Editor:

I had the opportunity to travel Interstate 80 in southern Wyoming on Monday, April 27. We passed a huge wind farm outside of Rock Springs. Of the many wind mills, only a few were turning, ever so slowly. Meanwhile there were hundreds of tractor trailers going both ways on Interstate 80 burning diesel fuel.

As I thought about it, I realized that our country depends on those trucks to deliver the products we consume every day, including our food. In addition, our farmers, trains, planes, ships, military, and countless small businesses rely on diesel fuel on a daily basis. Our current economy is based on this fact. Recent experience has proved that as the price of diesel fuel rises, so does the cost of our goods. The Barack Obama administration, and our Congress from what I see, has completely ignored this fact.

The current Democratic government is sold on wind and solar. It sounds great, but what do we do when the wind doesn't blow, or the sun doesn't shine? How in the world can either of these energy sources power a large semi-truck, tractor, construction equipment, train, plane or ship?

The plans for cap and trade is only a hefty tax on consumers, and will only create trillions of dollars in revenue for a few. This tax will not replace diesel fuels used for the biggest share of our transportation.

With all of these solar and wind projects destroying the landscape of the Western states (the Eastern power bloc will not have them in their waters or Central Park), then all that electricity will have to be sent over power lines, which will further destroy our landscapes.

Why can't this country approach our energy problems in a common sense approach? It appears to me that once someone is admitted to the U.S. Congress, all common sense goes down the Potomac.

I am pleased to hear that the state of Wyoming is starting to fund carbon capture. This technology, when fully developed, will do more for the world than the proposed cap and tax, without putting us all in the poor house.

I caution everyone to keep a wary eye on our Wyoming politicians, from the governor on down. The tax receipts to the state will be enormous as the price of carbon fuels rise from cap and tax.

TED GRANT, Powell