The Las Vegas Review-Journal and all the readers who have thus far commented on the story are all excited about seven electric scooters donated to the police. Most of the comments in defense of the motion are comments that attack those who oppose the gesture. They illustrate that a large majority of the discourse and those who insist on discussing the 'green' movement are jejune.
Has anyone ever bothered to ask from whence the electricity comes that makes 'green' energy possible? As 'TimeRanger' puts it, unless the cars are solar powered or connected to massive wind turbines or as 'UpandOver' writes powered by hot air from Harry Reid, there is no net change in carbon neutrality.
Face it or not, the electricity generated in most of this nation and for most of this city comes from coal. The more 'green' energy they force upon us, the more coal we have to burn. The more 'green' movements they put into place, the more they try to restrict the mining, transport, and use of coal. Some people try to butter their bread while they burn it in the toaster.
No matter what they tell you, NV Energy is mostly a non-renewable energy company. Their own website reports a peak energy consumption of 7,140MW in 2009. However, when you try to get a breakdown, all of their sweeping renewable data available easily to the public says they can provide a mere 196MW sum of renewable energy because the 1,446MW they also mention is 'planned and under development' which means it is not online. Even if it were, that still means that at best 23% of the power they provide would be renewable, assuming all of their facilities were online. That means that most of their power comes from combustion, likely of coal, at power plants like Moapa, Hidden Valley, Reid-Gardner and others.
If they had a ton of renewable energy currently online, they would boast of it. They are afraid you will be unhappy with them if they tell you the truth of what they actually do. The green dream is achieved at large still through consumption of more coal. After all, how else does that outlet in your home really get electricity?
**this article is not an assault on NV Energy, simply an analysis. They are probably doing what they think is right for their government, their stockholders, and their customers, and probably in that order.**
Has anyone ever bothered to ask from whence the electricity comes that makes 'green' energy possible? As 'TimeRanger' puts it, unless the cars are solar powered or connected to massive wind turbines or as 'UpandOver' writes powered by hot air from Harry Reid, there is no net change in carbon neutrality.
Face it or not, the electricity generated in most of this nation and for most of this city comes from coal. The more 'green' energy they force upon us, the more coal we have to burn. The more 'green' movements they put into place, the more they try to restrict the mining, transport, and use of coal. Some people try to butter their bread while they burn it in the toaster.
No matter what they tell you, NV Energy is mostly a non-renewable energy company. Their own website reports a peak energy consumption of 7,140MW in 2009. However, when you try to get a breakdown, all of their sweeping renewable data available easily to the public says they can provide a mere 196MW sum of renewable energy because the 1,446MW they also mention is 'planned and under development' which means it is not online. Even if it were, that still means that at best 23% of the power they provide would be renewable, assuming all of their facilities were online. That means that most of their power comes from combustion, likely of coal, at power plants like Moapa, Hidden Valley, Reid-Gardner and others.
If they had a ton of renewable energy currently online, they would boast of it. They are afraid you will be unhappy with them if they tell you the truth of what they actually do. The green dream is achieved at large still through consumption of more coal. After all, how else does that outlet in your home really get electricity?
**this article is not an assault on NV Energy, simply an analysis. They are probably doing what they think is right for their government, their stockholders, and their customers, and probably in that order.**
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