MY gummint in action

[firecat]

http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/

There were 12 entries on the blog yesterday and today. I am pretty impressed by all of them.

(Except the one about how driving the Chevy Volt is "zero emissions". Um, generating the electrical power that comes into your home creates emissions.)

Comments

[futabachan.livejournal.com]

But the emissions from the power plant aren't dumping lots of smog from millions of less efficient little plants all over the city where everyone lives and has to breathe. And a power plant is a single central point attached to an unpopular and deep-pocketed entity that can be put on the hook for cleaning up their act.

And there's also nuclear and hydro; we have a lot of both in Canada. And wind power is coming.

[firecat]

Good points. I think that moving to electric cars makes sense, and I'm hoping all those cleaner sources of energy grow a lot really soon, but I'm geeky enough to want the "zero emissions" claim rephrased or footnoted.

[whumpdotcom.livejournal.com]

The "but what about the electricity" is a red herring constantly trotted out by the oil companies and climate change denialists. And as you point out, it's easier to trap emissions in the stack at a generator at the tailpipe.