https://freerepublic.com/tag/by:wwtraveler/ en-us Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:55:16 GMT Focus Forum 15 https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1765279/posts TXU has some big -- and some say bad -- ideas. The utility wants to build 11 coal-fired power plants at a cost of $10 billion by 2010. To help them along, Texas' governor has "fast tracked" the permitting process, all of which has raised the ire of not just environmental groups but also many local politicos, businesses and shareholder groups. Ultimately, TXU is likely to get some of what it wants. But, nevertheless, the utility is asking itself if the projected economics is worth the PR blight. While TXU says that the proposed plants would use modern technologies and... EnergyBiz Insider https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1765279/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jan 2007 15:55:16 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1755827/posts With the new year fast approaching, so too comes new ideas. The Democrats are about to control both chambers of Congress and bring with them their legislative priorities that include an emphasis on renewable energy programs and clean air proposals. It's a philosophical question as to whether the nation ought to channel its finite resources into sustainable energies that comprise a fraction of the overall energy mix or into making conventional and prevalent fuel sources such as coal, natural gas and nuclear cleaner and safer. Under the leadership of a Republican-controlled Congress and White House, the emphasis has been on... Energy Biz Insider https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1755827/posts#comment Tue, 19 Dec 2006 18:31:47 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1752861/posts Controversy still swirls around the proposal to place 130 wind turbines off the coast of Cape Cod in Massachusetts. One formidable political obstacle, however, will soon leave the scene, with a strong supporter taking his place. Democrat Deval Patrick, an early and strong supporter of the Cape Wind project, was easily elected governor of the Commonwealth, breaking a 16-year string of Republican control of the office. Republican Governor Mitt Romney, a Cape Wind opponent, chose not to seek reelection. His lieutenant governor and potential successor, Kerry Healey, who also campaigned against the project, lost. Along the way, Patrick this year... EnergyBiz Insider https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1752861/posts#comment Wed, 13 Dec 2006 16:35:36 GMT https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1742592/posts The global economy could be en route to careening out of control. It's not intended to be an alarmist view. But, some participants at a conference on how to avert such disaster say that the rising demand for oil and natural gas means that power generators and industrial plants will be hard up for basic feedstock that helps feed the American economy. New ideas must therefore come to the fore, which will invariably lead to more inventive uses of coal. Market-based economies are built on the free flow of capital and the formation of new innovations. With the right incentives... Energy Biz Insider https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1742592/posts#comment Wed, 22 Nov 2006 14:53:42 GMT