By Eve Zibel,Fox News
Obama touts solar plant that costs $1.5 million to power 3,000 homes
President Obama visited the small town of Arcadia,Florida today,population 6,671,to tout solar energy and efforts of the Economic Recovery Act to bring jobs to Florida,but Republicans on the hill say the President’s proposals for energy and in particular solar energy,won’t do enough for the 11.2% unemployed people in Florida.
The President visited DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy center,billed as the largest solar photovoltaic center in the country. The company’s 90,500 solar panels are able to generate about 42,000 megawatt hours each year,but the project cost $150 million to build and only provides power to 3000 homes,prompting critics to say the administration doesn’t have an overall energy strategy.
In remarks after a tour of the plant,the President blasted his opponents on energy reform,saying,"The closer we get to this new energy future,the harder the opposition’s going to fight. The more we’re going to hear from special interests and lobbyists in Washington whose interests are contrary to the interests of the American people,"Obama said. "There are those who are also going to suggest that moving toward a clean energy future is going to somehow harm the economy or lead to fewer jobs. And they’re going to argue that we should do nothing,stand pat,do less or delay action yet again. I just want to point out,we’ve heard such arguments before. We’ve engaged in this same type of debate a lot of times through our history. People don’t like change,and they get nervous about it."
But,Washington Representative Doc Hastings,the Ranking Member on the House Natural Resources committee said it’s not nerves that are causing pause on Capitol Hill. It’s the plan itself,and the taxes it will impose on Americans that are the real problem. “Another day,another empty promise from the President to support ‘comprehensive’ energy development,"Hastings said in a statement to Fox News.
when are the american people going to wake up and take action against this evil man. he must be removed from office if for no other reason,incompetence. impeach and prosecute for treason.
Right on Tom. Impeachment is the answer and almost too good for him. He's an outright enemy of America sitting in the oval office making all kinds of changes that will adversely affect every one of us in a bad way. It's criminal what he's doing and his cronies the CZARS. "OOO"is treasonous and the American people need to stand up against him.
"OOO"reminds me of the old CARPET BAGGERS and we know what they did to them crooks;TARRED &FEATHERED them. This man in the oval office is a Socialist among other evils,and equally just as much a crook as the old carpet baggers in history.
This Chicago bum is Dumb &Dumber!!!!!