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Friday, April 3rd, 2015

How Ohio’s Energy Economy Became a Radioactive 19th Century Relic

Author:     Harvey Wasserman
Source:     Reader Supported News
Publication Date:     01 April 15
 Link: How Ohio’s Energy Economy Became a Radioactive 19th Century Relic
Stephan:   Ohio is another of the Republican controlled states going backwards. The difference between the Blue and Red value states is becoming evermore pronounced. Why is this happening?  Because the people in the Red value states are voting into office men and women notable for their inability to think rationally, or to make decisions on the basis of facts.
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Ohio Gov. John Kasich tilts at Solartopia. Credit: photo: John Bailey / freepress.org

Back in early 2010 Ohio stood at the cusp of a modern 21st century technological revolution.

It had won a new federal-funded rail line to finally re-join Cleveland, Columbus, Dayton and Cincinnati.

Tesla electric sales networks were moving into the state, bringing full player status in the spread of the world’s most advanced automobiles.

And we had adopted a forward-looking green energy package poised to bring billions of new investments along with thousands of new jobs.

Then the 19th century re-took control.

Today Ohio’s fossil-fueled, landlocked capital city is the western world’s largest with neither internal commuter light rail nor access by passenger train service from anywhere else.

After trying to ban them altogether, Ohio has strictly limited sales of advanced electric Tesla cars.

And after being at the cusp of major solar and wind power advances, the state has all but killed the prospects for any large new green energy projects. The state may now miss one of history’s biggest and most […]

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