 ccrp poll michigan s energy mandate   new poll overview governor john kasich of ohio is poised to change the ohio energy mandate one of the provisions of the legislation is to nullify the instate renewable energy mandate that outlaws it from being able to buy renewable energy from surrounding states renewable energy in ohio primarily refers to electricity produced by wind turbines ending the instate mandate would allow the state s utilities to purchase cheaper windproduced energy from states that produce more wind at a lower per kilowatt hour cost the legislation would also cap the state s renewable energy and energy efficiency standards for two years the freezing of ohio s renewable energy mandates sets an important precedent for michigan legislators and gov rick snyder said kevon martis director of the interstate informed citizens coalition a nonprofit organization that is concerned about the construction of wind turbines in the region even in the windiest states wind typically arrives at times of lowest demand for electricity which sharply diminishes its value the brookings institution s latest study demonstrates with certainty that wind and solar are among the most expensive and least effective means of reducing power plant emissions bar none but in states like ohio and michigan wind energy s pronounced failings are amplified by an anemic wind resource martis continued new poll question should michigan freeze its renewable energy rate at 10 and be allowed to purchase outofstate renewable energy like ohio yes no undecided to vote in this poll click on this link should michigan freeze its renewable energy rate at 10 and be allowed to purchase outofstate renewable energy   to enter your comments click on add new comment after you vote previous poll question should michigan go to a pay per miles driven fee instead of a fuel tax to pay for roads and road repairs yes 22 no 72 undecided 7 four comments were made on this poll comment 1 taxes based on miles driven hell no wake up people for government to charge us for number of miles driven means they get to monitor how many miles we have driven and also based on this proposal they get to monitor what kinds of roads we drove on time of day etc and what will they put in our cars to allow them access to this information and the michigan environmental council says that the greatest hurdle for this proposal is privacy concerns and they think they can be overcome let s see we have phones and computers and cars with gps systems smart meters where they can know if you re home what equipment is operating in your home and can turn your utility off nsa 0bamacare common core etc and now michigan road taxes based on where we drove and how much when do we get a number on our forehead and a chip under our skin s t o p comment 2 agenda21 tax by the mile a radical platform in the1990s the national association of counties endorsed agenda 21 what is agenda 21 folks need to get up to speed last year we worked with hundreds of county sheriffs who were briefed by dr michael coffman on agenda 21 these sheriffs were stunned by the details which includes taxation of your vehicle by the mile a working group has been studying this for several years and unelectd bureaucrats want to forward this initiative here in michigan non governmental organizations ngos are waiting for the general public to become seduced to the point where they will buy into this initiative michigans transportaion infrustructure act pa 51 already has sufficient financial resources to fix the roads the legislature over the last several decades has supplanted road repair which was by state law dedicated for roads call your legislators and have them give you the specific details as to where your road gas tax is actually going in the complexities of state government budgets you will be stunned too if you can actually get the real data michigan already has to many layers of government with cumbersome duplication of services michigan has been a donor state with regard to the federal gas tax funding formula too for decades and nobody does anything about it michigan does not need another tax as a professional i ve been involved in the details behind the scenes meetings and working groups to raise the gas tax during the 1980s 1990s etc please do the home work tell legislators to fix the process and quit slapping each other on the back as the public gets snookered again government operations analyist philip n bareham former senior counsel michigans 83 county units of government comment 3 vehicle fee we are thinking about buying a motorhome or class c this would kill the vacationing business in michigan terrible idea comment 4 miles fee charging a tax based on miles driven would unfairly punish those who are forced to commute long distancesie lansing to grand rapids or lansing to detroit i think there should be a fee based upon weight of vehicle a small car does much less damage to the roads than a truck   all emails 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