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January 30, 2010

A Solar Powered Government

A wind and solar powered government? I kid you not.

WASHINGTON -- The federal government, the nation's largest energy consumer, will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 28% over the next decade, the White House will announce today.

"It's a real opportunity to lead by example," says Nancy Sutley, chairwoman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ). "And not just for the environment but to spur innovation and create jobs and savings."

The council says the reduction in energy use in the government's 500,000 buildings and 600,000 vehicles will be equal to taking 17 million cars off the road for a year or not consuming 205 million barrels of oil.

Some states, cities and companies have set similar goals, but environmentalists say the federal government's plan is ambitious. "It's a bold target," says Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council. "It's a great deal for the American taxpayers ... and a great example for the rest of the country."

I'd like to see them get that up to 100%. Then the government could shut down in the winter when the sun doesn't shine and the wind doesn't blow. Not to mention freezing in the winter without natural gas for building heat. Or burning in summer when there are electrical shortages from a lack of electricity for air conditioning. I could see a real exodus from government service with conditions like that. Why didn't the Republicans think of that?

Cross Posted at Power and Control

posted by Simon on 01.30.10 at 02:00 PM

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Natural Resources Defense Council.

defense for inanimate objects

newrouter · January 30, 2010 02:32 PM

There are those who think that the day that the Republic was lost was when air conditioning came to Washington, D.C.

filbert · January 30, 2010 03:39 PM

I'll see that suggestion and raise you.

I'm for the Federal Government ENTIRELY shutting down for oh....seven or eight months out of the year.

Longer perhaps. Let's give it a shot and determine the optimium time frame by emphirical observation.

If all the federal "bosses" and employee were to go on an all expense paid trip to ...say...Tahiti? it'd cost the American People less money than to have them work.

Ever · January 30, 2010 06:09 PM

This is a no brainer. The Fed will just shut down its office buildings and lease air conditioned buildings from contractors. Thus achieving the desired savings without suffering from the consequences which is the nature of government and bureaucrats.

Curtis · January 30, 2010 11:54 PM

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