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August 18th, 2008

Test case: what happens when a government requires renewable energy?

Posted by Harry Fuller @ 4:43 pm

Categories: Blogroll, air pollution, biofuel, cars & traffic, climate change, conservation, energy, environmental health, fossil fuel, law & politics, petroleum, renewable energy, solar, state government, wind

Tags: Renewable Energy, Colorado, Government, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller

Let’s take a look. Not at Denmark, or Portugal or Germany. How about, say, Colorado? Here’s a report on how Colorado’s 2004 initiative for renewable energy sources has worked out so far.

Here’s the information for homeonwers on the Colorado governor’s website. Here’s a series of Colorado’s pubs on conservation and renewable energy.

Colorado, BTW, ranks 24th in level of unemployment with just over 5%. Twenty-six states have higher unemployment. Colorado’s median household income [over 50.6K per year] is above that of more than thirty states.

Harry FullerA newsman since 1969, Harry Fuller has worked for CBS, ABC, CNBC Europe, CNET and was founding news director at TechTV. See his full profile and disclosure of his industry affiliations.

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what happens when a government requires renewable energy?
I don't dispute your theory, but there is NO such thing as free enterprise in this country anymore. Big business controls all of us...period
Getting back to the subject if utilities are required ... (Read the rest)
Posted by: proton_z Posted on: 08/23/08 You are currently: a Guest | | Terms of Use
....  Linux User 147560 | 08/18/08
Pretty deceiving article  Takalok | 08/19/08
Assuming you're right...  John L. Ries | 08/19/08
....  Linux User 147560 | 08/19/08
What happens? Everyone else pays for it.  Letophoro | 08/19/08
....  Linux User 147560 | 08/19/08
In what way?  Letophoro | 08/20/08
When the inmates run the asylum.  Kyser Soze | 08/19/08
When the inmates run the asylum  fire1 | 08/19/08
replace big oil with big wind and solar  coffeeshark | 08/19/08
....  Linux User 147560 | 08/19/08
what happens when a government requires renewable energy?  proton_z | 08/23/08

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