Cincinnatus BLOG *** Political Commentary - Social Commentary

When the only tool you have is a hammer, the whole world looks like a nail. In other words, there is no problem that a bureaucrat can't solve, if only we would let them pass another regressive tax. That may well be the sum total of the creative thinking that has gone into the Obama Cap-and-Trade plan. The Obama Administration proposes that companies buy a permit for each ton of carbon emitted, at an estimated cost, to start of $13 to $20 per ton. The permits could then be bought and sold. The theory behind this convoluted scheme is that it will somehow miraculously increase energy efficiency and renewable energy development. Rather than focus on available technological solutions, let's burden hard working American consumers with another ill-conceived regressive tax! Who… Continue reading | 4 Comments

  Heat from the Earth, or geothermal - Geo (Earth) + thermal (heat) - energy can be readily accessed by drilling water or steam wells in a process similar to drilling for oil. Domestic geothermal energy is an enormous, and underused heat and power resource that emits little or no greenhouse gases. Mile-or-more-deep wells can be drilled into underground reservoirs to tap steam and very hot water that can be brought to the surface for use in a variety of applications. In the U.S most geothermal reservoirs are located in the western states, Alaska, and Hawaii.  About 8,000 megawatts of electricity are currently produced globally including about 3,000 megawatts of capacity in the United States. The US Department of Energy believes that an additional 15,000 megawatts of geothermal electricity… Continue reading | 6 Comments