Comments on: Senate Climate Bill May be Reshaped by Coal States http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/13/senate-climate-bill-may-be-reshaped-by-coal-states/ Environmental Leader Fri, 25 May 2012 22:05:52 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Custom Organic Shirts http://www.environmentalleader.com/2009/11/13/senate-climate-bill-may-be-reshaped-by-coal-states/comment-page-1/#comment-162574 Custom Organic Shirts Mon, 16 Nov 2009 17:53:54 +0000 http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=27242#comment-162574 Basically, these senators are saying that they don't want their coal-based utilities punished for their lack of forward-thinking and lack of strategic planning. Sounds like some utility companies saw a "cost of carbon" coming and shifted their energy sources to cleaner production in anticipation of that. Others apparently decided they could ignore the future and continue using coal coal coal. Now, like the US auto companies, they are trying to avoid having to pay the price for that poor decision. Basically, these senators are saying that they don’t want their coal-based utilities punished for their lack of forward-thinking and lack of strategic planning.

Sounds like some utility companies saw a “cost of carbon” coming and shifted their energy sources to cleaner production in anticipation of that. Others apparently decided they could ignore the future and continue using coal coal coal. Now, like the US auto companies, they are trying to avoid having to pay the price for that poor decision.

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