Posted on 07/26/2015 5:08:29 PM PDT by GoneSalt
AMES, Iowa – Hillary Rodham Clinton promised to aggressively fight climate change as president, embracing an issue on Sunday that sharply contrasts her with Republicans, and one that her leading Democratic rival, Bernie Sanders, has championed before cheering crowds.
Mrs. Clinton offered few specifics at an afternoon rally, but she said she would post a video with policies that set “really high goals” on her campaign website at 7 p.m.
She praised Iowa for generating 40 percent of its energy from wind and said the nation needed to build “a clean energy economy” with the help of tax incentives.
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“She praised Iowa for generating 40 percent of its energy from wind and said the nation needed to build “a clean energy economy” with the help of tax incentives.”
Yes more Solyndra cronyism.
Iowa gets 40% of her energy from wind where the national average is less than 2%?
The EIA says 27% wind.
http://www.eia.gov/state/?sid=IA
Sharply contrasts? Jeb Bush is on the climate change hobby horse as well.
Heh. She wants her fair share of the Tom Steyer cash.
Installed Capacity vs. actual?
It was ever thus.
I read it as actual consumption, but your take may vary.
The glitterati and political elites expect to form the core of the global Green Inner Party. There they will continue to enjoy the finest foods and most advanced gadgets the world has to offer — while deciding your fate for you.
If you work very hard and show unwavering loyalty, you may be permitted to join the global Green Outer Party. You will be allowed occasional servings of meat - and air conditioning on a rationed basis.
The rest of us will eat insects and swelter — for the good of the planet.
It’d be fun to see the seasonal and diurnal data too.
Real time mix mix on the MISO footprint;
https://www.misoenergy.org/MarketsOperations/RealTimeMarketData/Pages/FuelMix.aspx
If she would shut her lying yap, I bet that alone would decrease a good percentage of the earth’s hot air.
MISO real time price map, https://www.misoenergy.org/LMPContourMap/MISO_All.html
Wind is 991MW as of this post that is about 1%.
One big problem here is that in the summer when the AC load is high, the wind is minimal.
And not many folks heat with electric, so the windy cold months don’t typically have the load.
Fool, she isn’t picking up one more vote that she didn’t already have patronized this group of single issue zombie freaks.
40 percent of its energy from wind —
Without checking anything, I call BS.
(At this rate, just doubling current capability would be 80%, or almost all its needs).
Maybe, just maybe, 40 percent of the cost of energy to consumers is from the wind energy (inflated, due to ‘green’ preference, etc.).
It’s not about votes, it’s about dough.
Milking wealthy greenies.
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