Ah, what to do when the cities and industry suck so much power that we get brown outs and such?
We declare eminent domain, and grab "corridors". This is the first time I've seen corridors on a map that encompass whole states.
The residents don't want their land taken, Governers backed their citizens, yet north from Virginia, to include most of Maryland, all of New Jersey and Delaware and large sections of New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia, runs the widest "corridor" I ever seen. The other would stretch from Southern California into Arizona and Nevada.
Hell, I was worried about a little National Forest, and they're taking whole states.
Wolf Hinchlye Ammendment fails. Narrowly.
Katy, bar the door.
I thrashed this around in the OT a little while back. Now I wish I'd thrashed it harder.
From the Piedmont Environment Council:
Several Congressman spoke eloquently in support of the amendment, pointing out the Department of Energy's failure to issue an Environmental Impact Statement, failure
to consider alternatives, and the lack of respect for state's rights and private property rights. Special thanks should be given to Congressman Hinchey (D-22nd/NY) and Congressman Wolf (R-10th/VA), the sponsors of the amendment, as well as those
who stood up and spoke in support including
Congressman Hinchey (D-22nd/NY)
Congressman Wolf (R-10th/VA)
Congressman Hall (D-19th/NY)
Congressman Arcuri (D-24th/NY)
Congressman Kucinich (D-10th/OH)
Congressman Pastor (D-4th/AZ)
Congressman Davis (R-11th/VA)
Congressman Walsh (R-25th/NY)
How yours voted.
It's mops and broom time, Mother Jones.
I'm a bit surprised at Wolf's position here. Perhaps the old and moneyed citizens of the particular counties involved here in Va. outweighed party loyalty. I donno.
I do know that there's a huge, huge landgrab on.
Wise use indeed.
Youse who live in the city, are gonna have to put swifts up or something.
We who live in the country don't want those abominations marching across our home. Sorry, but it's got to stop.
I don't want wi-fi wafting through my body all the time.
I'm exhausted, and will just have to trust there will be some activity on the part of the the stakeholders and the recipients of the dirty Coal electricity about this before the 6th of July.
What the hell happened with the EA2020 good stuff?
Click some of the links on the right, and see if you are in a "corridor".
Send Your Comments to the Department of Energy by July 6th
The Department of Energy is still in the process of designating huge areas of the country where utilities could use this new authority. The Department of Energy (DOE)
has already issued two draft corridors which cover 11 states, over 210 counties, affecting nearly 75 million taxpayers.