Turning the Lights Up: the Campaign for Renewable Energy

The recently launched campaign, Lights On Oregon, is well, working on turning the lights back on in Oregon.

The central question the campaign asks is,

"Why do radical environmentalists oppose clean sources of energy for Oregon?"

From the campaign:

The US economy runs on fossil fuels. They provide 86 percent of our energy, with renewable fuels and nuclear making up the rest.

That mix will surely change, but how?

We don't know and neither do our elected officials. The right approach allows the market to change the mix as new technologies alter the relative costs of different sources. Let consumers choose to power their lives with the resources they like best.

In a recent statement, Lights on Oregon announced that it will start radio advertising:

The statewide ad buy is part of the million dollar campaign launched by FreedomWorks Oregon. The ad will hit the airwaves on Wednesday in the Portland market on 15 stations, before beginning to run in Eugene and the rest of the state later in the week.

Listen to the First Ad (mp3)

Listen to the Second Ad (mp3)

For more information, see this information found on their website:

Wind Power It's clean and renewable, so why do some groups oppose it?

Natural Gas We need more clean power for buses, cars, and power plants.

Wave Power Fringe groups oppose harnessing ocean waves for power.

Hydroelectric Tearing down dams makes Oregon more dependent on fossil fuels.

Geothermal Power Plants near Newberry could produce renewable clean po