Posted on 07/07/2012 3:38:41 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
................the plant and the mine that powers it may be sacrificed to this dubious environmental crusade. The new technology would reduce nitrate aerosols. They, however, are responsible for just 4 percent of what is called light extinction over the Grand Canyon.
Water falls unbidden from the sky but must be pumped to Arizonans Tucson is 2,500 feet above sea level. The NGS [Navajo Generating Station ] provides 95 percent of the power for the pumps of the Central Arizona Project (CAP), which made Phoenix and most of modern Arizona possible. A study sponsored by the Interior Department estimates that the EPAs mandate might increase the cost of water by as much as 32 percent, hitting agriculture users especially hard. They might be driven back to using scarce groundwater which was supposed to be protected by the CAP. That is why many environmentalists supported the CAP, one of the largest reclamation projects in U.S. history.
An Arizona State University study estimates that between now and 2044, the NGS and the mine will contribute $20 billion to the states economy and provide 3,000 jobs each year. If there is an NGS. Its site lease expires in 2019. If the EPA mandates the most expensive technologies, each of the NGS owners would have to weigh whether it is sensible to make large capital investments in a plant that might not operate after that. Furthermore, one of the six owners of the NGS is the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, which may be prohibited by California law the state may be destitute, but it is determined to fix the climate from making investments that will extend the life of coal-fired plants................
(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...
First casualty of greenhouse gas rules may be Texas plant "Developers targeted 2013 to begin operating a new power plant fueled by the carbon-rich leftover from nearby oil refining in Corpus Christi.
The Las Brisas Energy Center will not be ready by then, however, and there are doubts the project will be built at all, making it the latest flash point in a long fight between Texas and the Environmental Protection Agency.
The $3 billion project has stalled as the federal government pushes to limit emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases linked to global warming from new power plants. The first-ever rules are expected to bring an end to the era of coal-burning power generation as energy producers opt for cheap and plentiful natural gas.
The EPA's draft rules require new coal-fired plants to achieve limits that can be met easily by plants fueled by natural gas, which releases about half the carbon dioxide. The rules, known as the New Source Performance Standards, do not cover existing facilities.
The Las Brisas project could be among the first casualties because the plant, as designed, would burn petroleum coke, also known as pet coke, a refinery byproduct that produces about as much carbon dioxide as coal.
The rules, which the EPA proposed in March, act as a "moratorium on coal and pet coke plants," said Dave Freysinger, chief executive of Chase Power Development, the Las Brisas project's developer. "Given the issues with reliability of electricity in Texas, this is an untenable spot to be."...........
H.R. 750 `Defending America’s Affordable Energy and Jobs Act’. It will strip the power to regulate away from the EPA and put it back in the hands of congress.
There are already more than 100 co sponsors but more are always welcome. Encourage your congressman to get on board.
http://www.theorator.com/bills/text/hr750.html
Thank you for the information and LINK!
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The air and water are clean...It was. Dirty in the fifty and sixties....they just want to get rid of fossil fuels..there fools...
Simple. Obama will take them over the govt will run them with tax dollars. Imagine the likes of Cass Sunstein running the power plants....
Current co sponsors of H.R. 750
Rep. Dan Burton [R-IN5]
Rep. Steven Steve Chabot [R-OH1]
Rep. Louis Gohmert [R-TX1]
Rep. Jim Jordan [R-OH4]
Rep. Jean Schmidt [R-OH2]
Rep. Blake Farenthold [R-TX27]
Rep. Robert Latta [R-OH5]
Rep. Bill Huizenga [R-MI2]
Rep. Michele Bachmann [R-MN6]
Rep. Lynn Westmoreland [R-GA3]
Rep. Bob Gibbs [R-OH18]
Rep. Daniel Lungren [R-CA3]
Rep. Sandy Adams [R-FL24]
Rep. Tom McClintock [R-CA4]
Rep. Dennis Ross [R-FL12]
Rep. Rob Bishop [R-UT1]
Rep. Michael Conaway [R-TX11]
Rep. John Fleming [R-LA4]
Rep. Trent Franks [R-AZ2]
Rep. John Phil Gingrey [R-GA11]
Rep. Andy Harris [R-MD1]
Rep. Randy Hultgren [R-IL14]
Rep. Jack Kingston [R-GA1]
Rep. Doug Lamborn [R-CO5]
Rep. Randy Neugebauer [R-TX19]
Rep. Steven Steve Pearce [R-NM2]
Rep. Mike Pence [R-IN6]
Rep. Reid Ribble [R-WI8]
Rep. Phil Roe [R-TN1]
Rep. Edward Ed Royce [R-CA40]
Rep. Joe Walsh [R-IL8]
Rep. Scott Tipton [R-CO3]
Rep. Jeff Denham [R-CA19]
Rep. Joseph Pitts [R-PA16]
Rep. Dennis Denny Rehberg [R-MT0]
Rep. John Carter [R-TX31]
Rep. Mike Coffman [R-CO6]
Rep. Walter Wally Herger [R-CA2]
Rep. Candice Miller [R-MI10]
Rep. Gary Miller [R-CA42]
Rep. Mike Pompeo [R-KS4]
Rep. Peter Pete Sessions [R-TX32]
Rep. Walter Jones [R-NC3]
Rep. Jeff Flake [R-AZ6]
Rep. Billy Long [R-MO7]
Rep. Rick Berg [R-ND0]
Rep. Shelley Capito [R-WV2]
Rep. Thaddeus Thad McCotter [R-MI11]
Rep. Tim Murphy [R-PA18]
Rep. James Lankford [R-OK5]
Rep. Robert Bob Goodlatte [R-VA6]
Rep. Vicky Hartzler [R-MO4]
Rep. Steve Austria [R-OH7]
Rep. Jeff Duncan [R-SC3]
Rep. Stephen Fincher [R-TN8]
Rep. Tom Graves [R-GA9]
Rep. Tim Huelskamp [R-KS1]
Rep. Lynn Jenkins [R-KS2]
Rep. Samuel Sam Johnson [R-TX3]
Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer [R-MO9]
Rep. Kenny Marchant [R-TX24]
Rep. Jeff Miller [R-FL1]
Rep. Rob Woodall [R-GA7]
Rep. Larry Bucshon [R-IN8]
Rep. Trey Gowdy [R-SC4]
Rep. Mick Mulvaney [R-SC5]
Rep. Diane Black [R-TN6]
Rep. Scott DesJarlais [R-TN4]
Rep. Bill Flores [R-TX17]
Rep. Samuel Sam Graves [R-MO6]
Rep. Frank Guinta [R-NH1]
Rep. Marsha Blackburn [R-TN7]
Rep. Kevin Brady [R-TX8]
Rep. Francisco Quico Canseco [R-TX23]
Rep. Alan Nunnelee [R-MS1]
Rep. David Schweikert [R-AZ5]
Rep. Thomas Marino [R-PA10]
Rep. Kevin Yoder [R-KS3]
Rep. Kristi Noem [R-SD0]
Rep. Addison Joe Wilson [R-SC2]
Rep. Donald Manzullo [R-IL16]
Rep. Steve Southerland [R-FL2]
Rep. Paul Broun [R-GA10]
Rep. Mark Amodei [R-NV2]
Rep. Lamar Smith [R-TX21]
Rep. Paul Gosar [R-AZ1]
Rep. Justin Amash [R-MI3]
Rep. Cory Gardner [R-CO4]
Rep. Chuck Fleischmann [R-TN3]
Rep. Adam Kinzinger [R-IL11]
Rep. Ben Quayle [R-AZ3]
Rep. Thomas Rooney [R-FL16]
Rep. Clifford Cliff Stearns [R-FL6]
Rep. Dan Benishek [R-MI1]
Rep. Austin Scott [R-GA8]
Rep. Tim Scott [R-SC1]
Rep. Pete Olson [R-TX22]
Rep. John Culberson [R-TX7]
Rep. Steve Scalise [R-LA1]
Rep. John Mica [R-FL7]
Rep. Jeb Hensarling [R-TX5]
The last time we had a power outage here in San Diego, civil society did just fine. Friends and neighbors got together and helped each other and crime was almost nonexistent. I wonder if that will continue to be the case if rolling blackouts become a regular occurence during the summer.
WHY are these guys so entrenched in Sacramento? It seems that there are only two ways to get rid of them - either let them legislate themselves out of office by pure stupid extremism (they are well on the way), or Revolution and the lamp post. I know which I would prefer!
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