NYTimes: With Coal Plans Cut Back, Texas Faces Energy Gap
With regard to today’s New York Times article on Texas’ looming energy deficit in the wake of the TXU buyout and scuttling of at least eight of the proposed eleven coal-fired power plants (see http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/08/business/08energy.html) …
Nary a mention is made of the opportunity for Texas legislators to bridge this “energy gap” by encouraging (or, dare I propose, imposition of) more creative and greener changes in consumer behavior. On the heels of recent local discussions of the Trans Texas Corridor, why aren’t our fearless leaders proposing that we use some of the same financial tools enacted to encourage automobile travel and air pollution (e.g. bond funds) to promote the creation and expansion of renewable energy sources and transmission infrastructure. I never cease to be amazed at how one-dimensional our thinking is regarding energy futures!
Let’s abandon our entrenched business-as-usual mindset and strike out on a new, sustainable future that we can imagine surviving the next two hundred years.
