Comments on: Sen. Reid has plan to reform energy infrastructure

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid to introduce legislation this week to expand federal authority over plans for electric transmission line development.

[SplitMerge]

I wanted to publicize an idea on power transmissions: Use the Interstate Highway system for the new HVDC power grid!!! The Feds own and control the Interstate System; there are 48k+ miles of highways, and a perfectly good median that runs between the highways. You can bury the new cables 10-20 feet underground, and then figure out how to cross bridges, etc. Even if the cost is a lot higher per transmission mile.. you will at least get it done. Once the State regulators get their grubby little hands on transmission approval, the entire effort will run aground - classic NIMBY will prevail.

I wish you could run a story on that!!

Mitch

[kacirooroo]

Just the fact that they are acknowledging the need and discussing such is HUGE! We really must get on about the business of becoming an energy independent nation. No one single factor burdens a society and economy more than the cost of fuel. Jeff Wilson has a fantastic book just out called The Manhattan Project of 2009 Energy Independence Now. It is exciting to see our nation finally starting to wake up to the seriousness of this need in our society. http://www.themanhattanprojectof2009.com

[mrcskeys]

renewable energy sources need to be localized. Regional load/power sharing should focus on minimizing the need for a national grid and the associated expenses. Unfortunately, energy is still a "for profit" business. This, and all energy matters in this country for that matter, need to be changed. If we want to be a "civilized" nation then the good of all the people needs to supersede the greed of profit mongers.

[DarkHawke]

I wondered where the "gotcha" was in this proposal, and I believe I've found it:

'Clinton said the development of a clean-energy market will also depend on separating energy use from prices. "I don't see how we can create the market...unless we mandate decoupling," he said.'

That's insanity, right on the face of it. There isn't one "clean energy" technology that can step in for oil, natural gas, nuclear or coal and produce the same amount of energy for the same price. Not today, and unless there are some breakthroughs in superconductivity, not ever. If we suddenly "decouple" the HUGE increase in cost that solar, wind or bio-fuel use entails, where's the incentive to make those technologies more efficient? And who will pay the price difference? Do you even need three guesses? The realities of economics don't go away because an ex-President says so.

You want to know what socialism looks like? There it is, my friends, and bit by bit, incremental step by incremental step, it's destroying the America you and I grew up in. If you love your children and have hope for the future of this nation, then stop it and stop it right now.

[No1EnviroNUT]

Go back to the basics! Balance the budget. It will hurt! People will be screeming, but our children and children;s children will still have a GREAT Country! Right now our country is in debt. To Whom? China!
Do you know how to speak chinese? Neither do I. Stop selling us out. Balance the budget, stop the lying, tell us the truth! No Fluff! How do we pay back 48 plus Trillion? We don't go and spend more. Social Security is broke, Medicare, Medicaid, both are broke. WE shipped our manufacturing plants overseas. Now what? Think about it. What are WE going to do? Make the Hard choices, tell it to us straight, honestly, truthfully and the American people will rise to do GREATER things than we have ever done before. Just give us the chance!

[abuzan]

Since Harry Reid is against e-verify and for immigration, is all this work going to go to the Mexicans and all other immigrants? How much of this work will go to Americans?

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