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Thursday, February 21, 2008


I wonder if the Sierra Club sets a great example by only using electricity generated by their own good intentions?
An environmental group's protest in downtown Houston on Wednesday put a spotlight on the debate over coal — which generates half the nation's electricity but also contributes to climate change.

The Sierra Club said it is launching a national campaign against coal-fired plants by Houston-based Dynegy and punctuated the announcement with a rally outside the company's headquarters.

Dynegy, which has as many as six coal-fired plants in its construction plans, responded that it must meet the growing demand for electricity in the short term while long-term alternative energy sources are still being developed.
Most of society, including the Sierra Club newsletter, couldn't exist without electricity. Why don't they protest their own uses? Also, I wonder if they walked to their downtown Houston protest? But who could ignore a rant that begins with "hey hey, ho ho?"
About 40 protesters carried picket signs and chanted "dirty coal has got to go" to mark the start of the campaign.
I can never get my mind wrapped around the narrow, unenlightened self interest of these people. Do they think that these huge evil energy companies just want to destroy the planet? They're providing a service that everyone, including the Sierra Club, uses on a daily, if no hourly, basis. Shut your whining pie hole or get off the grid.



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