Lust

Dear God,

Lately:

• The EPA made a decision that could make building a coal plant more financially risky than building an alt energy plant – and Entergy, as you know, is also in the coal business.
  
  
• The Department of Energy issued a report claiming that wind turbines could generate 300 gigawatts by 2030. That would power about 20 percent of the US electrical grid.
  
  
• The Department of Energy also said that there are 13 times as many wind power facilities in the planning phase than gas and coal plants.
  
  
• Two power producers contracted to buy a gigawatt of solar power. That may not seem like much but it's twice the total solar capacity the United States had installed in 2007. Five utilities have to-date announced plans for utility-owned solar projects.
  

I'm a flexible guy, Lord, but this steady stream of news is getting me down. Earlier this week I had a one-two punch. At town meeting 31 towns (I think) gave Vermont Yankee a no-confidence vote, and then the VSNAP meeting on March 4 degenerated into bickering and sniping. And now all this on the Alt Energy front. Jesus.

I would like to pray for a moment with you about pornography, if I may, now that I've got your sympathy, God. (Don't worry. I'm not going non sequitur all over you again.) It's just that ... well, people have called Entergy's attention to energy production dollars over health and safety obscene, especially given recent advances in alternative energy. I know that lust is one of the Seven Deadlies, and I'm trying hard as all get out to avoid it. But I do think I see differences between Entergy's values and pornography in general, and I truly believe those differences are important for us to examine. Together.

For example, here's the flow of action in a typical porn movie compared to the flow of action here at Vermont Yankee. You'll have to click the image to see it well enough to read it, but I think you'll understand me when I say that we may sin in thought at Entergy Vermont Yankee, but not so terribly badly in deed.



Am I right, Lord? Aren't we looking pretty good--at least as opposed to most porn movies? If so, should I talk to the press about this to counter all the bad news we've been getting lately? Or would that be bragging? Pride is Deadly, as you know, and I don't want to die.

Amen,

Fake-Rob