejudice against bad air. San Antonio is on the verge
of losing Federal funds because our air has gotten so bad. Use to be
able to run without watching the weather to see if its safe. Cannot
even see the Hill Country clearly any more. We have two very large
Coal Burning facilities in addition to some nuke (south east of SA) and wind.
And we supposeldy burn some of the cleanest coal from Wyoming.