douglas wrote on September 12, 2007 06:31 PM: were the legitimate, honest, environmentalists steak instead of sizzle, we'd be unable to hear from them. unless their pc's are powered by a hamster on a treadmill, likely they are robbing those aforementioned grand bambinos of energy and clean air. worse, those environmentalists by that and other electricity usage, they're forcing up the world crude oil auction price.

mebbe if we could get the tree huggers to modify their lifestyle to the days before electricity and internal combustion engines, the rest of us wouldn't have to pay so much for gasoline and 40 oz, plastic beer containers.

unfortunately those who would condemn all citizens to 19th century energy usage choose not to be so fettered themselves. coolest example is the current image of oaf gore using a 1970's vintage [read, "gas guzzler"] private jet. meanwhile that dolt is preaching that the rest of us should be thumbing to work.

along with that hypocrisy, yesterday's comments by legislators to the general and ambassador are astounding. two of the most vociferous critics are poster children for dishonesty. clinton played bobblehead doll while the husband spun the story and deliberately lied to his employers [read, us]. captain nemo kennedy drove off the road after a party with his then current "friend". while she was drowning he went home for a few hours to talk it over with his lawyers, before calling 911. how could anyone with such a character ever comment on ethics and honor ?

MAS wrote on September 12, 2007 12:22 PM: So, when your grandkids ask if you were part of the solution to the climate crisis or part of the problem, you are going to tell them that ….
1. You supported coal power plants (the dirtiest of fossil fuels) because it cost you less money, and you didn’t care if future generations had to pay for it.
2. You drove around in a 12 mpg SUV because you liked the power and size.
3. You never bothered to cut back on your air-conditioning or power usage because, well, this is Amerika!
4. You were warned that droughts would increase, but ignored the warnings (too bad the forests of the Sierra all burned before your grandkids ever got to see them)
5. You were warned that sea levels would rise by 10 meters by mid-century, but scoffed at those educated, elitist scientists (but your grandkids can play at the seashore at the Sacramento Ocean Bay, just as long as a typhoon doesn’t hit)

Gee, that will go over well with your grandkids, now won’t it?

douglas wrote on September 12, 2007 11:55 AM: solar, geothermal, and wind generation will not in my lifetime produce any substantial percentage of nevada's present power needs.

with the environmentalists' agenda, solar may in the future be cheap as that agenda drives up the cost of petroleum based production. as long as the environmentalists prevent exploration, harvesting, transportation of u.s. energy sources, simply we'll have to import more. and those international sources are precarious due to political issues... civil wars in africa, communist dictatorship control in venezuela, progressively islamic fundamentalist control in "arab" nations. add the don't care what it costs, industrialization in china, india [and soon, several other asian/west pacific nations].

bottom line is that the u.s. must use all available energy sources. nuclear generation of course is the least expensive and with worthless, already contaminated lands available, should be used at once.

meanwhile the environmentalists will dream of 100% solar sourcing while whining about that monthly nevada power bill.

Stumonger wrote on September 12, 2007 11:19 AM: E...
Wow, that's a lot of hate speach. Watch a lot of Fox News do you?

Mark Wilson wrote on September 12, 2007 08:37 AM: Dear E,

Get a life!

Would you have been willing to go without air conditioning this summer while waiting for those "experts" to come up with "renewable" energy to replace our current means without the macro economic ramifications?

This green hypocrasy also applies to your cars you all love so much.

I wish all you greenies would turn off your A/C in the Summer, go without heat in the Winter, and use a bicycle as your mode of transportation.

You may die as a result, but at least the world would be that much better off with out mindless drones like you.

If you want to cut off your nose spite your face, do so. But don't expect me to subject myself and family to such nonsense!

Mark Wilson

E wrote on September 12, 2007 07:40 AM: So the R-J is all for the coal-fired power plants. How silly that one of the states with the greatest potential for green energy would ignore that potential and burn dirty coal. But wasn't that Gibbons's "green" plan from the beginning? Burning coal from Wyoming?

I think it odd that we need three power plants. If these plants are for the growth in Vegas, why are they being built in places such as Ely?

More likely, the power companies just want to use Nevada's lax regulations to burn dirty coal and sell the "excess" power to California. We're supposed to allow them to pollute our air and send more juice to the Cali markets. Our terrible governor and the R-J ed pages need to do better by the state.

If you think a $5 green charge is expensive, wait till we start facing the financial fallout of global warming. British economist Nicholas Stern, former chief economist at the World Bank, projected that global warming could shrink the world economy by 20 percent! At least the coal-burning power plants will still be making money.