Scott Booth, Emily Hinman, Sara Juli and Laurel Regan hope to be elected in June to the seats vacated by James Cahan and Krisztina Napolitano, who opted not to run again.
Readers Write: Green energy, the 1776 Commission report Don t just sit and scoff. January 26, 2021 5:20pm Text size Copy shortlink:
The headline This is how we modernize the Republican Party (Opinion Exchange, Jan. 25) was as intriguing as the byline and raised hopes of reading some fresh new ideas from the Star Tribune s favorite conservative think tank. No such luck. On the menu was a description of the limitations of wind and solar energy, an unhelpful reminder that physics is a science and an explanation of the electric grid oddly evocative of Ted Stevens description of the internet.
While it is true that wind and solar are not currently good options to address base demand, mankind has been inventing ingenious ways of converting energy from one form to another since the dawn of civilization, and serious investments are being made to pursue conversion of energy from wind and solar into forms that can be st