Here in Nevada we aren't quite onboard the renewable energy thing yet. I mean, today is the first cloudy day we've had in quite awhile. We get A LOT of sun here. We also get a fair amount of wind. Up north there are quite a bit of geothermal resources which, admittedly, are getting somewhat used.
So, we've got some mandates to get our grid on more renewables. Is there a new solar array in the hojillion square miles of unused government land out there? No. How about vast farms of wind turbines? Not so much.
No, our energy company's solution to global warming is to...wait for it...mix wood chips with the coal.
Yeah! Problem solved. Oh wait, one thing: we live in a FREAKING DESERT! We don't HAVE quick growing forests on the edge of town to exploit. We barely have any trees as it is.
Christ, they MUST be Republicans over there at NV Energy. Idiiots.
