Posted on 12/19/2011 5:13:23 PM PST by matt04
Dear ,
The mayor and city council of Austin, Texas have pledged to make the city coal-free. This is an incredible step toward sustainability in a very coal-heavy state.
Please send a note to Austin's mayor, telling him you support his no coal pledge.
Mayor Leffingwell recently pledged to phase out Austin's dirty Fayette coal plant and begin moving the city toward a clean energy future. Shortly thereafter, the entire city council joined the pledge, setting a huge precedent for cities all over the country.
In the coming months, we'll need to convince Austin Energy to support Mayor Leffingwell's pledge. It is really important that we all speak out in support of his pledge, no matter what state we live in.
Take a moment to send a note to Mayor Leffingwell, letting him know that you stand with him.
Thank you for taking action!
Emily L. Care2 Campaign Team
Wind power does not function well in very cold or heavy rain conditions [See: Link]. That is a serious problem, IMO, and could lead to occasional blackouts when we need power most. I would much rather have generating capacity we could rely on under extreme weather conditions.
The Climate Protection Plan appears to consider anthropogenic global warming to be a serious problem and that greenhouse gas emissions consequently must be reduced. You would hope the planners and the politicians would be smarter than that.
The only note I will send him is to tell him what a stupid communistic SOB he is.
Just as soon as they get all those nasty little plastic (and paper) bags banned.
The “eco” bags they sell in the grocery stores don’t look like they can be laundered. It seems to me that bacteria’s going to flourish in them from spills, leaks and drips and someone’s going to get sick when they eat something out of one that’s previously carried leaky chicken or something.
Use something that can be washed out or laundered.
These freaks are slowly returning us to the dark ages.
Back in the late ‘80s, Austin made a concerted push to become the Silicon Valley of the South. Since then, a lot of computer-related businesses have moved there. It was a left-leaning place before that, but now it is uber-left.
The California attitude has instilled itself there: Nevermind how much it costs. If it’s aligned with lefty goals, it’s worth it. Don’t worry about debt. That will take care of itself.
Actually, we are planning to power Austin with rainbows and unicorns. That’s why we have to get rid of both paper and plastic bags at all the stores, because everyone knows that the natural enemies of rainbows and unicorns are environmentally-unsound packaging for your groceries.
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