War On Wind

The bill says that, by 2020, 15% of the energy the utility companies produce must be generated using renewable resources. This requirement is impossible. Hydroelectric now generates less than 6% of our electricity. And pretty much the only companies that will be able to use this limited resource, is the western companies (because most of the hydroelectric dams are in the west). Hydroelectric is devastating to the ecosystem, especially to the salmon. All the other renewable energies, other than biomass (and in some places, geothermal), will not work. We can provide a large amount of our electrical needs with biomass, but it would take time for use to build power plants. Geothermal is a good source of power, but cannot be built anywhere you want, because it depends on heat from the Earth. We cannot build power plants fast enough to meet this requirement.

Opinion:
If the companies don’t meet requirements? This is a question I am asking, too. I don’t really know, but if they get huge fines, I am guessing it would be quite likely to see power companies outsourcing to Mexico and burn coal and sell it to people in America. This is just my guess, but I don’t know what else they could do.

Thank Wikipedia for the picture of the geothermal power plant.