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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Here is a view of the relationship between "greens" and alternative energy.

http://moneyrunner.blogspot.com/2008/08/green-energy-corruption-elephant-in.html

I keep seeing estimates that Al Gore has made over $100 million since he left the office of Vice-President from his activities in the carbon trading business. No doubt he also made a lot from just giving his doomsday speech.

There are some interesting things related to greens and energy in California. California has a law that 20% of electricity has to be produced by "renewable" sources by 2010. Large photovoltaic solar cell plants are being built to help provide the "renewable" electricity. But, high voltage power lines are required to get the electricity from the desert to cities where it is needed. At present environmeentalists are blocking the construction of those high voltage power lines. The power lines are ugly, etc. And the solar cell facilities require a huge footprint so they also take up a lot of space. THe result is that California will have a difficult time getting to the 29% renewable goal. Will the state force the electric utilities to cut back on power output until it is only five times the amount that is produced by "renewables? If they threaten to punish the utilities if they produce too much non-renewable energy, then they will just have brownouts or blackouts. California's demand for electricity goes up faster than would normally be expected becasue of the migration of Mexicans into California, increasing the demand for utility services.

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