It's unfortunate that Planet Bike, despite its commendable support for clean energy, continues to give away meat (which has a huge carbon footprint) and especially bacon, which is one of the most toxic forms of meat (nitrates, etc.). Also, in order to get MGE to post the video, Jay probably had to say that Planet Bike is part of "Green" Power Tomorrow, but to say or at least imply that donating the 4% tax to MGE (in order to get the 25ยข/kWh rate, you have to subscribe) buys green energy is simply not true. The 4% tax MGE collects is not supporting any green energy initiatives at the moment--I've heard the money goes towards paying for scrubbers at its coal-fired power plants. Planet Bike probably produces more electricity than it consumes, but unfortunately the 4% tax just supports MGE, not clean energy.
In fact, people at RENEW Wisconsin urge people who have the choice, i.e., those who don't have solar panels, unsubscribe from MGE's program and support other similar programs that actually do support renewable energy. On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Robbie Webber <[email protected]>wrote: > Got this from Jay Ferm, Advocacy Director at Planet bike, but thought > others would appreciate this video shot at the Bacon on the Bike Path event > during Bike to Work Week. It talks about Planet Bike's commitment to green > energy, but also about bicycling as part of the solution as well and Planet > Bike's cycle of donating profits to further bicycle advocacy. > > I just like seeing all the folks on bikes! > > https://www.storybridge.tv/greenview/greenbiz/story/planetbike > > > Robbie Webber > Transportation Policy Analyst > State Smart Transportation Initiative > www.ssti.us > 608-263-9984 (o) > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > Bikies mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.danenet.org/listinfo.cgi/bikies-danenet.org > > -- "If we continue to consume the world until there's no more to consume, then there's going to come a day, sure as hell, when our children or their children or their children's children are going to look back on us--on you and me--and say to themselves, 'My God, what kind of monsters were these people?'" --Daniel Quinn
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