tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3191316279215320372.post8397979669647208300..comments2023-11-02T11:18:16.047-04:00Comments on EnviroPolitics Blog: 2013 alternative energy picture not bright in New Jersey Frank Brillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17285491719186925507noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3191316279215320372.post-4463960813157878052013-01-03T10:42:27.021-05:002013-01-03T10:42:27.021-05:00NJ was once a center of industrial production temp...NJ was once a center of industrial production tempered by reasonable environmental regulations, a good place to live and work with low unemployment, reasonable taxes, and a balanced budget. A place with great public transportation, an agricultural powerhouse with local and national markets, and until recently it produced almost as much alternative energy per capita as California, and it had one of the finest environmental protection agencies in the country. It is sad but predictable that poor governance, incompetent administrators, and decisions made for political rather than policy motives have led us to we are today. <br /><br />It is long past time to gather the brightest most committed people from all parts of New Jersey for a charrette, an open dialogue and analysis, to discuss the best, most pragmatic route to a better future for our communities. Working together, we can develop a blueprint, a comprehensive plan for A Bright Green Future – based in a new, vibrant, sustainable, slow money, small business, main street economy, focused on local energy and local food, with all of the resulting positive economic, social, and environmental consequences. <br />Fish and Shipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06876590385896352774noreply@blogger.com