Why Crown Hydro? asks Mark in response to Allen's post. I think Allen meant what he said when he wrote:
"Crown Hydro is a good opportunity for the city of Minneapolis to demonstrate it's commitment to renewable energy." That means not saying, oh, we did that across the river, or oh, we did that a hundred years ago. We were ( and I mean 'were' in so many ways as Minneapolis used to be at the forefront ) a city that could get things done that other cities wished they could do. Are we now a city that cannot do what other cities have done? Inevitably small local power generation will replace, over time, inherently unstable humongous generating plants combined with long distance electric transmission lines. A small very visible hydroelectric plant might be the tipping point. Historically, Minneapolis was the first with hydroelectric generation. This is our opportunity to have running water in the water races at Mill Ruins park. I prefer flowing water, not geese turd, trash filled back water. Crown Hydro is a great opportunity for the City of Minneapolis. Over time one gets jaded. Are you satisfied joining the naysayers, the do no gooders? We have a Green Park Commissioner voting against hydroelectric power. Do you wonder how the RiverPlace buildings were built without taking down the falls, as noted happened once in 1868, as the naysayers claim will happen again if we have thinkers that vote for Crown Hydro. Crown Hydro would change the Mill Ruins Park from a deconstructionist un-park into a working park with a historical installation. Just say nay? Truly, Jeff Fellows Sheridan Lower Nordeast, Minneapolis across the river from the Mpls Park and Rec Board headquarters. Message: 7 Date: Sun, 16 May 2004 08:06:40 -0500 From: Mark Snyder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [Mpls] Crown Hydro To: Minneapolis Issues Forum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Allen does raise some good perspective with regards to hydropower vs. other sources of electricity. But supporting hydropower isn't the same thing as supporting Crown Hydro. Again, the benefits Allen and others have cited for hydropower could be much more easily and cheaply realized by simply increasing capacity at the existing (and underutilized) Xcel Energy hydropower plant that is located on the Mississippi. That's where I'm at with this whole Crown Hydro issue. If there wasn't already a hydropower plant on the Mississippi or if that plant was already running at full capacity, I might favor the Crown Hydro project. But given that we have this other option for increasing the amount of relatively clean power from our own back yard, I think proponents of Crown Hydro should provide reasons for why their proposal should be favored over the other option that is available for increasing hydropower generation. That would hopefully help focus this discussion on "Why Crown Hydro?" rather that continue to get sidetracked on the overall discussion about hydropower vs. other sources of electricity - since that's really where the issue lies is whether we should specifically support the Crown Hydro project. Mark Snyder Windom Park On 5/14/04 12:21 PM, "Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Crown Hydro is a good opportunity for the city of Minneapolis to demonstrate > it's commitment to renewable energy. Are there risks involved? Yes, > anytime you have a construction project there are risks. And this project > has more given it's location. But this is 2004. REMINDERS: 1. Think a member has violated the rules? Email the list manager at [EMAIL PROTECTED] before continuing it on the list. 2. Don't feed the troll! Ignore obvious flame-bait. For state and national discussions see: http://e-democracy.org/discuss.html For external forums, see: http://e-democracy.org/mninteract ________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A City-focused Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Un-subscribe, etc. at: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
