From Bud Paquette on May 27, 2008 at 7:05 pm.  

I believe whatever monies would be spent to fund this so-called green project should be used to establish a low cost loan program in conjunction with the state and federal governments. Homeowners could purchase solar technology to sell electricity back to the power companies. This would eliminate the need to build more centralized power plants. No need for more towers, totally green, and PGE/SCE recoup their investments without destroying people's lives and the environment.

If pushed, we should form our own energy company here in the Sierra Nevada foothills and demand our own green power, in the form of,let's say tidal power. Let us propose to condemn 20 to 40 acres and more in both Los Angeles and San Francisco to allow us access to the ocean for our green power and associated transmission lines. I wonder how far that would fly? Wait a minute! Maybe we should have green power from the mountains and they could use tidal power in their own back yards! No municipality should have the power to reach so far outside their sphere of influence.

A little side note: There is a company trying to build tidal power in Morro Bay, so they can use existing transmission lines to transfer power to Los Angeles. Excuse me... isn't there ocean and tides right there by LA? Why won't the big population centers have these projects constructed close to where they are needed? Are we worth less?