A little over a century ago the term “buggy whip” was coined to mean “out of touch with reality.” Gas powered automobiles were rapidly replacing horse drawn vehicles and so buggy whips were no longer needed and factories devoted to their production were going out of business.
HB374 (State Energy Policy Amendment) codifies not only continuing to use, but to actually develop, “dispatchable energy resources” like coal and waxy crude oil at or near the top of the list for funding by state monies. There are mentions of hydrogen, nuclear generation, etc., but inclusion of wind and solar are few and far between.
This seems to reason enough to label the current legislative session the Buggy Whip Gang.
It just seems to be totally bassackwards of how we should be spending state funds.
Wayne Wilson, West Jordan
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