Comments on: Creative energy ideas abound http://homertribune.com/2009/11/creative-energy-ideas-abound/ Homer, Alaska Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:00:20 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Marie http://homertribune.com/2009/11/creative-energy-ideas-abound/comment-page-1/#comment-517 Marie Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:36:02 +0000 http://homertribune.com/?p=5926#comment-517 It's great to see local residents considering possibilities for cleaner and more efficient energy use. These are ideas we're going to need to invest in, and if Alaska and our national government make a financial commitment to clean energy use, we'll start seeing the innovation and creativity that will solve many of the problems posed by clean energy options that Mr. Lipinski mentions. Alaska's clean energy industry is already booming--it has a 9.4% job growth rate, with thousands of new jobs expected if Congress passes the clean energy bill. We should support this bill not just to diversify our energy portfolio, but our income portfolio as well. Alaska needs local sources of energy as well as local sources of income. We should call on Begich and Murkowski to push for passage of the clean energy bill in the Senate, which would allow us to realize both those goals. It’s great to see local residents considering possibilities for cleaner and more efficient energy use. These are ideas we’re going to need to invest in, and if Alaska and our national government make a financial commitment to clean energy use, we’ll start seeing the innovation and creativity that will solve many of the problems posed by clean energy options that Mr. Lipinski mentions. Alaska’s clean energy industry is already booming–it has a 9.4% job growth rate, with thousands of new jobs expected if Congress passes the clean energy bill. We should support this bill not just to diversify our energy portfolio, but our income portfolio as well. Alaska needs local sources of energy as well as local sources of income. We should call on Begich and Murkowski to push for passage of the clean energy bill in the Senate, which would allow us to realize both those goals.

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