Wed
May 22 2013
09:07 am
Haslam: Coal is king
By: R. Neal

Gov. Haslam addressed coal executives at the Eastern Coal Council this week and told them that renewable or even nuclear energy is "not a realistic proposition for our state."

Reports: Kingsport Times News, Bristol Herald Courier, WCYB Bristol

(In the process of promoting corporate relocations, Haslam also told the group that the state has no income tax so they should "do the math." That's not entirely accurate. The Hall Income Tax affects many small businesses and entrepreneurs who organize as Subchapter-S corporations.)

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AnonymousOne's picture

I take this as sarcasm from

Submitted by AnonymousOne (not verified) on Thu, 2013/05/23 - 7:17am.
(in reply to metulj)

I take this as sarcasm from you, because I would expect you to know the Governor believes the next election for governor is in his pocket, and he's just positioning himself for a presidential primary run. The citizens of Tennessee are just tools, mere stepping stones for his family's greater ambitions.

But depending on how the rebate drama goes, he'll be lucky if he gets picked for a cabinet position.

Average Guy's picture

Canned debate answers

Submitted by Average Guy on Thu, 2013/05/23 - 11:08am.
(in reply to metulj)

"Governor, your reply";

1) I haven’t really looked into that

2) My investments are in a “blind” trust
a. Yes, I have ownership on paper, but have nothing to do with the day to day

3) Do I have time in my 30 sec reply to set up a committee to look into that answer?

4) Any energy changes not involving petrol is not feasible

5) These people are just friends. Just because their on my government payroll, lobbyist payroll or have business dealings* (see 2) with me, doesn’t mean they get specials deals or attention

R. Neal's picture

Related: One of Haslam's

Submitted by R. Neal on Wed, 2013/05/22 - 9:28am.

Related: One of Haslam's closest (paid) advisors forgot to register as a lobbyist for a coal company.

bizgrrl's picture

Ha, ha, ha, haaa! Our

Submitted by bizgrrl on Wed, 2013/05/22 - 9:29am.

Ha, ha, ha, haaa! Our governor. Sheesh.

Average Guy's picture

Being a "Moderate" Republican means,

Submitted by Average Guy on Wed, 2013/05/22 - 10:07am.

knowing better while doing nothing to be better.

As long as he keeps his wagon hitched to old money, Tennessee will suffer from the continuing of old ideas.

reform4's picture

Coal is the past.

Submitted by reform4 on Wed, 2013/05/22 - 2:14pm.

TVA already announced plans to shut down 1/3 of their coal units. Most other US utilities will be doing the same.

Anybody who thinks coal is the future after looking at this data is an idiot.

EricLykins's picture

We get so much more sun than

Submitted by EricLykins on Wed, 2013/05/22 - 2:53pm.

We get so much more sun than Germany that I don't understand why people choose to live this much in the dark. They have 33 gigawatts of solar. We have Opie.

jbr's picture

Are we on the cusp of a solar energy boom?

Submitted by jbr on Wed, 2013/05/22 - 3:13pm.

From "The Week" ...

The total solar energy hitting Earth each year is equivalent to 12.2 trillion watt-hours. That's over 20,000 times more than the total energy all of humanity consumes each year.

Prices have fallen from around $4 per watt in 2008 to just $0.75 per watt last year to just $0.58 per watt today.

If the trend stays on track for another eight to 10 years, solar generated electricity in the U.S. will descend to a level of $120 per MW/h — competitive with coal and nuclear — by 2020, or even 2015 for the sunniest parts of America. If prices continue to fall over the next 20 years, solar costs will be half that of coal (and have the added benefits of zero carbon emissions, zero mining costs, and zero scarcity).

Are we on the cusp of a solar energy boom?

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