2009.10.06
Butler Jr: More than green power
Green power isn't enough
Manley C. Butler Jr.
Butler, is the president of Butler Parachute Systems Group Inc. in Roanoke.
The op-ed "Time to end our reliance on coal" (Sept. 8), implies by omission that wind and solar-power do not receive government subsidies even as most other types of electric power generation do. Nothing could be further from the truth as can be illustrated right here in our own backyard by the tax subsidies to be provided to the Allegheny Highlands Wind Power Project.
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