tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post5627818932031282594..comments2023-10-26T08:02:44.948-04:00Comments on Connecticut Commentary: Red Notes from a Blue State: Energy Needs And The Collapse Of ConnecticutDon Pescihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11167988001948356357noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-34133318781019161442011-02-02T10:48:34.999-05:002011-02-02T10:48:34.999-05:00Re: Rep. Nardello - isn't it interesting that ...Re: Rep. Nardello - isn't it interesting that these environazis want us all to go "green", but when the green industries want to site near them, it's always NIMBY (see: Nantucket, Kennedys, wind turbines, blocking of). They love green energy as long as they don't have to see, hear, smell or touch it. Also, wind power will never be a meaningful generator of electric power in my, my son's and probably my grandchildren's lifetimes.Pauldznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9069955.post-39274686208568477492011-02-01T09:05:00.738-05:002011-02-01T09:05:00.738-05:00I work in the Electric power business (engineering...I work in the Electric power business (engineering consultant with little or no CT work) and I remember going to a CBIA breakfast seminar years ago where a State rep (or was it a senaator) was going to speak on deregulation. Now deregulation is a good thing, much pushed by the left when Carter era problems made Millstone III so pricey. But to a CT politician the goal was to move difficult decisions off of their plate.<br /><br />I asked the speaker after the talk, if they wanted to get this done before fuel prices went up again. She admitted this was the case. You are correct that they addressed no real structural solutions (in fact residential deregulation was deemed to complex for the ordinary citizen to understand and was restricted to urban poor zones and a few selected suburbs!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14206650643306740510noreply@blogger.com