PGE's energy plan misses state's green goals (would fall well short of Oregon's 2020 goals)

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http://www.oregonlive.com/environment/index.ssf/2009/09/portland_general_electric_unve.html

PGE's energy plan misses state's green goals

by Scott Learn, The Oregonian
Friday September 04, 2009, 9:14 PM

Portland General Electric announced http://blog.oregonlive.com/environment_impact/2009/09/PGEplan.pdf">plans late today to build two new natural gas power plants by 2015 and spend more than $500 million to keep its controversial Boardman coal-fired power plant burning for three more decades.

Oregon's largest electric utility also unveiled plans to ramp up conservation and wind power to help meet growing demand.

PGE's latest two-decade energy strategy would fall well short of Oregon's 2020 goals for cutting carbon emissions to combat global warming.

Environmental groups and other critics quickly denounced the plan, calling it risky for ratepayers and the environment, while business groups said it makes sense for PGE to bank on reliable power.

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1. There is of course, a reason that these things go the way of the "10% ZEV cars by 2003"...

...that was enacted in California to require (in 1990) that 10% of vehicles in that state be emissions free "by 2003," after 2% "by 1998."

http://www.ucsusa.org/clean_vehicles/solutions/advanced_vehicles_and_fuels/californias-zero-emission-1.html

The number of ZEV (Zero Emission Vehicles) in California (in our customary "percent talk") right now, to three significant figures is 0.00%.

The reason is that all this "renewables will save us" bull is a technical shell game in which an irresponsible generation tries to dump responsibility on its children.

In Oregon they blew up one the largest sources of climate change gas free energy with all kinds of bullshit talk about their grand dumb renewable fantasies.

The result: Predictably more dangerous coal, more dangerous natural gas.

Like I've said every single time that I hear the dumb illiterate cheering for blowing up nuclear plants, the number of nuclear plants that have been blown up becasue of public ignorance and have not been replaced by dangerous fossil fuel plants is zero..

http://www.eia.doe.gov/cneaf/electricity/st_profiles/sept04or.xls

Every single nuclear plant that has been blown up in this country, from Maine to Oregon to Sacramento with a bunch of bullshit big talk from dumb fundie anti-nukes has been replaced by dangerous fossil fuels.

No wonder the dangerous fossil fuel companies pay so much money to Amory Lovins.