Ted Strickland Stops 1,500 Jobs From Entering Ohio

[sfc_oliver]

Headlines from a search on "Grants for coal in Ohio"

NE Ohio grabs $2.2M in clean coal project grants.

Another Coal Plant Scrapped Due to Costs (The plant had suffered several cost increases and growing public opposition regarding its environmental impact.)

Energy Dept. awards nearly $1B for 3 carbon-capture projects at coal plants

Environment Ohio Research and Policy Center
Columbus, OH $50,000
To build support for the regional effort to curb global warming and pollution. (1 yr.)

I think we should be beginning to see why any grants are given for coal.... You want clean energy get our scientists to find something we don't have to subsidize to keep you happy.

[sfc_oliver]

Sarge, The state government hands out grants for coal plants as well. If coal is such a good idea, why do they get grants from the government?

We need a level playing field for renewable enregies, something the current administration is not doing.

You need to do some homework before spouting off your conservative business views....they get old and BORING!

And you actually believe that your cut and pastes are interesting and new? LOL

[Dan Moadus]

I don't need to know how it works, I just need to know how people want it to work, and I don't believe they want grants for either coal or solar.

[irishbobcat]

No Dan, you are wrong. the state allows for grants so any coal plants can be built. Any you want to be our congressman? I think you need to go back to school and learn how things operate before trying to pose as a
congressman....Girard City Hall is calling, someone's garbage didn't get picked up, go answer the phone!

[Dan Moadus]

Just what are these grants for? Probably to intice them into "clean coal" schemes. If it wasn't for all the environmental demands they wouldn't need them.

[irishbobcat]

Sarge, The state government hands out grants for coal plants as well. If coal is such a good idea, why do they get grants from the government?

We need a level playing field for renewable enregies, something the current administration is not doing.

You need to do some homework before spouting off your conservative business views....they get old and BORING!

[sfc_oliver]

Just how does the Governor "create a market", for anything? Besides the point:

"The plan, put forth by Ohio Advanced Energy, included an estimate of 1,500 jobs immediately and called for the project to be funded by federal stimulus dollars, state-issued bonds, and other methods"

If it was such a great plan why doesn't Ohio Advanced Energy fund it themselves instead of asking we the people to fund it, then pay for the energy that it creates? Sorry but if solar power is so great we shouldn't have to subsidize it.

[irishbobcat]

Ted Strickland Stops 1,500 Jobs From Entering Ohio

One only has to read Monday's Toledo Blade article on solar power in Ohio to see that Ted Strickland is not the "Green" Governor he positions himself to be.

According to the article:

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Norm Johnson,, chairman of the nonprofit group Ohio Advanced Energy, vice chairman of Germany's Calyxo GmbH, and chief executive of its North American subsidiary, said Mr. Strickland is to blame for Ohioans not having thousands more jobs in the solar industry right now.

He said the governor hasn't moved quickly enough to create a market for solar panels in Ohio and has left the door open for German and Chinese companies to sell their products here once more customers begin buying solar panels.

"While our industry has received excellent help from [U.S. Rep.] Marcy Kaptur, we've received mediocre help from Ted Strickland," Mr. Johnston said.

His primary complaint is the Strickland administration's rejection of his $750 million proposal to build 30 solar fields - each capable of producing at least 10 megawatts of electricity - on cleaned-up industrial sites throughout the state.

The plan, put forth by Ohio Advanced Energy, included an estimate of 1,500 jobs immediately and called for the project to be funded by federal stimulus dollars, state-issued bonds, and other methods

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While Ted Strickland won't help solar companies with funding, but Ted will bend over backwards to help Nuke and Dirty Coal Plants get funding in Ohio. That's why Ohio has only created 8,000 solar jobs in Ohio, while states like Michigan and New Jersey have created some 13, 000 and 16, 000 respectively!TEd Strickland is not a "Green Energy" Governor!

It's time we elect a Green Party Governor to get Solar Power untracked here in the Buckeye State!