Recent weather and geopolitical events show why we need coal alongside gas as our baseload electricRecent weather and geopolitical events show why we need coal alongside gas as our baseload electric

Natural gas has many advantages for baseload electric, but we dare not depend upon it exclusively for our baseload electric, given availability and pricing challenges as a result of severe weather and geopolitical crises. For energy security, we need the combination of coal and natural gas as our major sources of baseload electric. Nuclear also […]

Who will pay for the high cost RWE and KCE projects that will produce unreliable electric? We, West Michigan Consumers Energy customers, will!!Who will pay for the high cost RWE and KCE projects that will produce unreliable electric? We, West Michigan Consumers Energy customers, will!!

The dirty little secret is that RWE and KCE will get their money from Consumers Energy, who will be buying the unreliable electric that these solar panel and lithium ion battery projects produce. Consumers Energy is already dramatically raising its prices to its customers to pay for its Net Zero agenda. So we, the Consumers […]

Zero pollutant emissions from our county’s Campbell complex is a realistic goal, but CO2 is NOT a pollutantZero pollutant emissions from our county’s Campbell complex is a realistic goal, but CO2 is NOT a pollutant

Significant strides have already been made in reducing pollutant emissions from the Campbell: Additional strides can be made to virtually eliminate pollutant emissions from the Campbell complex by utilizing evolving technology in coal energy processing, converting it to hydrogen gas, and then burning it. But let’s be clear: carbon dioxide is NOT a pollutant, but […]

The case for our own locally controlled electric cooperative rather than Wall Street’s Consumers Energy monopolyThe case for our own locally controlled electric cooperative rather than Wall Street’s Consumers Energy monopoly

We should seek the help of the Trump Administration to make this dream a reality. An exploratory committee represented by many township boards, elected public officials, and others of Ottawa County begins meeting in March 2026 to begin information-gathering investigation of this very possibility. By the grace of God, we can get local control of […]

Our strategy to thwart the Net Zero agenda should not rely on overturning PA 233 alone, but should also include seeking local control of our electric grid via a local electric cooperativeOur strategy to thwart the Net Zero agenda should not rely on overturning PA 233 alone, but should also include seeking local control of our electric grid via a local electric cooperative

Michigan PA 233, which overthrows local zoning in the name of promoting the Net Zero agenda, should be overturned. We should be trying at the state level to overturn it. But Ottawa County Republicans need to also pursue local control of our electric grid with the help of the Trump Administration at the same time […]