Donald Trump taps former Texas Gov. Rick Perry to head Department of Energy

[MarkPerry 488]

Awesome choice, I remember when Rick wanted to fast track like 20 coal buring plants. That would of made cheap electric bill in Texas in the summer, when it's over 100 degrees all summer.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/donald-trump-taps-rick-perry-lead-department-energy-article-1.2908508

Edited December 13, 2016 by MarkPerry

[Dakine10 5,452]

[Dakine10 5,452]

The one hope people had maybe was that Trump would surround himself with good people. For Gods sake, Rick Perry? It's turning into a friggin idiot brigade.

[aaron2020 11,651]

Trump met with Kanye West who he has chosen to lead the Department of Good Mental Health.

[Mounat 74]

The one hope people had maybe was that Trump would surround himself with good people. For Gods sake, Rick Perry? It's turning into a friggin idiot brigade.

LoL.

[Dakine10 5,452]

What are the odds on Michelle Bachmann for director of national intelligence? Has to be a pretty good bet ATM.

[MarkPerry 488]

The one hope people had maybe was that Trump would surround himself with good people. For Gods sake, Rick Perry? It's turning into a friggin idiot brigade.

Rick Perry was an outstanding Governor of Texas for 14 years. He started the campaign to bring businesses to relocate to Texas and it was and still is today very very successful.

He cut spending in Texas. Lowered Property Taxes, and limited a lot of regulation, He help transform Texas into one of the economics powerhouse in the world.

[B_J 2,752]

This is actually not a bad position for Perry. Energy is a very big industry in Texas, obviously oil and gas, but Texas is also a leader in wind energy.

[Teddy B 17,252]

This is actually not a bad position for Perry. Energy is a very big industry in Texas, obviously oil and gas, but Texas is also a leader in wind energy.

Texas is also the largest producer of hot air here on VJ.

[CarlosAndSveta 808]

Awesome choice, I remember when Rick wanted to fast track like 20 coal buring plants. That would of made cheap electric bill in Texas in the summer, when it's over 100 degrees all summer.

http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/donald-trump-taps-rick-perry-lead-department-energy-article-1.2908508

This reminds me of when I was in charge of the audit of an electric utility company. As part of the audit we toured one of their lignite fueled electric generating facilities. The nick name of the power plant was "Big Brown." I jokingly asked them if it was called Big Brown because that was the color of the surrounding countryside. Nobody from the company laughed.

If more coal burning power plants are opened in Texas then there will be more pollution in the state. We already have too much pollution in the air. On many days you can look at the horizon and see a brown layer of pollution hugging the ground.

[smilesammich 10,727]

This reminds me of when I was in charge of the audit of an electric utility company. As part of the audit we toured one of their lignite fueled electric generating facilities. The nick name of the power plant was "Big Brown." I jokingly asked them if it was called Big Brown because that was the color of the surrounding countryside. Nobody from the company laughed.

If more coal burning power plants are opened in Texas then there will be more pollution in the state. We already have too much pollution in the air. On many days you can look at the horizon and see a brown layer of pollution hugging the ground.

pollution is a myth spread by losers who can't see green.

[Teddy B 17,252]

This reminds me of when I was in charge of the audit of an electric utility company. As part of the audit we toured one of their lignite fueled electric generating facilities. The nick name of the power plant was "Big Brown." I jokingly asked them if it was called Big Brown because that was the color of the surrounding countryside. Nobody from the company laughed.

If more coal burning power plants are opened in Texas then there will be more pollution in the state. We already have too much pollution in the air. On many days you can look at the horizon and see a brown layer of pollution hugging the ground.

I worked in a coal mine for 20+ years and my lung feels great! Trump won, deal with it! Murica!!

[MarkPerry 488]

This reminds me of when I was in charge of the audit of an electric utility company. As part of the audit we toured one of their lignite fueled electric generating facilities. The nick name of the power plant was "Big Brown." I jokingly asked them if it was called Big Brown because that was the color of the surrounding countryside. Nobody from the company laughed.

If more coal burning power plants are opened in Texas then there will be more pollution in the state. We already have too much pollution in the air. On many days you can look at the horizon and see a brown layer of pollution hugging the ground.

Maybe you live too close to Dallas or the Trinity River. . I am familiar with GP and it not hazy there, nor is any any part of North Texas.

Big Brown is the powerplant on Lake Fairfield owned by Luminant. I have fished there a few times in the winter due to being a powerplant lake and having warm temps in winter. I have never noticed it being hazy or brown layer.

I just spent 3 days last week Thursday Friday Saturday on Squaw Creek Nuclear Power plant owned by Luminant, it's clean there also. The prior week I was on Lake Monticello and Lake Welsh both power plant lakes in East Texas fishing, they both run off lignite coal it very clean and green and full of deers out there.

[CarlosAndSveta 808]

Maybe you live too close to Dallas or the Trinity River. . I am familiar with GP and it not hazy there, nor is any any part of North Texas.

Big Brown is the powerplant on Lake Fairfield owned by Luminant. I have fished there a few times in the winter due to being a powerplant lake and having warm temps in winter. I have never noticed it being hazy or brown layer.

I just spent 3 days last week Thursday Friday Saturday on Squaw Creek Nuclear Power plant owned by Luminant, it's clean there also. The prior week I was on Lake Monticello and Lake Welsh both power plant lakes in East Texas fishing, they both run off lignite coal it very clean and green and full of deers out there.

I have lived in Dallas county all my life. This brown layer of pollution that I am talking about can be seen from anywhere in the DFW metroplex when it is present.

Read page 2 of the linked document to see how bad these lignite plants are for the environment.

http://www.citizen.org/documents/Texas_Coal_Report.pdf

[MarkPerry 488]

I have lived in Dallas county all my life. This brown layer of pollution that I am talking about can be seen from anywhere in the DFW metroplex when it is present.

Read page 2 of the linked document to see how bad these lignite plants are for the environment.

http://www.citizen.org/documents/Texas_Coal_Report.pdf

I have probably lived in Dallas county way before you, Never seen it.