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To: chic_hearne who wrote (56983)	1/11/2001 1:12:53 PM
From: flatsville	Respond to of 436258

yeah, I say we flip the switch at CSCO first. You know the place is just plain f*cking weird when the Sierra Club says, "OK build the plant," and one of the largest cos. dependent on reliable power says NIMBY....ROTFLMAO INTERNET GIANT SHORT CIRCUITS POWER PLANT PROPOSAL LOCAL SIERRA CLUB DISAGREES, CITES PLANT'S ENVIRONMENTAL SUPERIORITY CALPINE SAYS LOCATION WOULD MINIMIZE ENERGY LOSS COUNTY WITH BIGGEST ELECTRICITY CONSUMING FIRMS NOT WILLING TO CARRY ITS FAIR SHARE OF POWER PLANTS latimes.com "the state's electricity crisis has made it a matter of urgency for Californians everywhere." "On one hand, we are being pressured to build more new power plants.... On the other hand, we have this Internet giant leading the opposition at the same time that it and the rest of the Silicon Valley are increasing their demand for electricity. It's troubling." "One vision proposes a power plant to serve a larger Silicon Valley that has emerged as one of the biggest consumers of electricity in the state. The other vision foresees a new $1.3-billion worldwide headquarters for Cisco that would house 20,000 employees and possibly open the floodgates for thousands of new houses and strip malls." "Why shouldn't Santa Clara County, the home of Cisco and the biggest electricity-consuming firms in the West, be willing to carry its fair share of power plants? Why should Pittsburg and Antioch and Kern County shoulder it all? And will the state Energy Commission exercise the muscle it has rarely used before and override a local community's desire to say, "Not in my backyard?" " "Cisco says it is tired of being portrayed as greedy and callous to California's electricity crisis. "We are as interested as anyone in having a sufficient power supply. And there is a shortage right now. But what we need is a responsible solution, one that is environmentally sound, respects the community and addresses the immediate need for energy. This plant is not that solution...." " "In fact, the local Sierra Club chapter has given its OK to the project, citing the proposed plant's environmental superiority." "Along the property's northern edge are high-power electricity transmission lines stretching, ultimately, as far as Washington. The lines are humming with 230,000 volts, said Calpine's Kenneth Abreu, and stand only 200 feet from the proposed power generating station. They would be easily tapped, he said, and that was one prime reason for picking the place, along with the nearby natural gas pipeline." "High-power lines within a stone's throw have a key environmental advantage of maximizing energy efficiency, he said, because the farther the power has to go, the more of it that goes to waste. Minimizing energy loss is one of the 10 reasons that the local Sierra Club chapter supports the building of the power plant."