| Democrat Senator Denounces Texas Wind Farm |
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| by Tom McGregor | Thu, Nov 5, 2009, 02:20 PM |
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The Houston Chronicle reports that, "the U.S.-China venture, announced last week, would erect 240 huge Chinese-manufactured wind turbines on 36,000 acres in West Texas, with the Export-Import Bank of China committed to handle most of the financing." Yet Sen. Charles Schumer (D.-NY), claimed the project reportedly may also be seeking 30 percent funding from economic stimulus grants from the Energy Department - funds he claimed would be used to buy turbines and other components manufactured in a Chinese plant." Sen. Schumer wrote in a letter to be sent Thursday to Energy Secretary Steven Chu that, "the idea that stimulus funds would be used to create jobs overseas is quite troubling." He urged Chu to reject any request for funds from the Texas project." The Chronicle also quotes the letter as saying that, "the purpose of the (stimulus program) was to jumpstart the economy to create and save jobs - american jobs. Yet, the Texas wind farm project would create an estimated 2,000-3,000 clean energy manufacturing jobs in China ... American taxpayer dollars should not be used to finance those jobs." The Associated Press received a draft of the letter on Wednesday. A week ago, the project was annopunced as a joint venture of China's Shenyang Power Group, Cielo Wind Power LP of Austin, Texas, and a private equity firm, U.S. Renewable Energy Group. It would be the largest renewable energy investment provided by China in the United States. As reported by the Chronicle, "under the agreement, A-Power Energy Generation Systems Ltd. of Shenyang, China, would be the exclusive provider of 240 2.5 megawatt wind turbines for the 600-megawatt wind farm, which would produce enough electricity to serve 180,000 homes." To read the entire article from the Houston Chronicle, link here: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
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written by furrpiece , November 05, 2009 Schumer's ignorance never disappoints. We have borrowed trillions of dollars from the Chinese, and just the interest amounts to several billion each day. Just our interest payments probably fund the Chinese Armies and Naval operations. (If you want to know just how much, go to: http://www.usdebtclock.org/ ) Schumer is expressing worry over $1.5 billion dollars when he voted for a ONE TRILLION DOLLAR stimulus bill, and he voted to give ACORN $8 billion dollars. This is why so many people look at Democrats like Schumer and either weep openly, laugh, or both. Write comment
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A Democratic senator is demanding that the Obama administration reject an anticipated request for federal economic stimulus cash as part of a $1.5 billion West Texas wind energy project, since he says it will generate Chinese, not American jobs.
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