What is the Future of Energy in SA? (Image from CPS Energy)
San Antonio Express-News columnist Cary Clack spun a fantasy allegory this weekend, transposing San Antonio’s recent CPS Energy/Nuclear debacle into a tale of a deceitful wizard and a dangerous and costly dragon. Take a moment and read And the moral of this story? Clack is one of the few reasons left to crack open the ever-diminishing Express-News.
Once upon a time, there was a kingdom on the river and it was called Bexar. Now, Bexar was a growing and vibrant kingdom, and like all kingdoms it needed the elements earth, wind and fire to supply it with the tremendous amount of energy it needed to keep moving.
And so the citizens of Bexar searched for greater and less expensive sources of power while humming Earth, Wind and Fire songs, which they couldn’t get out of their heads.
Now, CPS Energy the Magician was a trusted and valued adviser to the kingdom’s young prince, his court and the subjects of Bexar, and he extolled the virtues of the great dragon Nuclear of lore who lived just 200 miles away.
Read the rest at MySanAntonio.com…
One thing that you begin to learn by reading speculative fiction is that sometimes the old answers need to be thrown out and new questions need to be asked. My rough math leads me to ask why San Antonio should continue to chase the nuclear dragon.
Wikipedia notes that San Antonio has 405,474 households. CPS Energy’s nuclear boondoggle is now expected to cost $17 Billion. A little long division presents that number as $41,926 per household. For that kind of scratch CPS Energy could put solar panels on every house in San Antonio. Excess power would feed back to the grid and be sold where needed.
It sounds like it’s time for San Antonio’s Fresh Prince, his court and people to look for a better wizard…
