Oregon the next state to go for blackouts and crappy alternative energy

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Just as the national Democrat Party is chasing the imaginary pot of gold at the end of the green energy rainbow, so too are Oregon’s Democrats, and they are all-in on wind, solar, and hydroelectric power as the ONLY sources powering Oregon’s electric grid. Here is an excerpt from an Oregon Public Broadcasting report about the Democrats’ plan:

Oregon would adopt one of the country’s most ambitious timelines for eliminating carbon dioxide emissions from its power grid under a major bill advocates believe will pass the Legislature this year.

House Bill 2021 … sets a timetable by which Oregon’s two major power companies, Portland General Electric and Pacific Power, must eliminate emissions associated with the electricity they provide.

HB 2021′s central thrust isn’t groundbreaking by today’s standards. At least 17 other states and the District of Columbia have already adopted similar goals, according to the Clean Energy States Alliance.

But advocates say Oregon’s plan stands out in both approach and timeline. The bill requires PGE and Pacific Power to submit plans to reduce emissions by 80% from a baseline amount by 2030, 90% by 2035, and completely eliminate emissions by 2040.

Some Oregonians actually understand that science and are aghast that Oregon Democrats are hell-bent on committing “green energy suicide” by dooming the state to dozens of future brownouts ala California. One of them is meteorologist Chuck Wiese. He sent the below blistering email to his long-time friend Lars Larson, a nationally-syndicated radio talk host, and has graciously consented to having it posted to a wider audience here.

This is what he had to say (lightly edited):

I thought I’d briefly examine the insanity of Oregon’s political class wanting to convert our electric grid to nothing but hydro and renewables like solar and wind by eliminating coal and natural gas because of the fake claims about these sources causing the climate to change. Never mind that nuclear power would be a great substitute for solar, wind and natural gas, but the environmental nut jobs won’t have any of this either and so far are able to convince the incompetent politicians like Sen. Michael Dembrow (D) and Rep. Karin Powers (D) that these power sources are dangerous and bad for the environment. This is also untrue.

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There is much more.

So they are going with less reliable alternative energy only at the same time they are pushing electric cars and all-electric homes doing away with gas heating.  California has already demonstrated that this scheme is absurd.  Because of their inability to deliver enough electricity, they are telling electric car owners not to charge their cars which only makes up around two percent of their autos.  Big Green is a recipe for disaster far worse than "climate change" which never matches their predictions of doom and gloom. 

No wonder rural counties in Oregon want to become part of Idaho and leave these climate kooks behind.