On 5/17/04 12:16 PM, "Jeff Fellows" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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." I'm sure he did. However, as I noted earlier, supporting hydropower does not equate to supporting Crown Hydro, since there is at least one other opportunity to increase our electricity generation from hydropower that does not require approval of the Crown Hydro project. I thought I did a good job of pointing this out in my earlier post, but I guess not. I also asked specifically why should Crown Hydro be supported over the other option of simply increasing flow to the existing Xcel hydropower facility. As far as I could tell, the only reason Jeff gave was: "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." Now, maybe Jeff is OK with spending $10 million to not have to look at geese turd while visiting Mill Ruins, but I think I need something more than that. I spent a couple hours on Saturday morning tromping through geese turd while picking up garbage along the river banks for MCNC's 11th Annual River Cleanup event and somehow, I lived through it. Mark Snyder Windom Park 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
