Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Dear Shale Protestor,

Riverkeeper announced support for the Champlain Hudson Power Express today[1].
Riverkeeper is the environmental lobby organization led by Paul Gallay and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.  The energy policy they support includes phasing out coal, stopping shale and shutting down nuclear power.  How's that for a Gordian knot of an energy policy?
Champlain Hudson Power Express would import wind and hydro power from Canada.  That must seem like a timely solution to extreme greens.  Yet, the public is becoming increasingly skeptical.  Who really benefits?

It’s not consumers.  Renewable power transmitted across long distances isn’t efficient or cost effective.
It’s not workers.  Renewable power generated in another country doesn’t build local jobs or a tax base.
It’s definitely not utilities. 
Here's another guess -- bankers. 

Riverkeeper should have figured out by now that local power is green power.  Extreme green will not get the job done.  If New York City needs an extension cord, let’s run it to a New York power plant.
Till Next Time,

Energy Mom
New York City


[1] De Avila, Joseph, “Power Lines Drawn,” The Wall Street Journal, June 19, 2012, p. A15.


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