OK for Green, just don’t forget about Black

April 24th, 2009 at 05:46pm Bob Trojan

I am certainly for the “Green” movement and harnessing energy from other sources and providing jobs in new industries.  I guess I can’t get so enthused as to lose perspective.

Solar…well I remember 25 years ago when it was a hot industry when my young family and I went yearly to Colorado.  OK so the technology is better and cheaper today.

Wind…Well, OK our region can become a center for research and manufacturing, but as I remember from a AWEA (see earlier posts), most of the wind is west of the Mississippi River.  Sorry, Mayor Daley and Chicago!

Not to sound like a party poop, I did suggest to Governor Quinn yesterday that…OK, Green is Good…but don’t forget about the manufacturers that make steel, tractors, cars and all the stuff that goes into them.

Maybe not too exotic, but there are a lot of us doing it, providing wages and taxes and wealth.

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