An essential part of the effort to fight global warming is the expansion of opportunities for Americans to produce their own clean energy from sources such as wind and solar panels, and to profit from that clean energy generation by sharing the energy with other households. This expansion of localized clean energy generation is made possible by net metering and up-to-date interconnection standards. Unfortunately, only 39 states actually have established statewide standards enabling individual clean energy producers to contribute to the larger grid.
The Network for New Energy Choices grades these 39 states on the quality of their public policies on net metering and interconnection. The results of the group’s 2007 report card shows that blue states outperform red states on both net metering and interconnection.
- Of the five states that got a grade of A on net metering policies, four were blue states that voted for John Kerry in 2004. Only one of these high-achieving states, Colorado, was a 2004 red state.
- Four states were given failing grades on their net metering policies. Three of these four failing states were 2004 red states.
- Only one blue state has failed to develop statewide policies on net metering. However, eleven red states have failed to develop these policies.
- No states got a grade of A on interconnection policies, but six states were given failing grades for their policies. Four of these failing states were red states. Only two blue states were placed in this failing category.
- Only two blue states lack interconnection policies, whereas fourteen red states lack these policies.
(Source: Freeing The Grid, from the Network for New Energy Choices, December, 2007)
Blue state, red State… Are you trying to infer “Superiority” of blue to red, ethnocentric “progressive” man? How unenlightened. Surely you are not a real “progressive”, because this is like determining one race or one culture is superior to another.
Chalk up another shot across the bow of the “progressive” garbage scow.
Oh and by the way – why don’t you enumerate (that means list) the red state, blue state breakdown of who’s “good” and “bad”. in fact, direct us to the original data, so we can decide for ourselves, rather than relying on you to NOT skew the results to your liking. That way a REAL researcher can begin to look for REAL answers to the positive and negative correlations and find just whether or not a states’ “Redness” or “Blueness” is a causal (not casual) factor in it’s electrical energy distribution policy.
P.S. I am very sorry if I’ve perhaps spoken over your head in this comment, but like I said, it’s fun to poke holes in your distorted “progressive” (socialist, communist, fascist) outlook.
http://epw.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Minority.Pledge
I guess if AlGore won’t make the change, and Hollywood fatheads who scream global warming won’t make the change, the rest of us are likely to find out on AlGore’s internet (what a great equalizer for us proletarians, wouldn’t you agree?) and decide to follow in their wake, i.e., no change.
P.S. I bet you can tell I’m full of piss and vinegar now. I’ve finally had my limit with “progressives” (socialists, communists, fascists, overeducated rednecks) You just had to respond to my cranky old email…
Richard, leave your propaganda behind, and stop hurling out insults and then winking as if it’s funny
Al Gore has made substantial adjustments to his home, to make it one of the more environmentally friendly designs in the country. Of course, you won’t hear about that on Fox News.
My goodness, Richard, the source is right there: Freeing The Grid, from the Network for New Energy Choices, December, 2007
A REAL researcher could click on the link and read the report, and see that the state by state data is right there, Richard.
Well, I can’t control what you find funny, or if you don’t even have a sense of humor. But let’s get something out in the open right now: EVERYBODY uses “propaganda”, you, me, Everybody. So if you’re willing to admit to and drop your “propaganda” then we have starting point upon which to build a propaganda-less conversation.
P.S. Just for fun,
If “everybody” jumped in a lake, Richard, would YOU jump in a lake?
Now we know. Richard thinks lies are funny. When you see the little yellow thing, you know he has posted a lie.
Many people like Richard use these winking things to try to soften something they’ve just said that they know sounds unreasonable. It would be better if they tried, instead, to be more reasonable.