Green energy just not efficient at this time
To the editor:
The Review-Journal has run many articles over the past week wherein advocates of "green power" tout wind and solar energy. Let's see now Â
The president flies in Air Force One, powered by what? Jet fuel. Members of Congress (and the rest of the world, for that matter) go to work every day in gasoline-powered cars. The world watches TV, plays with PCs, cools and heats homes, and so on, ad infinitum, using coal, gas and oil.
Batteries are good for flashlights, not cars (at least not unless you have a spare $150,000 laying around).
The truth is, wind and solar energy are not technologically efficient as of yet, and therefore not a good choice at this point in time. While I certainly look forward to that future day, I recommend in the meantime we utilize the energy sources that we do have instead of whining about windmills and letting the rest of the world capitalize on our failure to get our economy rolling again.
Green power will eventually be good. Until then, wake up America.
Ron Moers
Henderson
What a bargain
To the editor:
Guess North Las Vegas City Council members are still jumping up and down for joy over the contract they reached with the firefighters ("NLV council adopts pact with firefighters to give up pay raises," June 3 Review-Journal). They gave them 2.9 hours of paid vacation time per pay period -- which adds up to more than 75 hours of extra paid vacation this new budget.
What a negotiation. Guess the three to four weeks of paid vacation time wasn't enough.
Now they'll have to pay almost 10 extra paid vacation days per firefighter per year. Wonder how much overtime that will cost?
Good job, North Las Vegas.
Gene Feher
Las Vegas
