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Don't let Utah become Nevada.

Beantown said:
Close, I own a solar development company. Large scale projects. The issue is the net metering credits being reduced. But the larger picture is an unregulated monopoly that answers to nobody.

No matter your stance on energy production Utah is one place that should be hugging solar/wind and driving electric cars. The pollution is destroying the livability and beauty of the state.
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I don't disagree but considering you basically never post anymore and when you do it's about solar and you own a solar development company, your motives seem more than just disingenuous to me.
 
Joe Bagadonuts said:
I am for alternative energy, but I don't think it should be subsidized. Washakie Renewable Energy, for instance, is a complete joke and an enormous taxpayer ripoff. So in regard to your major point, is electricity generation really creating (or largely contributing to) our pollution problem on the Wasatch Front? I'd be very interested in hearing what percentage of inversion creating pollution is due to electricity generation. I'll bet it's very small. Most of the energy is generated elsewhere, and therefore the pollution from that generation is not really a factor on the Wasatch Front. I'll bet the vast majority of our pollution is from automobiles, some of it is household (heaters, fireplaces, etc), probably a fair percentage is from industry.

My point is that there may be numerous reasons to oppose this bill, but I don't think the pollution impact is likely to really be a legitimate one. Your involvement in the solar industry leads me to believe you are just using that because "being like Nevada" somehow hurts your sales potential.
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#1- Fossil Fuels are heavily subsidized. Everyone just speaks to the solar subsidy because it actually goes striaght to the consumer, rather than large corporations.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2014/04/oil-subsidies-renewable-energy-tax-breaks


#2- Utah produces a ton of coal. But you are correct that most of the valley inversion is coming from cars and industry. But the pollution haze has now been reported in Utah's national parks. I assume you don't enjoy visiting a national park surrounded in pollution?

https://content.sierraclub.org/press-releases/2016/01/utahns-urge-epa-protect-national-parks-and-communities-coal-pollution

#3 Watch Gasland on Netflix. Then you will know why I am in reneweables.
 
Gameface said:
Easy money?
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I take it you have never been in the construction/development industry? Getting projects approved through the permitting process and utilities is a nightmare.

But if I worked in the unregulated gas industry I could start blasting a hole next to your house, inject a billion different types of chemicals, pollute your water supply and make your family sick and nobody would care except you.
 
Beantown said:
I take it you have never been in the construction/development industry? Getting projects approved through the permitting process and utilities is a nightmare.

But if I worked in the unregulated gas industry I could start blasting a hole next to your house, inject a billion different types of chemicals, pollute your water supply and make your family sick and nobody would care except you.
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Never change pls
 
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