State global warming task force discusses energy use
From an article by Ryan Stotts in the LaCrosse Tribune:
The session was not to debate the science of greenhouse gas emissions — that was made clear from the start.
Instead, Gov. Jim Doyle’s task force on global warming focused its first meeting on gathering ideas on how greenhouse gases could be reduced in Wisconsin while still keeping the state’s economy growing.
Business leaders and the public were invited to be part of the process, with the two-hour session teleconferenced Monday evening from sites in Madison, Green Bay, Milwau-kee and at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse’s Wing Technology Center. . . .
About 20 people gathered at the UW-L teleconference site to listen and comment.
Chris Schneider, president of Honda Motorwerks, touted the virtues of hybrid vehicles, compressed natural gas and developing the next generation of vehicle batteries.
Nick Nichols, environmental coordinator for Gundersen Lutheran Medical Center, said Wisconsin needs to increase its renewable energy use and decrease its dependency on out-of-state energy sources.
Barbara Frank, executive board member of the Sierra Club, applauded the task force’s efforts, saying national leadership on global warming has been absent.
“We have 10 years to turn around our current energy usage,” Frank said. “There is great urgency here.”
Countries such as Sweden and Germany have done “impressive things” with renewable resources, she said.
“We have the technology,” Frank said. “We need the political will. I have been an environmentalist for over 40 years, and I have never seen an issue of such urgency.”
Residents from Madison, Milwaukee and Green Bay also spoke on consumer energy use, carbon taxes, mass production of wind turbines and getting neighborhoods off the national power grid by producing their own efficient energy.
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