Wackos Gather in Harrisburg to Push for 100% Solar/Wind in PA

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This past Tuesday, hundreds of Pennsylvanians gathered in Harrisburg to "rally for a new vision for the Commonwealth powered by 100 percent renewable energy." Among those attending including representatives from businesses, various religious leaders, local mayors, and nurses and doctors to advocate for "bipartisan" legislation to force PA to dump fossil fuels and adopt 100% renewable energy. There is no polite way to say this, but say it we must: This so-called "bipartisan" gathering to push House and Senate bills demanding the state dump the use of fossil fuels (like natural gas) and instead stick solar panels on every rooftop and windmills on every hilltop to power the Keystone state's electricity (and other) power needs is stark....raving....mad. It's lunatic. Forcing the state to adopt 100% renewables is not "nice" or a "gentle, blessed future that will arrive someday." Adopting 100% renewables is a deluded fantasy. To pretend otherwise is unkind. We must call this nuttery out for what it is: irrational hatred of fossil fuels. We have nothing against any form of energy. They all have their pluses and minuses. You like a solar panel on your house--good for you! An ugly windmill with it's whump whump whump sound nearby? Whatever floats your boat. But ending the use of fossil fuels to generate electricity any time within the next 75-100 years is the end of human life as we know it. What was presented at the rally as some benign gathering of average citizens was nothing of the sort. Big Green (radical) groups, including PennFuture, were behind this flummery...

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