The President spoke Wednesday from the largest solar power plant in the United States. The Copper Mountain facility is one hours drive from the Las Vegas Strip. With a total of 1 million solar panels it provides energy to 17,000 homes. The President was unabashedly critical of his opposition referring to them as "Charter members of the flat earth society."
“Now you’d think, given this extraordinary sight, given the fact that this is creating jobs, generating power, helping to keep our environment clean, making us more competitive globally. You’d think that everybody would be supportive of solar power, and yet, if some politicians have their way, there won’t be any more public investment in solar energy,” he said.
Rep. John Fleming,R-La. is highly critical of the Presidents policies claiming that there is no benefit from subsidization of solar energy. Meanwhile some environmentalists are also against such desert installations as well.
With gas prices on the rise, and resistance from both sides, our President continues to make the tough calls, and stands up for what he believes is right.
Do you believe that investment in solar energy is necessary to strengthen the economy?
Do you believe that protecting desert habitat is more important than reducing CO2 emissions?
What impact will readily available renewable energy have on national security?
In response to Tim’s blog: President Obama Soldiers on despite heavy opposition to solar investment.
ReplyDeleteDo you believe that investment in solar energy is necessary to strengthen the economy? Do you believe that protecting desert habitat is more important than reducing CO2 emissions? What impact will readily available renewable energy have on national security?
I do believe that it would be a great change to go to solar energy as opposed to water and coal. It would be difficult but a gradual change with incorporating it in to people’s lifestyles would be good. The government on the other hand most likely wants to keep the current energy source because they are getting rich off of coal and hydro plants. I believe that if you can reduce CO2 emissions and if the desert creatures only in that area were affected it would not be such a big deal. This would reduce the CO2 emissions and increase the availability of good air. As I said before if America tried to change to solar power, we would generate more power, create jobs, keep our environment clean, and it will allow us to compete globally. But since to change you would have to stop the coal factories since they have a lot of harmful emissions. The government would never tolerate because they make too much money with hydro power and coal plants.
What do you think about this issue?
Should we try to fully change to solar energy because the coal reserves are depleting?