July 16 - Pet Peeve Monday - Going Green

This week’s PET PEEVE MONDAY is COMPANIES TRYING TO CAPITALIZE ON THE “GO GREEN” FAD. They have joined the Chicken Littles that have subscribed to Al Snore’s propaganda.

Last week Duke Energy announced that for $5 a month their customers can “Go Green.”

Duke uses this extorted money to buy “renewable energy certificates.” Duke claims the money will underwrite the cost of producing energy from alternative sources like wind.

Does anyone else smell the snake oil? Why doesn’t Duke energy just do the right thing and reinvesting their OBSCENE profits into research, rather than have their customer bear the burden?

If Duke Energy really felt this way they should put their own skin and MONEY into the game.

There are plenty of cheap, alternative fuel source possibilities out there. We have not been motivated enough to explore them. I’m sure if we could get the young brains off of the XBOX long enough we could find a way to convert salt water to energy.

Alternatively, if we could harness the energy of the useless Washington dysfunctional, partisan speech, we would solve all the problems.

I read today that all of the Global Warming issues are actually caused by the cyclical nature of solar flares. The flares should subside in 2020, and this “normal” up tick in temperatures will abate and we will begin to cool again. If this is true, I’m sure the “Go Green” faction will claim credit for what would have happened anyway.

However, the disingenuous nature of companies claiming to be GREEN, PEEVES ME.

I see right through your transparent solar shield. I see your environmental spin as a natural output of your hot air (wind) turbine. I smell your methane gas energy for what it is. CRAP.