Hats off to Jody McCafree and the informed citizens of San Francisco for taking a stand to protect Coos County from the Jordan Cove LNG terminal and Pacific Connector Pipeline partnership with Pacific Gas & Electric.
Supervisor Chris Daly sponsored the city’s resolution after his legislative aide, Tom Jackson, met on July 16 with anti-LNG activist Jody McCaffree of North Bend and other opponents. McCaffree flew to San Francisco to talk to the city officials and to attend a solar energy fair.
McCaffree, who has led local anti-LNG efforts for several years, said the California officials picked right up on her concerns about reliance on foreign energy at the expense of renewable resources. She hadn’t expected them to move so quickly on a resolution.
“I was shocked,” she said. “They just understand it.”
Regrettably, most of our civic leaders have not done any real research so it is always refreshing to visit other communities where elected officials take their jobs seriously and do read and research issues before voting on them. The comment from PG&E is pretty funny when talking about liquefied natural gas.
Developing natural gas supply routes is part of the push for renewal energy, said Jonathan Marshall, a PG&E spokesman. Solar and wind energy can’t produce electricity constantly. Natural gas generators can fill the gaps.
“It’s an essential partner to renewable energy,” he said. “It actually enables the use of renewable energy.”
Honestly, the same can be said for ‘natural’ coal or natural’ plutonium or ‘natural’ … oh just read the list off the periodic table of the elements.
Right on, Jody, don’t let the ill informed comments get you down.
