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Townhall Finance...
A Case Study in
Energy Regs Gone Mad
by Bob Beauprez
When Barack Obama promised that his non-energy energy policies would
“bankrupt” anyone foolish enough to try to operate a coal-fired power
plant, he talked as if he would only inflict pain on some inanimate
structure of concrete and steel. Clever politician that he is, he
depersonalized his war on fossil fuels all in the name of saving the
planet.
What he didn’t mention, of course, is that real people work at these
power plants, and real people have jobs harvesting and transporting
coal, natural gas, and oil from deep inside the earth so that many more
people may have sustained supplies of affordable energy to maintain a
quality of life and productive work places. Furthermore, in
energy producing communities any family or small business not directly
connected to energy is still dependent on the health and vitality of
the energy industry for their survival, too.
Craig is a town of just 10,000 people in the northwestern corner of
Colorado. It is home to one of the largest coal-fired power
plants in the country. A combination of new federal and state
punitive regulations mistakenly aimed at the industry is threatening
the very existence of the town and its citizens.
Below is a link to a short video that accurately represents the
importance of a vibrant coal industry to everyone in that
community. It’s not just brick and mortar that government
over regulation will destroy – it’s the lives of real people like
these. The impact of these new policies is only just beginning to
be felt, but you can already see the severe consequences to the good
folks who live here.
Worst of all, as the video mentions, most of these new destructive
policies are based on falsehoods and phony myths. With today’s
clean technology, fossil fuels are not the enemy. Given the
chance, people in places like Craig would supply vastly greater amounts
of affordable, dependable, domestically produced clean energy all
across America.
Click here and scroll down to watch The Perfect Storm
over Craig
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