Category Archives: ENERGY & CLIMATE

Does Iowa Really Get 20% of Its Electricity Needs From Wind?

Posted on December 4, 2012 by Designated2

Often repeated, rarely analyzed and our request last year for authentication from one of the lobbyists never responded to. Sort of like the old saw of a few years back “Iowa Teachers 41st in teachers pay nationally” . . . … Continue reading →

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Tax Dollars Gone With the Wind

Posted on November 30, 2012 by Designated2

Iowa’s most prominent Republicans are in full tilt propping up wind mills, however not in quixotic fashion, as they are likely to be successful. And that is unfortunate for tax payers. Senator Chuck Grassley, Governor Branstad and Congressman Steve King … Continue reading →

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Ethanol: The Unethical Treatment of Corn

Posted on October 13, 2012 by Designated2

Editors note: The above scorn of corn based ethanol was coined years ago by Susan Frazer, a former multi-term Scott County Republican Chairwoman, and friend of the editors of this publication. Subsidizing the use of grade A cropland to produce … Continue reading →

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Climate Lies in Iowa’s Supreme Court — Alan Caruba

Posted on August 15, 2012 by Designated2

Since the climate liars cannot make their case on the basis of the known science, taking it into a court of law with a passionate appeal to emotion in order to impose restrictions on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions has long been … Continue reading →