Public Comment on The Governor’s Task Force on Global Warming Strawman Proposal - June 16

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Public Comment on The Governor’s Task Force on Global Warming
Comprehensive Strawman Proposal

Received on June 16, 2008


Comments from Page
Russell J. Novkov 1
Kathryn C. Bencriscutto 2
Salud Garcia 2
Judy Skog 3
Michael Polski 3
Arlene Gabrielson 3
Elton Tylenda 4
Jim Brakken 5
William Laundrie 6
Ann & Kyle Habeck 6
Raymond C. Litzsinger 7
Patricia Randolph 8
Josh Arnold 9
Mike Mangan 9
Sharon Gazzana 12
Heather Halvorson 12
JAMES T. SYKES 13
Sue Violet Moynihan 13
Sue E. Moore 14
Walter Fullmer 14
Lewis E. Gilbert 14
Paul Robert ‘Spike’ Maiden Mueller 15
Jan Conley 15
RicK Brooks 16
Beverly Iverson 17
Bruce A. Ridley 17
Mary Jo Pauls  19



From:
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 5:55 PM
To: DNR GLOBALWARM TF COMMENTS
Subject:

We need to take action now and find solutions to the Global Warming Problem
now.

Sincerely,
Russell J. Novkov


From: kathryn bencriscutto
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 6:05 PM
Page 1 of 20 To: DNR GLOBALWARM TF COMMENTS
Subject: My unpopular choice? I'd do it again
Dear Fellows of the Humanity,

When is it going to be popular again to face our responsible positions to act upon An Inconvenient Truth
?

Our truly elected Leader Mr. Gore was mature enough to face our responsibilities and stand up for the
truth, and I ask my fellow awakened sentient countrymen, if they will stand up with me to the wonderful
reality of being alive and in bodies that could affect our children's children, (making the whole of our
existence match this gift called life).

I recently stood up against a local corporate decision's demolition of a Sand Dune for economic progress
to protect our lake shore here in Racine, Wisconsin and was bulldozed by the locality's machine mentality
as not only unpopular, but as in the fashion of "The Lottery" deemed unpopular, in a slanderous witch
hunt by my community; exiled and unemployed.

In the end, I realized my truth was that the cause was more important than just my life only, and that our
future more important than the job.

So I ask my fellow human beings to stand up and be counted. Putting yourself in harms way of the
corporate mentality has a greater reward.

It puts our human heritage back on the map, and raises our integrity and self esteem above the
facelessness of greed.

Yes I paid a price, and there was pain involved. But if I could change the events would I do it again? the
answer is yes.

That Landscape Ethic I stood up for was a single stand in which I found myself alone, but with a definition
to learn more about my identity in this generic globalization of our sentient Nation. It may have been for
me, a one time only; a touch with the conscience of mankind's group soul.

Now in the bigger picture it is a microcosm of global warming as I one human in an egalitarian
brotherhood can stand for.

Sincerely,
Kathryn C. Bencriscutto


From: Salud Garcia
Date: Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 6:35 PM
Subject: Global Warming task force
To: [e-mail]


I'm appalled by this report. I can't believe the State of Wisconsin supported the work of a group
who met for over a year and came up with such a thin product in terms of its possible impact.
Does Governor Doyle stand behind his commitment to take on global warming or has the WMC
got him running scared?

Salud Garcia
Page 2 of 20 Madison, WI


From: Judy Skog
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 7:35 PM
To: DNR GLOBALWARM TF COMMENTS
Subject: nuclear
Hello,
Thank you for giving me the chance to comment on this.

Long-Term Generation Options. In addition to carbon capture and sequestration study,
Wisconsin’s nuclear moratorium would be modified once enhanced energy efficiency and
renewable policies are in place by (i) replacing requirement of a federally licensed nuclear
waste facility with requirement that the PSC must find that the a nuclear waste plan for the plant
is reasonable and stringent, given safety concerns and (ii) adding a requirement the plant must
be built to meet Wisconsin needs and the cost is reasonable in comparison with alternatives.

If this means relaxing standards for nuclear waste disposal, I am absolutely opposed to it.
Nuclear is a BAD idea all the way around. It pollutes the environment when the uranium is
mined (check on the cancer rates and quality of the drinking water of the Navajo in the area in
Arizona where they mined uranium in the past). And the spent fuel remains toxic for thousands
of years. How is this a good thing?

Sincerely,
Judy Skog
Madison, WI


From: Michael polski
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 7:59 PM
To: DNR GLOBALWARM TF COMMENTS
Subject: Globel Warming
June 16, 2008
Significant steps must be implemented immediately to reduce global warming. Firms, companies, utilities,
and individuals must all participate; otherwise everyone will pay much greater financial, health,
environmental, and lifestyle costs in the foreseeable future.
Michael Polski
Franklin, WI


From:
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 8:17 PM
To: DNR GLOBALWARM TF COMMENTS
Subject: (no subject)
Page 3 of 20 I'm encouraged to hear that you are considering more use of nuclear power. I have heard that the Navy
has been using nuclear power for over 50 years without incident. My husband and I strongly support a
greater use of nuclear power.

Arlene Gabrielson


From: On Behalf Of Elton Tylenda
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 8:57 PM
To: DNR GLOBALWARM TF COMMENTS
Subject: Public comments on straw proposal
Dear Task Force,

After reviewing the straw proposal, I'd like to offer my comments in the hope that you will value
the input.

Section II: Enhanced Renewable Portfolio Standard Revisions
Large hydro projects have many detrimental impacts. We should be generating as much energy
as possible locally and not having to import from other places.

Section III: Long Term Generation Options
This section generates the most heartburn for me. We should not, under any circumstances, settle
for nor encourage nuclear generation. This form of electricity has historically been touted as "too
cheap to meter." In the very long run (many thousands of years in terms of radioactive half-life),
we have not solved the waste disposal problem. This is a technology that should be abandoned or
at least avoided in terms of new facilities.

It would also be helpful to make a stronger statement for clean energy solutions and greater
energy efficiency than currently exists in the straw proposal.

Section IV: Other Utility Policies
I commend you for pushing a vision of green collar jobs and urge you to stretch this one as far as
you can. Our local economies will increasingly depend on making and using energy more
efficiently.

Section V: Transportation
OK, there's lots of room for improvement here. While it's necessary to reduce vehicle miles
traveled by multiple means, there is not enough emphasis on expanding public transportation to
make it much more convenient than we currently experience. We are at a prime moment in
history when gas prices are forcing people to rethink some of the trips they take by car. Let's do
all we can to build on that momentum and create a public transit network that will take us in the
right direction long into the future. Since you're using the language "freedom of choice," why not
offer more choices for people to access public transit? Of course, land use policies become
crucial to enable smarter location choices and at the same time save valuable farmland.


Section VII: Agriculture and Forestry
Page 4 of 20 The Wisconsin economy is booming in terms of subsidies offered for energy crops. Some
businesses benefit at the expense of reduced acreage for food crops which then affect the price of
commodities world-wide. Please consider the fact that energy crops are typically genetically
modified corn and soy, which is another contentious issue in and of itself. We need to be
thoughtful in terms of balancing the need to have healthy local food available against the impulse
for cash crops that may hurt us and the world community over the long term.

Sincerely,
Elton Tylenda
Madison, WI


From: Jim Brakken
Sent: Monday, June 16, 2008 9:01 PM
To: DNR GLOBALWARM TF COMMENTS
Subject: Global Warming Task Force Recommendations NO SECOND CHANCES
To the Global Warming Task Force
From: Jim Brakken, CEO of Anglers for Global Cooling
Past President of the Wisconsin Assn of Lakes
I am Opposed to the gutting of a past Conservation Priority, the Renewable Energy and Energy
Efficiency Bill (Act 141).
I believe the Task Force should:
• Leave the definition of renewable energy alone! The recommendations attempt to change
the definition t