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Originally Posted by CrazyFlamingos I do understand how the grid works.
You do not seem to understand that TVA customers who elect to buy Green Power are paying more for their electricity.
This extra money goes to fund the development & operation of green power sources.
This allows more environmentally friendly power to be fed into the grid thus reducing the net pollution for the grid. | I know EXACTLY how public electricity works.
ALL electricity produced/bought, by the electric company, goes onto the SAME POWER GRID.
All electricity that is bought, by the consumer, comes off the SAME POWER GRID.
They do NOT run separate lines from "Green Power Producers". It does NOT happen.
If Gore wants to "Walk the Walk" he needs to do several things - NONE of which is using exorbitant amounts of electricity and natural gas (where's the "green" natural gas coming from, by the way?) to heat and light his MANSION! |