Luddites (Part 6,386,724)

clipped from planetgore.nationalreview.com The WSJ has a great editorial today on the biggest obstacles to implementing green power: Democrats and environmentalists. An excerpt: In this year's great energy debate, Democrats describe a future when the U.S. finally embraces the anything-but-carbon avant-garde. It turns out, however, that when wind and solar power do start to come on line, they face a familiar obstacle: environmentalists and many Democrats. To wit, the greens are blocking the very transmission network needed for renewable electricity to move throughout the economy. The best sites for wind and solar energy happen to be in the sticks — in the desert Southwest where sunlight is most intense for longest, or the plains where the wind blows most often. To exploit this energy, utilities need to build transmission lines to connect their electricity to the places where consumers actually live. Arnold Schwarzenegger said recently. "They say that we want renewable energy, but we don't want you to put it anywhere."