That explains a lot. There’s a wind farm a few miles south of my house, and my electric bill this month was over $200, a new record.
It’s been the ultimate goal of ‘alternative energy’ proponents from the very beginning: not greater power for less money, but less and less power, until we’ve all moved back into caves and abandoned our depredations of Mother Gaia.
Indeed, there are a geat many Americans who feel that Mankind was the worst thing that ever happened to Earth and, in consequence, we should all become extinct.
At all events, and in the final analysis, it’s never been about electricity or gasoline or anything like that, it’s always been about Leftist political priorities.
I am SHOCKED. </s>
The democrats are behind this. They want higher rates. remember when the price was 5 to 8 cents. In California it is 18 cents in many places. They use the tax money (a percentage) to pay for whatever, most likely pensions as they are eating state revenue.
Part of a series of five posts:
To Get Wind Power You Need Oil
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3458518/posts
Reliability of Renewable Energy: Wind
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3458519/posts
Deep De-Carbonization Would Increase Electricity Costs 20–90 Percent, Says J.P. Morgan
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3458520/posts
Electricity Prices Soaring In Top Wind Power States
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3458521/posts
MidAmerican Energy customers rattled by electric rate hike
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3458522/posts
Greenhouse fools. They will never learn as they are led to the greenhouse slaughter ovens.
Not to ruin a good rant, but I think the article is very misleading.
Although these states had rate increases that look huge when reported in terms of percentage, the amount in terms of cents per kWh was around 2 cents, the same as the national average.
For instance, Idaho’s reported whopping 34% increase means it went from 6 cents per kWh to 8. Nationally, while rate went up only 2% it was still a 2 cent jump - from 10 cents to 12. Incidentally, with their 8 cent/kWh rate Idaho is still the lowest rate in the nation.
I’m not saying wind power = lower rates, but hyping the percentage increase without even mentioning the real dollar amount seems disingenuous at best.
And crude oil is under $40 a bbl. Have to start running the coal fired wind generators if this keeps up!
I don’t think it is wind power that is driving up rates. It is a combination of many factors.
It’s being run by Obama Care - folks who have no use for it, and gain no benefit from it, get to pay for those who want to feel good about themselves.....
Man-made global warming hoax is the basis for eliminating coal from power generation. How stupid is that? How ignorant is that?
In summer I pay 25 cents...in winter it's a bit less.
Eco-nut FAIL.
The more we explore outer space, the more obvious it is that our fuel is not ‘fossil.’ On the moons of Jupiter and Saturn there are vast oceans of hydrocarbons. Methane and others. I sincerely doubt that any Trex’s or grasslands were there. We have only drilled a small depth down into the Earth. We will never run out, but we will pay if the ‘de-growthers’ get there way. Especially as the next ice age developes.