SamT wrote on July 02, 2009 04:42 PM: @Shane: Nice bit of sophistry; all emotion and propaganda. Yet, you fail to convince.

Shane wrote on July 02, 2009 01:08 AM: I don't get you people's gripes regarding "green" energy. Yes, energy prices will go up at first and no, it isn't really abhout saving the environment. It's about arnessing renewable energy sources that will prevent grand energy wars of the future predicted by so many works of cautionary dystopian fiction. Common sense also points to this horrific fate as anything that isn't "renewable" will likely run out; for those who don't quite understand, this means we will RUN OUT OF ENERGY. It's all so simple yet so-called conservatives seem to think only of their checkbook and not the future of humanity. And please don't claim that green energy can't compete with fossil fuel because little by little we will get to a point where it is even better. All large-scale conversions take time.

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Randy wrote on July 01, 2009 10:29 AM: There are plenty of suckers in America to keep falling for these expensive scams.

Sports stadiums
Convention Centers
Light Rail
Mag-lev
Waterparks
Themeparks
Atom Smashers
"Research" Universities
and now, Green Energy

...expensive, mostly useless, highly wasteful, and less effective than the alternatives

RANDY wrote on July 01, 2009 10:14 AM: IF IT'S SUCH A MONEY MAKER, THEN WHY DOES THE TAX-PAYERS HAVE TO SUBSIDIZE IT. WHEN YOU CAN PRODUCE GREEN ENERGY AND IT COSTS 7 CENTS PER KILO WATT HOUR, THEN I'M ALL FOR IT. THE TECHNOLOGY IS NOT EFFICIENT ENOUGH TO BE COMPETITIVE WITH FOSSIL FUEL. JACKING UP THE PRICE OF FOSSIL FUEL TO MAKE GREEN SOURCES OF ENERGY MORE COMPETITIVE IS GOING TO LOWER OUR STANDARD OF LIVING. I BELIEVE YOU WOULD HAVE TO COVER MOST OF NEVADA WITH SOLAR CELLS TO POWER CLARK COUNTY. IS THAT THE WAY WE WANT TO GO? I THINK NOT.

tom1 wrote on July 01, 2009 09:22 AM: So now they're considering rolling this out nationally!

So let me get this straight. Obama is paying us $4,500 for trading in your old cars "clunkers" to get higher mileage cars (clown cars) which get better gas mileage. And they want more money for roads so instead of benefiting from lower gas taxes (by the gallon bought), you're going to pay higher taxes based on the miles you drive!?

Then they're considering adding a 25% Value Added Tax (VAT) onto everything you buy. So your $30,000 new car will now cost you an extra $7,500.... a $10 bottle of wine will cost $12.50.

Then cap and trade will increase your electric bill by 50%. So your $100 electric bill goes to $150.

There won't be anything left but big government....Thank you Obama and the Democratic Congress!!! And here I thought Obama promised no taxes on anyone earning less than $250,000 per year. That's what I like...a president you can trust. This is the "CHANGE" everyone voted for?

doubting thomas wrote on July 01, 2009 06:54 AM: Oh, life will be grand with the bureaucrats running our energy systems.
Just think, Reid can decide how much energy consumption is too much and throttle back your thermostat during the summer. All for the common good you know.

Cost is no object when citizens and taxpayers are funding this boondoggle. The sky is the limit. Who cares that energy will be twice as much (or more) as long as it is "green"?

They are killing us day by day. Wake up folks.