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Tuesday, March 16, 2010

Utility Bills to Rise Significantly In Los Angeles for "Green Energy"

At a time when natural gas could not get much less expensive and at a time when North America seems to be drowning in natural gas supplies, the folks in Los Angeles will see their utility bills rise 8% to 28% to pay for the increased costs of using "green energy": wind and solar.

On my "old" blog I had a whole section devoted to this topic but it detracted from my main interest (the Bakken), so I got rid of it. But at that "old" blog it was pointed out numerous times that utility bills would rise about 25% for the opportunity to "go green."

For comparison purposes, a unit of energy provided by coal costs about six (6) cents; that same unit of energy costs about 30 cents for solar energy.  Natural gas, to provide for that same amount of energy, would cost about ten (10) cents. Due to the vagaries of wind generation, it is very difficult to determine the cost of providing "wind-generated" energy, but folks in Los Angeles will get a chance to figure it out.

2 comments:

  1. You gotta love those liberals!!!

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  2. Thank you for stopping by. I try so hard not to post items about federal/state policies of this nature, but it is so difficult. So, periodically, my frustration, anger, irritation bubbles over and I have to post something just to get it out of my system.

    For those of us who are "well-off," the increase in utility bills is a minor annoyance, but for some folks it is a serious concern.

    The biggest problem I have with all this, it is obviously a scam: global warming.

    Anyway, thank you for your comments and stopping by.

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