Steve Beshear's Energy WayBack Machine

Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear has released a state energy plan that is innovative, visionary and brilliant.

For 1978.

For 2008, it's a recipe for disaster and an insult to the intelligence of every Kentuckian who hasn't been on another planet for the last 30 years.

Just one example of the kind of "planning" that should get Beshear committed for terminal insanity: the major goal is to decrease Kentucky's greenhouse gas emissions 20 percent by - wait for it - burning more coal.

Reminds me of that '60s antiwar slogan: "Fighting for Peace is like Fucking for Chastity."

Taylor Shelton has a superb analysis. As he concludes:

... this isn't an energy plan - it's a welfare scheme for coal companies who continue to have the upper hand in pushing their pyramid schemes for energy policy.

Read the press release here and the "fact sheet" here.