On the other hand, I can’t vote for him because I’m not in his district. Last time, I contributed to his campaign and I worked a poll in the district on election day for Obama, Warner, and Nye. Will I contribute and volunteer for someone who voted against the climate change bill and against health reform? Probably not.

Virginia broadly and Virginia Beach more specifically does not rise to the standard of voting in a liberal orgasm candidate. If it gets down to extremism, the extreme right is going to win over the extreme left in Virginia. Candidates somewhere in the center (like Glenn Nye) might emerge victorious.

If you think Glenn Nye is bad, take a look at the long line of Republicans lining up to run against him. They think even centrist Glenn Nye is vulnerable. What chance would your ultra liberal candidate stand against them?

My past vote was for Glenn Nye, my future vote will be his too. Glenn Nye is better then who he replaced and better then everyone lining up to run against him.

Anyway, Scott Taylor’s problems are deeper than ideology; one more quixotic campaign on his punchcard and he gets into the Virginia Beach perennial candidate club (French Donald Mackes is the president).

Even under an RPS coal is going to be used unless the RPS mandate is set at 100% renewable energy. Under an RPS, more renewables will come online, but you won’t be able to tell who gets the renewable energy and who gets the coal energy. And even those that get the renewable stuff will still get coal energy mixed with it.

The way our power works is that even if some developer built a giant wind farm in your backyard, unless they tie the wind turbine transmision line direclty into your home you cannot say if you are getting renewable electricity from that wind farm. If its tied to the grid then it goes into the grid and mixes with coal, nukes, diesel, etc. Under an RPS all you can say is that somewhere someone is getting that electrcity. The good news is that we all benefit from that renewable generator. Thats all these certificates are trying to do to.

Take a look at some state RPS laws. As long as the certificates come from a certain nearby states then the law is met. You can get certificates from 5 or 6 states away, but as long as those states feed into the same grid then its deemed to work.

If you think these certificates are bogus or worthless then so is all the effort to pass a state or federal RPS.

If you support RPS legislation then it seems you should support these certificates. Just because an RPS is mandated by the government doesnt make it better.

Please reread what you posted “[renewable energy certificates] only signify that renewable energy was produced somewhere else”. Ok, but you are saying that renewable energy was produced I think thats all a certificate program is trying to: encourage and verify more renewable energy. As long as that renewable energy is in the US we all benefit. As long as its on the east coast, mid-atlantic, or south then Virginia is more likely to benefit.

There is more than one way to skin a cat. RPS does it through government. Couldnt it be possible that there is another way outside of our government that can co-exist with an RPS?

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The RINO is obviously Scott Rigell — after all, he gave money to Obama. And it’s not like any of the other Republicans have a campaign presence.