Thursday, July 24, 2008 | 2:02 a.m.
Ten years to independence?
According to the god of the far left — Al Gore — America must commit to producing 100 percent of our electricity from cheap, clean renewable energy sources, including solar and wind, within 10 years.
It’s a nice sentiment but, like most people, Mr. Gore doesn’t have a clue about:
(A) How to do it without ruining the U.S. economy, and
(B) How to get it done without all the tree-huggers getting in the way!
How many examples does Mr. Gore need?
California won’t allow transmission lines from a wind farm to where energy is needed, the Kennedys don’t want a wind farm off the coast of Hyannis Port because it would ruin their views, and solar panels on 140 acres of government land will supply only 33 percent of the electricity required by Nellis Air Force Base!
How many acres of panels would it take to run a city the size of, say, Boulder City? Nevermind Las Vegas!
The technologies are not the problem — oil, gas, coal, nuclear, solar, hydro, geothermal, etc. — they are the solutions, singularly and in combination.
The problem is people who insist their way is the only solution — and that no other way should even be considered, and that only idiots would try!
Well, Mr. Gore may have a few statues in his back pocket, but the one thing he is obviously lacking is common sense.
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