Does Massachusetts have a share of the zero Carbon energy future? (low res version)
Channel: Jan Galkowski
Date: 2015-07-15

The West Roxbury Lateral is a portion of the Algonquin Energy Incremental Market I pipeline project. It has engendered a great deal of opposition by local communities, mostly ignored by Spectra Energy, a subsidiary of Algonguin devoted to pipeline construction.  This podcast is the record of a talk intended to be presented as part of a panel discussion on the subject. The talk, however, focuses upon the broader problem of Massachusetts' energy future and suggests that fossil fuel, utilities, and the existing apparatus of government and energy distribution will collapse under the onslaught of new, primarily zero Carbon energy technology.  To the degree Massachusetts aligns itself with this new wave, it and its residents can remain competitive, in business and in residential home values.  If it does not, it will probably find its economy losing strongly out to neighboring states and to enclaves within Massachusetts devoted to zero Carbon energy. This is not a pipe dream or vision, for there are many states in the United States where this is already becoming a reality. Massachusetts is not a leader in this area.