How to Enrich Big Coal, Destroy the Economy and Look "Green" Doing It

Wonder how many ways the governor and the general assembly can come up with to sabotage this recommendation while pretending to adopt it?

Kentucky should join 27 other states that have adopted laws requiring that at least some electricity be generated from renewable energy sources, a governor's task force recommends.

The task force also suggests the General Assembly establish a fee on all electricity sold in Kentucky to fund start-up of biofuels businesses.

But both of the recommendations appear to lack political support — at least for now — in the General Assembly, according to two legislators who served on the task force.

Well of course they don't want any part of something that might reduce the Magic Buggy Whip Industry's profits by a penny or two.

But I think just shit-canning this recommendation misses a huge opportunity. Why not make a huge deal out of accepting it, of adopting it into law with bands and parades and fireworks and its own youtube channel - all designed to hide the tiny little amendments.

Like one defining "renewable" energy as only the mythical "clean coal."

Or one applying the renewable energy requirement only to those power companies that already produce only renewable energy.

Or one that compensates the Magic Buggy Whip Industry with a $1 million tax break for every ten cents in renewable energy purchased.

There's a win-win for Stevie and the boys here: get all the credit from the dirty fucking hippies for being modern and environmental and progressive, but keep shoveling tax dollars away from working families and to Big Coal and Big Power.