April 10, 2012

Toons for Tenaska

Two cartoons recently reminded me of Tenaska's coal plant proposed in Taylorville, Illinois.

The first is a t-shirt I bought at threadless called Greenwashing. It's a coal plant pretending to be green!

greenwashing

It must be saying, "Clean coal really does exist! Please believe me!"

On facebook I discovered that Tenaska bases their business model on an old Calvin and Hobbes cartoon. It perfectly describes the Taylorville Energy Center!

calvin and tenaska

Dirty project. No customer demand or need. Refusal to put carbon sequestration in their EPA permit. Looking for massive government subsidies. All check.
All they demand is monstrous profits guaranteed by the state of Illinois. Sadly, Illinois consumers wouldn't have the right to walk away from this lemon if the General Assembly passes Tenaska's subsidy bill.