Rural Electric Companies Hit Hard by Keystone XL Cancellation

[Lord Tammerlain]

Rural Electric Companies Hit Hard by Keystone XL Cancellation
Rural Electric Companies Hit Hard by Keystone XL Cancellation (theepochtimes.com)

Electric co-ops are private companies that deliver electricity to their customers, also known as members. Rural electric cooperatives serve 56 percent of the nation and account for about 12 percent of total electricity sales in the United States, according to the National Rural Electric Cooperative Association.

There are multiple co-ops in the area that range in size in terms of employees and areas they cover. West Central Electric has more than 3,671 members and covers more than 7,000 square miles, and Birkeland said the cancellation of the project hits small rural communities like Murdo especially hard.

I am disappointed in the god fearing rural Americans taking part in what is clearly a socialist enterprise of electric coops

Especially surprised that the Epoch Time is seemingly supporting them

Cooperatives and Socialism | Common Ground

The cooperative movement and socialism are distinct from each other, but they are close cousins. Socialism demands a whole-scale transformation of society's productive forces, and to immediately end Capitalism. Cooperatives are a little different--they seek to do the best they can democratically within whatever economic system is present. So, cooperatives aren't necessarily socialist, but they share a common root and are, in some cases, fully compatible with a Socialist society.

Cooperatives come in many different forms--from worker co-ops and consumer co-ops to producer - secondary - and hybrid co-ops, but each form shares critical features laid out in the principles by which they operate and the general structure of decision-making and governance within and between co-ops. For example--Common Ground does not have "shareholders," we have "stakeholders," and decision-making power is ultimately rooted in a democracy of consumers. That means you are in charge.

 

[Craig234]

Rather they take a hit than the climate.

 

[Waddy]

Rather they take a hit than the climate.

they say the same about you.

 

[Antiwar]

The Epoch Times article seemed legitimate, mostly. What I don't get is the CEO of the electric coop saying "We're out $90 million." That seems like way too much money.

 

[Craig234]

they say the same about you.

Corrupt people prefer to make money at the expense of the climate. And?

 

[Mycroft]

Rural Electric Companies Hit Hard by Keystone XL Cancellation
Rural Electric Companies Hit Hard by Keystone XL Cancellation (theepochtimes.com)



I am disappointed in the god fearing rural Americans taking part in what is clearly a socialist enterprise of electric coops

Especially surprised that the Epoch Time is seemingly supporting them

Cooperatives and Socialism | Common Ground

Socialism has nothing to do with people cooperating with each other. Socialism is about the central government taking control of industry.

What we have here is the central government deliberately harming its own citizens...in the name of some dubious notion called __________ (pick the latest bogyman term for global warming).

 

[Sand Castle]

Rural Electric Companies Hit Hard by Keystone XL Cancellation
Rural Electric Companies Hit Hard by Keystone XL Cancellation (theepochtimes.com)



I am disappointed in the god fearing rural Americans taking part in what is clearly a socialist enterprise of electric coops

Especially surprised that the Epoch Time is seemingly supporting them

Cooperatives and Socialism | Common Ground

Oh those Presidents and their policies

The Trump administration’s anti-renewables and pro-fossil fuel policies have led to the loss or suppression of at least 622,000 jobs in the renewable energy sector.

The Trump administration’s War on Renewable Energy has Cost the Industry 600,000 Jobs

To avoid the worst consequences of climate change, experts agree that the world and its economies must transition to a 100 percent clean…

capaction.medium.com

 

[Sand Castle]

It's killing us': midwestern workers savaged by Trump's trade wars

Layoffs are common, shifts have been cut – and workers in America’s manufacturing and farming heartlands are losing hope

'It's killing us': midwestern workers savaged by Trump's trade wars

Layoffs are common, shifts have been cut – and workers in America’s manufacturing and farming heartlands are losing hope

www.theguardian.com

Trump steel tariffs bring job losses to swing state Michigan

CHICAGO(Reuters) - President Donald Trump promised a new dawn for the struggling U.S. steel industry in 2016, and the lure of new jobs in Midwestern states including Michigan helped him eke out a surprise election win.

Four years later, Great Lakes Works - once among the state’s largest steel plants - has shut down steelmaking operations and put 1,250 workers out of a job. A year before the June layoffs, plant owner United States Steel Corp called off a plan to invest $600 million in upgrades amid deteriorating market conditions

Trump steel tariffs bring job losses to swing state Michigan

President Donald Trump promised a new dawn for the struggling U.S. steel industry in 2016, and the lure of new jobs in Midwestern states including Michigan helped him eke out a surprise election win.

www.reuters.com

 

[Lord Tammerlain]

Socialism has nothing to do with people cooperating with each other. Socialism is about the central government taking control of industry.

What we have here is the central government deliberately harming its own citizens...in the name of some dubious notion called __________ (pick the latest bogyman term for global warming).

Communal ownership, that is socialism, one small step away from communism