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In reply to the discussion: The World's Largest Solar Plant Started Creating Electricity Today [View all]Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts). . . or something similar.
However, what I object to is corporations buying politicians and setting public policy by themselves while bypassing any input by the people, who also happen to be consumers and employees.
I have no objection to private industry producing renewable energy. In fact, I welcome that. It's when the fossil fuel industries pull out their checkbooks in order to hinder the development of renewable energy and get the politicians to keep fossil fuels on artificial life support that I get upset.
Fossil fuels need to be phased out. That fossil fuels are unhealthy is good enough reason to use less, but the fact that fossil fuels are disappearing makes it critical. A few weeks ago, many DUers were taking an interest in reports that ALEC was writing model legislation to tax homeowners for putting solar panels. How does that promote energy production? It doesn't. It just makes it difficult to switch from fossil fuels to something cleaner, less dangerous to produce, and will be more abundant in the future.