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Government is a negative influence on energy fuel policy

...There are fundament physical limits for that production. The history of energy public policy is one of easily passed legislative laws which ignore the laws of nature and physics. Major government support of renewable fuel projects such as wind and...

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/guest-columns/2012-05-08/government-negative
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Open Forum: Our amazing politicians

...more than the market can produce, as there is no effective production technology for cellulose ethanol.Passing legislative laws is easy. Repealing the laws of nature and chemistry is not so easy. Rolf WestgardDeerwood

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2011-09-23/open-forum-our-amazing
Open Forum
Nuclear power, taxes needed

...Administration is forecasting that wind and solar will supply less than 3 percent of our electric energy in 2020. Legislative laws rarely override the Laws of Physics. The threat from global warming is real. It is time to grow our nuclear fleet...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/070909/opi_20090709034.shtml
Opinion
Crow Wing County Board Tuesday passes tax relief

...owners of multiple parcels expecting it to help the farming community. Treasurer Laureen Borden said a little known legislative law change changed how property owners will pay their taxes. Previously property owners who had taxes of more than...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/022310/new_20100223031.shtml
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Tax relief approved

...owners of multiple parcels, expecting it to help the farming community. Treasurer Laureen Borden said a little known legislative law change altered how property owners will pay their taxes. Previously property owners who had taxes of more than...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/022410/new_20100224002.shtml
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Open Forum

...trying to implement. I would just like to help enlighten the general public what these fees mean to a lot of us. Legislative laws have been passed that allow counties to recoup the actual costs of licensing. The key words here are "actual costs...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/092603/opi_0926030019.html
Opinion
Open Forum

...percent renewable (meaning wind) energy by 2020. With the stroke of his gubernatorial pen, Gov. Pawlenty signed legislative law S.F. 0004, thus inking out those pesky physical laws. He and the Legislature did rely on an elaborate, though...

http://brainerddispatch.com/stories/051807/opi_20070518007.shtml
Opinion
We can't repeal the laws of nature

...capacity of any other state. It is forecasting 1 percent of Texas electric grid power from wind through 2015.Passing legislative laws is easy. Repealing the laws of nature and physics is not so easy.Rolf WestgardDeerwood

http://brainerddispatch.com/opinion/open-forum/2010-12-13/we-can%E2%80%99t-repea
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