Why should they be allowed to enjoy the comforts, benefits and affordability of what they seek to destroy.?

Question

There are those in our nation who fight all new power plants. No matter how clean, how modern, how efficient they are.

They lose in the courts but drag out the lawsuits for years. They refuse to acknowledge our need for additional power. Yet they still benefit from these power plants non-the less. The same people fight coal, nuclear, gas. They argue to have hydroelectric dams removed.

My question is do you not think that this class of people should be removed from the grid. That they ONLY electricity that they be allowed to hook up to be what they call “renewable” This includes Gestapo like groups such as the Seria Club, the Environmental defense fund. The world wild life bunch.

If ‘renewable’ energy is not available in their areas, then they still should be cut off from what they protest so hard against.

Answer 1

You should not be so angry with the protesters. They are trying to save the earth for everyone -  not just themselves.

If we had only listened scientists and environmental groups were tellng us about greenhouse gases in the 1980's. Had we begun to reduce our dependency on fossil fuels then we would not be facing this crisis now.

Most of the protesters are already using  renewable energy wherever that is possible. But the power companies won't invest in the infrastructure needed to make that more widely available. This is actually what they are protesting about.

You cannot shoot the messengers. Those people are telling you that you cannot continue to use electricity with no thought of its total social cost. Apparently you don't want to hear that.

But their message is still true even if you choose not to listen.

Answer 2

I agree, they should not be allowed to gripe and still benifit at the same time.

Answer 3

You miss the point of NIMBY; it goes for pretty much anyone of any class, gender or race.   The thing is, no company in their right minds would try to put a coal power station in, say, Hollywood.   They go to where the income is much less so they don't have any problems with the locals when they cut on safety and health issues.    Those "gestapo" groups you speak of are the only ones who are willing to help them make the power companies either clean up their act or go somewhere else.   Some company wanted to put an LNG import terminal near where I live.   They wouldn't commit to putting shades on their lights, thus destroying the night sky in a rural area, and wouldn't transit the bay with the tankers at night when there aren't many fishing and tour boats about.   With the coast guard demanding a 2 mile exclusion zone of all boat traffic while a tanker is coming or going, it would have ruined the tourist industry, which is pretty much all we have left.    All this for gas that would be sent hundreds of miles away and not benefited us at all.