Proposition 3: Good for Business, Good for Michigan
Metro Delivery has been meeting with the Michigan League of Conservation Voters to demonstrate our enthusiastic support of renewable energy and Proposition 3 on the November 6 ballot.
Proposition 3 is an initiative that would increase Michigan’s use of renewable energy sources- like solar and wind power- to 25% by 2025. Currently, Michigan is committed to 10% renewable by 2015, and is on target to achieve that.
Right now, Michigan gets around 60% of its total energy from coal, imported from other states (for which we pay 1.7 billion dollars annually!). Renewable energy will allow us to reduce our dependence on those outside sources, while reducing the amount of deadly mercury that we’re currently pumping into the atmosphere and precious waterways of Michigan.
In exchange for this, what do we get? Maybe as many as 94,000 new jobs in Michigan. And maybe a better future for our children. Utility companies are running a well-funded campaign to defeat this proposal, and retain their ability to continue using the same old cheap, dirty energy sources that have us in a position where most fish from Michigan’s inland lakes and streams are so contaminated with mercury that you’re not supposed to eat them more than once a month.
If it sounds expensive to increase our use of renewable sources, know that the proposition includes language that forbids utility companies from increasing consumer costs by more than 1% annually (average $1.25/month for most consumers) to transition. If you don’t believe in the technology, please look into the tremendous results that Germany has achieved with renewable sources.
Michigan, with its amazing, pristine natural resources, is uniquely poised to step forward and assume appropriate responsibility to protect the environment for future generations. please don’t miss this opportunity to stand up for our air, our water, and our children.
Metro Delivery encourages you get out on November 6 and to vote YES! on Proposition 3.
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