I notice that Denver, Colorado hosts First American tribes, "many from the great Northern Plains" for a "Native Renewable Energy Summit." This shortly after ASPO-USA hosted over 400 scientists, economists, and petroleum industry engineers met there.
It is interesting that the tribes went all the way to Denver to talk about harnessing wind power from the plains in partnerships with cities. Is Minneapolis currently working to make wind and solar at least 20% of our electrical power source? The rising cost of natural gas makes me doubt that the Riverside power plant will ever be converted over to NG power. People will be screaming to burn more coal in order to save money. Even as we build over 100 new coal-burning plants in the USA and the pressure comes on to roll back pollution standards, we need to skip right over the fossil fuel sources and go straight to renewable energy sources. Note that over 180 cities have signed on to respect the Kyoto accord -- as have some states -- in spite of our Neanderthal federal administration. Has Mayor Rybak signed Minneapolis on in support of the Kyoto standards? When will we hold an energy summit for Minnesota right here in Minneapolis? We need to realize that 70% of the petroleum we use goes to transportation. Meanwhile, the demand for coal grows exponentially as well. Meanwhile, global warming is just warming up, and other pollutants cause many health problems. Mayor Rybak is right to call for construction of the light rail system ASAP. Already it is too little and too late. The more we do now, the more benefits we reap and the lower the costs will be. Indian Country has an article about the Denver Energy summit here: http://www.indiancountry.com/content.cfm?id=1096411944 -- pedaling off to my first job of the day -- from Lynnhurst -- Gary Hoover REMINDERS: 1. Be civil! Please read the NEW RULES at http://www.e-democracy.org/rules. If you think a member is in violation, contact the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[email protected] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
