DISQUS

With friends like Duke Energy, who needs enemies? I'm right there with you. However, as you so rightly put it, this battle won't be won by crushing the utilities, no matter how tempting (from an environmental perspective) such a proposition may be.

Through my work in the Sierra Club, I've become friends with two executives in the Florida division of Progress Energy, an equal opportunity coal and nuclear proponent. These friends of mine are good people trying to turn the titanic with an oar. We must work from the inside out, which is why I accepted Progress Energy's offer to install extra energy monitoring equipment in my home after the installation of my solar water heater. My energy profile is quite different from that of my neighbors but every day I'm contributing a tiny bit to the solution. Who can argue with that?

Superb content!

Thank you!

And to think: Jon Stewart got his start in TV as an MTV gameshow host!

Oh, my goodness! That's quite a list! I didn't believe that I would find it of value but I really did! Thanks for investing all of the effort in publishing it!

This project is proof positive that energy utilities can be pressured peaceably but persistently to change their ways. For years, the environmental community told Duke Energy that it had to clean up its act and it turned a deaf ear. Yet, we persisted. Now, look at the results!