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Building a new powerplant in Kansas

Like pulling teeth. Mostly Cajun has the story and a wonderfully informative graph. Just a short excerpt - it's the graph that is important.

NIMBY
That�s shorthand, in case you�re wondering, for �Not In My Back Yard�. It�s a standard cry of the common raving moonbat, used to stop construction of anything from offshore windfarms (invoked by Teddy �Swim, Bitch� Kennedy) to offshore drilling, to anything else.

This time it�s Kansas dimmocrat governess Kathleen Sebelius vetoing new powerplants.

Gov. Kathleen Sebelius surprised absolutely no one today by vetoing legislation designed to resurrect two coal plants in Western Kansas.

Now comes the big question mark: do lawmakers have the two-thirds majorities needed to override her veto? We�ll find out in two weeks when lawmakers return to Topeka.

Quick history lesson: Sunflower Electric Power Corp. wants to build coal plants near Holcomb. State regulator rejects project because of carbon emissions. Legislature cries foul, four times passes legislation to authorize plants. Sebelius vetoes all four efforts.

Here�s what Sebelius, a Democrat, had to say today in her latest veto:

�Last year, I vetoed legislation that forced the Secretary of the Kansas Department of Health and Environment to issue air quality permits for two new coal fired plants which would produce 11 million tons of carbon dioxide each year. These new plants would generate 1400 megawatts of electricity, most of which would be exported to Colorado and Texas. In fact, Kansas would only get 200 megawatts of electricity, while we would get all of the new pollution.

Cajun points out that Kansas will be missing all of the jobs, the tax base, the revinues from the plant, promotion of local business by all the workers at the plant spending their paychecks, etc. etc. etc. Here is the chart with Cajun's comments:
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The chart�s from wikipedia for the year 2006. See that wedge that says �Other renewables�? That�s wind and geothermal and solar and everthing else. 2.4 stinkin� percent. Why? Because 1. Without government subsidies, the stuff doesn�t pay. 2. It�s unreliable. Where windfarms are installed, they typically produce 20-40% of the installed capacity and MUST be backed up by other conventional generation to make up for times when the wind isn�t blowing. Anybody promising more is bullsh*tting shomebody�

What he said... Posted by DaveH at April 13, 2009 8:12 PM