Amazing what you can accomplish when there isn’t a global warming kook-socialist in charge:
Aiming to tackle Alaska’s energy crisis, the state’s long awaited energy plan was released today with some initiatives to eventually gain energy independence.
Governor Sarah Palin wants half of Alaska’s electricity produced from renewable resources by the year 2025 and she says the plan to achieve energy independence is not going to be easy but it is attainable.
“The message today is that we are willing and able to responsibly build and produce and provide opportunity for our resources to be available for our citizens,” said Palin.
Here in Alaska, we use more energy than any other state in the country as we depend on fuel, electricity, and heat in our daily activities. And it’s the costs of that energy which has literally trapped those that live here.
“The money we spend for energy in Alaska doesn’t make a whole lot of sense when we own the resources,” said Palin.
To change it the state unveiled its plan.
“Our energy plan is going to result in a wide variety of actions,” said Palin.
Actions including creating new power generation sources for the Fairbanks, Mat Su Valley, Anchorage, and Kenai Peninsula areas and utilizing local alternative sources for the rural areas of Alaska.
“This will help communities focus their efforts to make electricity and heat in their homes using local available resources,” said Steve Haagenson, the state’s energy coordinator.
“Geothermal, to hydro, to instate natural gas pipelines, much can be achieved,” said Joe Balash, a special assistant to the governor.
The plan is entailed in a guide named “Alaska Energy” a first step toward energy independence where it prioritizes the projects and identifies potential funding sources.
To help gain that independence, Palin wants Alaskans to be involved. “Alaskan communities are empowered to identify there best most sensible options, and work at a regional level to prioritize projects” says Palin.
“This approach is different, we are trying to learn from our past issues, what succeeded, what didn’t succeed,” said Haagenson.
Notice that – no form of energy is off the table, using local authorities to figure out what is best for local needs, shooting for energy independence so that Alaska never has to pay anyone to power their economy. Pity we opted for a bunch of socialist greenies who will actually work diligently to make energy more expensive and less available (oh, they’ll say they’re doing otherwise, but that is just because socialists and environmentalists haven’t a clue about what they’re doing).
Ah, well, there’s always 2012.
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