(By Andrew MacKie-Mason)
There are certain things that shouldn't be constitutionalized, regardless of whether they're good ideas. One such thing is Proposal 3 on the Michigan ballot this year, which would require Michigan utility companies to meet a 25% quota of renewable energy sources by 2025. The proposal limits "renewable" energy to include only wind, solar, biomass, and hydropower.
This may well be a goal that Michigan's government should advance. But it's not properly a constitutional issue. The constitution should form the framework for interactions between citizens, government, and businesses, not set specific time-expired quotas based on information and science that might change drastically in the next thirteen years.
Is increasing wind, solar, biomass, and hydropower energy sources a worthy and good goal right now? Probably. But will it be in three years, or five, or ten? We don't know. What we do know is that if these forms of energy don't become more efficient at the rate we expect them too, Proposal 3 will turn into a handout for a renewable energy industry unable to support itself. Hasn't Michigan had enough of failed industries propped up by a government and state that relies on them? Let's head off the crisis at the beginning this time.
Vote no on Proposal 3. Save the Constitution for constitutional issues.
Hiç yorum yok:
Yorum Gönder