Anti-fracking protesters take to the streets in downtown Denver, October 05, 2015. Several hundred protesters marched down 17th Street to the State Capitol. (Photo by RJ Sangosti/The Denver Post)
The anti-fracking activists who gathered in Denver recently apparently believe wind and solar energy are the answer, whatever the question. They might contemplate Britain’s situation, which has resulted from going down the renewable road the activists wish to travel. Britain has shut down coal plants, prevented gas and nuclear plants from being constructed, and imagined that unreliable, inadequate wind and solar will fill the gap. It won’t. Now, according to recent reports, Britain is concerned that the lights and heat may not always come on during the next two or three winters.
Oil and gas are indispensable for the next several decades.
Don Bishop, Estes Park
This letter was published in the Oct. 15 edition.
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