So Boulder – EXPOSING THE REAL COSTS OF “GREEN” ENERGY It must be great to be “so woke” in the 24 square miles surrounded by reality.
Read about a Minnesota study by Powerline’s John Hinderaker…
Today Center of the American Experiment released a groundbreaking paper that addresses a relatively mild “green” proposal: legislation that would raise the renewable energy standard in Minnesota from 25% to 50%. Two of my staffers have been working on the paper for months, drawing on publicly available (but rarely consulted) sources to understand what would be necessary to achieve that 50% goal, what it would cost, how it would impact the state’s economy, and what effect it would have on global temperatures.
The paper is titled “Doubling Down on Failure: How a 50 Percent by 2030 Renewable Energy Standard Would Cost Minnesota $80.2 Billion.” With appendices, it runs to 75 pages. I am not aware of a similarly comprehensive analysis that has been done of any “green” proposal at either the state or the federal level. The paper is fully transparent: all assumptions, data and calculations are clearly set forth. The appendices are largely spread sheets. If anyone disagrees with the report’s conclusions, it should be easy to identify where and why those disagreements arise. You can read the paper here.
But no worries, the elite, psuedo intellectual Boulderites will fearlessly lead it’s citizens straight down the path to unreliable and some of the most expensive energy in the nation. Of course, the great green minds in Boulder will solve all the problems that Minnesota can’t. Or NOT. I’m betting on NOT.
Many residents will be purchasing electricity through a government subsidized exchange, let’s call it Connect for Energy Colorado. It’s about power and control. Government creates a problem, expensive electricity, then rides in on a white horse with the solution. HANDOUTS. And the poor and middle class or forever grateful, forgetting who caused the problem in the first place.
Boulderites, you’re being sold a bill of goods and you deserve it. Just don’t take the rest of the state with you.
