Grid Alternative, a non-profit that helps low-income families get renewable energy technology, installs solar paneling onto the home of Rick and Bobby Lopez. The system will cover 60 percent of the family’s electric usage. Jef Ackermann, the Director of the Colorado Energy Office joins the crew on the roof to install the panels. (Erin Hull, The Denver Post)
Re: Colorado s energy future relies on oil and gas, Feb. 6 letter to the editor.
I disagree with letter-writer Meaghan Croghan that Colorado s energy future relies on oil and gas. To say that renewable energy is unfeasible on a large scale is saying America isn t up to meeting the challenge of clean energy like 15 countries that are already getting 20 percent or more of their electrical needs from renewables. Surely the U.S. can match or exceed what many other countries are already doing if the political will is there.
Also, Croghan s statement that declining prices for oil and natural gas will result in more jobs created in this field doesn t seem rational. As oil prices have dropped in the last year, we ve already seen many oil companies cutting back and reducing jobs. Shale oil costs significantly more to produce than the oil from drilled wells of Saudi Arabia.
And let s not overlook the biggest reason to develop renewables — that is to address world climate change.
Warren Gress, Parker
This letter was published in the Feb. 11 edition.
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