[kiryandil]

MinneTards - the state that is controlled by a 55 mile by 70 mile rectumangle.

[wildcard_redneck]

Get ready for neighboring states to make a killing sending power to Minnesota.

[EC Washington]

Minnesota is now deep blue - The Dems made big gains in the Mid-Terms.

[beethovenfan]

Means absolutely nothing if China and India ignore “climate change”.

[Skywise]

We DeCrEe tHaT MiNnEsOtA wIlL rUn On UnIcOrN fArTs By 2047!

[rktman]

F’tards!

[NWFree]

Lots and lots of solar panels. They work great in around Internatiinal falls

[ARW]

17 seems oddly specific.

[Gene Eric]

I demand free beer for everyone by 2025!

[Ronaldus Magnus III]

Since almost every living thing has carbon, will robots and aliens from NonCarboville run whatever paltry electricity they manage to generate?

[central_va]

Not the Bee.

[Wally_Kalbacken]

Welcome to Florida!

[aMorePerfectUnion]

Should work great with freezing winters!

[clearcarbon]

"Minnesota House passes 100% clean energy bill: Legislation would require the state’s electricity grid to be 100% carbon-free in 17 years."

Only a liberal fool would try to outlaw 100% of carbon emissions. Some freezing winter they may be dismayed to learn that fools are combustible.

[Lean-Right]

So, how many trees will need to be cut to
enable enough solar panels installed to
power the state’s energy needs?
Best be saving those cut down trees for
firewood.
It’s also not a very windy state, and
rows upon rows of wind turbines won’t
contribute to additional electrical
supply.
The land of 10,000 lakes...how about
renaming to The land of 10,000,000
Solar Panels.

[Sacajaweau]

Since getting rid of the carbon would leave a void in the atmosphere...can anyone tell me which gas will fill it?

[Secret Agent Man]

So I guess its a nuclear future for Minnesota.

Yes i know, /sarc

[The Great RJ]

Minnesota will have a real problem with meeting this goal as power from neighboring states may not be carbon free. No amount of windmills or solar panels within Minnesota will produce enough electricity to reliably power the state. So what will happen when the wind isn’t blowing or the sun isn’t shining and the lights go off? Electricity might be available from neighboring states to meet the need, but will Minnesota officials reject that electricity because it isn’t carbon free and leave the state in the dark?

[Rurudyne]

I wish Texas would commit to 100% carbon involved.

[Iron Munro]

A problem for more than the people of Minnesota.

There are two major interconnected electrical grids in the USA - the Western Interconnection and the Eastern Interconnection

Minnesota is part of the Eastern Interconnection.

For Minnesota to abandon reliable all-weather generation technology for pie-in-the-sky “green” technology not only inconveniences
and endangers residents of Minnesota, it will affect all the other states in the Eastern Interconnection as well.