Citizen's Climate Lobby of Rock County

Feb 15, 2021  The Keystone XL pipeline will be obsolete by the time it is built because gasoline demand is down and declining, and because gasoline made from oilsands is too expensive. GM just announced that it will eliminate the internal combustion engine in by 2035 – just 14 years. Fewer gas cars will create an oil glut, and oilsands will never be able to compete.   American business is electrifying with or without the national government. Pipelines and oil refineries will be over-capacity. It will be better for Wisconsin to have the limited oil we need distilled in smaller northern refineries rather than shipping it to Texas and then back up north again.  Stan Milam asked us for rational analysis, and he is right. Rep. Steil should forget what the old-timers say, and pay attention to the bottom line. 

  October 24, 2019   To the Editor,   It is easy to see how new Congressional Representatives like Bryan Steil can build a legacy through legislation or travel down another partisan path leading to gridlock, as the Gazette pointed out last Wednesday (23 Oct.)  One example of needless gridlock is climate legislation.  Large majorities of Janesville-Beloit residents favor regulation on CO2 (75%) and favor a tax on fossil fuel producers to reduce carbon emissions (70%). Check out the Yale/George Mason climate poll for more.  Climate leadership would be a great place for Representative Steil to make a mark. It would be best for our city and for our nation if everyone could work together in the national interest.    Gregory Turco

 The intent of the blog is to record all of our letters to the editor.