Regarding the energy production takeover, it's important to understand the numbers. Colorado has about 2.5 million homes by the best research I could find. Each home uses an average of 30 KW per day. That's 75,000 megawatts. Per day - with natural gas still used in 70 percent of those homes to lessen electricity usage. The latest green energy proposal coming out of the state promises an additional 7 thousand daily megawatts, along with a battery storage capacity if 280 megawatts. If more people knew those numbers, the futility and unrealistic idea of abandoning fossil fuels might penetrate some of the sharper idealists delusions, I'd hope.
Regarding the energy production takeover, it's important to understand the numbers. Colorado has about 2.5 million homes by the best research I could find. Each home uses an average of 30 KW per day. That's 75,000 megawatts. Per day - with natural gas still used in 70 percent of those homes to lessen electricity usage. The latest green energy proposal coming out of the state promises an additional 7 thousand daily megawatts, along with a battery storage capacity if 280 megawatts. If more people knew those numbers, the futility and unrealistic idea of abandoning fossil fuels might penetrate some of the sharper idealists delusions, I'd hope.
I would think, but my experience has been that (esp with lawmakers) the numbers don't get in the way of having to "do something!"