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| Sebelius vetoes bill on coal-fired power plants |
| 2009-04-15 |
| As expected, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius on Monday vetoed legislation that would have allowed the construction of two 700-megawatt coal-burning power plants in southwest Kansas. She vetoed three similar bills last year. On Monday, in her newest veto message, Sebelius said of the legislation, "What was a bad idea last year, is an even worse idea today." "President Barack Obama is moving toward regulating carbon dioxide emissions, and Kansas doesn't need the plants for its own energy needs," she said. And, she said, the Legislature's attempt to marry renewable initiatives to the bill was a failure because many of the so-called "green" provisions ended up watered down. "Once again, as the rest of the country moves toward a renewable energy future, the Legislature is intent on darkening Kansas' energy future with new coal plants that will provide energy we don't yet need," she said. The veto sets up a showdown with lawmakers when they return for the wrap-up session on April 29. A two-thirds majority is required to overturn a veto. Reading the comments from the She began her professional public office career as the Insurance Commissioner and kicked out many companies, most of which rightfully so, but with the credible talk of federal insurance this is a good tidbit to keep in mind. She would make a great face IMO for such a move at the federal level kinda like Mom (from Futurama). Also, I don't know if the rest of the world got to see the botoxed interview process (no problem there, seems to be in vogue, right Mr. Kerry?) but it was a hoot to watch the potential HHS Secretary handwipe her nose before shaking hands with the interview panal. |
| Posted by:swksvolFF |
| #9 I work for the company trying to bring in the two plants. We're a co-op and for those not acquainted with the process.....we are non-profit. We sell the power for what it costs us to generate it. Weblink to the project: http://www.holcombstation.coop/ Our corporate website: www.sunflower.net Also checkout the link for the bioenergy center we plan also: http://www.sunflowerbioenergy.com/ As much as I'd like to see her gone from Kansas, I still reel from the thought of her at the FEDERAL level. |
| Posted by: Everyday a Wildcat! (KSU) 2009-04-15 15:27 |
| #8 What was not mentioned is that she has been effectively excommunicated from the Catholic church, and it was done so in such a way that any Priest who offers her communion anywhere in the country will be in contention with his Bishop. It was a major breakthrough in the Catholic church clamping down on pro-abortion politicians. To make things even more dramatic, the recent Notre Dame hubbub has galvanized bishops all over the US, and any arguments about powerful political allies have gone right out the window. There are currently about 155 Catholic congressmen and senators right now. Many are of the opinion that there needs to be a LOT fewer of them calling themselves Catholic. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-04-15 14:16 |
| #7 Everyone; Kansas could sell it to Colorado for starters. As I understand, electricity is a tradable commodity; adding power to the grid adds power to the entire grid as well as adjusting your S&D graph. Would help charge the golf carts and electric combines. Can't wait to see the battery powered cattle truck...it'l be HUGE! Since it is the doctrined fad, someone should do an objective study on Greensburg, KS. The turmoil the "Greenest Community in the World©" has not only cost millions more than just rebuilding the town, the showroom prototype has been a real pain in the ass for the old town people as the regulations are nearly impossible for the regular person. For starters, the powers re-zoned the residential lots so that a basement now had to be a certain distance from a road. What this did is make it so that to rebuild a house the entire foundation had to be moved. The priority of your green community: art centers before hospitals. I guess it has been good publicity for dicaprio so hey. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2009-04-15 11:25 |
| #6 Tractors with wind turbines on them plowing the ground to plant arugula. Semi trucks going 10 miles an hour powered by their voltic cells. |
| Posted by: Injun Jutle2612 2009-04-15 10:50 |
| #5 Oh what wonderful Green world the future will be. The government will pay for every community to build farms of humongous wind turbines to re-charge the batteries of our electric cars. We will then all ride-share together down to the mass transit hub. (If your lucky I may even share some of my homemade Trail mix.) From there we can travel to our organic gardens or to the co-ops to barter for handcrafted goods. GollyÂ…along the way we may even see a unicorn or maybe evenÂ… |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2009-04-15 09:59 |
| #4 Correct link for the above HERE. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-04-15 08:16 |
| #3 Shocking.... NO? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2009-04-15 08:14 |
| #2 Who cares? As Americans it should be our goal to allow every citizen the right and ability to cheaply light every square inch of their property like downtown Tokyo at midnight. Until we can offer that opportunity for a few cents per day we won't have reached a point where we can say to those willing to build new generating plants, "That's nice but we just don't need any more energy ...." |
| Posted by: AzCat 2009-04-15 02:58 |
| #1 This would seem to be her best argument. Who would utilize the electricity generated? |
| Posted by: DoDo 2009-04-15 00:30 |