We all want green energy and as technology advances we’ll get more and more of it, but it’s time to stop the insanity of funding wildly uneconomic ventures.

One of our reader sent me an article yesterday indicating how irrational the push for green energy has become. Green energy is, of course, right up there with apple pie and motherhood as something to be desired and never criticized. We all want clean energy for as little cost as possible. Some folks, though, are determined to make and open the wine well before its time. They’re suckers for any scheme pursued with other people’s money (that of ratepayers and taxpayers) to advance it without regard for the economics. It’s time to stop the green energy insanity.

The story comes from Ulster County, New York, where the State University of New York (SUNY) at New Paltz celebrated the completion of a solar energy system. A Times-Herald-Record reporter recorded the event in an article titled “Solar project to power up SUNY New Paltz.” It was a typical fawning piece by an advocate journalist who obviously didn’t notice the absurdity staring him right in the face (emphasis added):

Standing inside, out of the rain, college President Donald Christian clipped the ceremonial blue ribbon to mark completion of the $1.4 million project. The array of solar panels stands atop the campus’ Elting gym and nearby Sojourner Truth Library.

Read more:

http://naturalgasnow.org/memo-green-energy-advocates-just-stop-insanity-please/