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Related: About this forumAre Republicans our wind power saviors?
http://www.tgdaily.com/sustainability-features/61694-are-republicans-our-wind-power-saviors<snip>
One of the most persistent voices calling for the PTC to live on past its Dec. 31 expiration is Rep. Steve King (R-Iowa), a fierce critic of the Obama agenda - except when it comes to wind. Iowa is a leading wind power state, and King's 5th Congressional District is home to several large plants.
"Iowa was the first state to generate 20 percent of its electricity from wind," King wrote in an op-ed supporting the PTC extension. "Now, wind supports as many as 5,000 Iowa jobs, and $11 million in annual land lease payments to Iowa farmers. Iowa wind has prompted $300 million in private investment in Iowa manufacturing facilities."
In deeply red Kansas, support for the PTC comes from Republican Gov. Sam Brownbackjoining Republican governors from Iowa [PDF] and Oklahoma [PDF] in backing the extensionand from Rep. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.). Moran's district includes the Hutchinson Wind Energy plant, where Siemens employs more than 350 people to make turbine nacelles.
During a recent visit to the plant, Moran told a local newspaper, "There's no doubt in my mind if we extend it that this is a job creator. More people will be working and paying taxes and helping get our financial house in order."
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even the morans see the PTC as a real "job creator"
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Are Republicans our wind power saviors? (Original Post)
jpak
Feb 2012
OP
With the number of wind turbines in his district, he had better support them
liberal N proud
Feb 2012
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liberal N proud
(60,344 posts)1. With the number of wind turbines in his district, he had better support them
3waygeek
(2,034 posts)2. Well, they are good at spewing hot air & bullshit. n/t
kristopher
(29,798 posts)3. No but Obama is...
Republicans are obstructionists.
Obama is trying to make the PTC permanent:
http://www.democraticunderground.com/11277911