Alternative Energy Will Cost You More

Some are under the very mistaken impression that the wind is free. Wind energy specifically and alternative energy in general will raise your electricity rates and cost you more. You can be guaranteed of that. That is why it is called alternative, it is an alternative to paying less for a service. Even though we have a minuscule amount of electricity being produced by alternative sources in the United States, electric companies are raising rates across the country. Not only will we be destroying our environment and scenic beauty but we will be paying for much, much more for alternative energy. It is hilarious that so many "believe" in alternative energy until they have to start paying for it!

Let's look at this juggernaut in action.
July 12th, 2009 - Austin's clean energy program costing more, selling less
It is the ambition of Austin, Texas to be the clean energy capital of the world. The have a voluntary program where customers can purchase expensive green energy. The problem is only a small percentage of customers want it. Residential customers must pay an additional $58/month to belong to their Green Choice program. That is a whopping 58% more than the average US residential electrical bill!
May 27th, 2009 -Bills to rise for wind power; Consumers Energy surcharges OK'd
Charges approved so that Michigan consumers will extra for state mandated renewable energy.
July 12th, 2009 -State green power plan will cost consumers billions
This California couple already pay $170/month for their modest 2,000 sq ft Cali home. Officials say that rates are going up another 27%, with half of that rise due to renewable energy. Trust me, the price tag will be much, much more! California has the goal of tearing up the country with wind turbines and transmission lines then raising electrical rates through the roof. The new plan seems to be for California to turn into a drug dealer to help pay for the mess they have put themselves into. They don't have the money to pay their state employees nor pay for innumerable other necessary services. But they want to suck your money out of the economy for Green energy.
March 4th, 2009 -Kauai residents face electricity rate hike
It is the same in Hawaii.“For now, we just want everyone to know that we are officially going to begin the process,” Hee said. The utility is studying how to determine a rate structure that will assist it in shifting its reliance away from fossil fuels, continuing to promote energy efficiency, investing in renewable energy, and fulfilling the objectives and goals of the Hawaii Clean Energy Initiative. What they means is they are going to raise rates for Clean Energy.

The oxymoron is that they are going to promote energy "efficiency" by making their energy company more inefficient by making it more expensive to do the very same thing. Oh, I guess you can put a green sticker on your window.
June 27th, 2009 - UK - The Price of Going Green
The UK are well ahead of us in diving into the loony bin. They are rushing to destroy their countryside and make the prices of electricity skyrocket. Rates have already gone up and they predict a 10% rate rise this year, and that will only be the start. Last year their energy bills increased by 40% and they paying higher energy bills to meet mandates of green energy. They even coined a new term called "fuel poverty". They say energy companies are investing, I call it throwing money out the window! At least one person in the UK has some sense left, "How Can Wind Turbines Generate So Much Lunacy?"

The example above are only the front end of increased costs, what you will pay directly in your month electrical bill. But there is even a darker side to consider. That is the acceptance that the turbines are built ONLY because of enormous Federal subsidies or tax credits and then ongoing Federal Production Tax Credit(PTC) for each kilowatt hours of electricity produced. In fact for every kWh of green energy that you receive the US Treasury will pay on average an additional 20% behind the back credit, it will just be added to your childrens IOU to China.

You never see these credits, they are directly added to the federal deficit. The UK has the same lunatic structure in their company. In fact around the world Alternative Green Energy and Wind Turbine are ONYL build because the Government pay for most of the cost of construction, then forces the electric companies to purchase their power at inflated rates. Bulldoze a couple acres of forest or farmland, dig a hole in the countryside, fill it with millions of pounds of concrete and steel and then erect an ugly monstrosity. The Government directly pays most of the cost in tax credits and then the wind spins, when it wants to, and produces what amounts to a minuscule amount of electricity. It takes 5,000 of these 3-4 million dollar spinning machines to produce the same amount of kwh's as one Nuclear Plant that runs 24/7 365 days per year. You probably don't even know where your electricity comes from, because the coal/gas/nuclear plants only take a couple dozen acres and are often tucked away out of site.