Reality Check for Utah: Al Gore is Right, We Can Make Zillions
Most Utahns grimace and stick their fingers in their ears every time Al Gore says something. Which is highly ironic because after seven sorry years, it’s clear they’ve been listening to the wrong guy. In his latest speech/warning, Gore says America needs to change its energy ways fast if we are truly interested in helping our economy, helping our citizens, making America energy-independent again and, perhaps least important, avoiding a possible global catastrophe via a super-heated climate. But for a moment, forget global warming, Gore’s Oscar-winning, self-promotion vehicle and the sad fact that, JEEZ- HE SHOULD’VE BEEN PRESIDENT INSTEAD OF THIS LOSER WE GOT.
Al Gore is right- ESPECIALLY FOR UTAH. While our state leaders grasp for new ways to play the same, sad song, Gore is looking for better instruments for a new orchestra. Yes, Utah has coal, natural gas, uranium and all the other fossil fuels that have helped create the environmental crisis we must get ourselves out of. But we also have greater than average supplies of solar, wind, geothermal, biomass and other renewable fuels. Instead of just a few utilities, oil companies and corrupt political representatives getting rich while the world gets hotter and sicker, more smaller Utah companies providing renewable energy services could share the profits but building a new, sustainable energy infrastructure. The new revenue flow would make not only Utah as a whole richer, but put that energy money in the pockets of local communities, home and business owners instead of a very few utility magnates living in Portland, Los Angeles or wherever.
Ironically, Utahns and their leaders should be FOLLOWING AL GORE instead of opposing him if they are truly CONSERVATIVE. But we all know that common sense evaporates into our filthy atmosphere whenever politics get into the details. Utah must wake up and realize the incredible opportunity we have to distribute our energy wealth for the common good instead of handing more and more of our hard-earned money to wealthy fat cats who are no more concerned about Utah, you or your family than they are about our planet or future.