Alternative energy sets a new record.

Alternative or 'green' energy set a new record in America for the year ending April 2009. 'Green' energy produced 13% of American electricity. That includes hydro at 8.73%; non-hydro renewables (wind, solar, biomass & geothermal) made up 4.24%, another new record. What is interesting is that coal was down 13.9%, natural gas down 1.5% and overall production down 5%. so the clean power is gaining and the dirty power is declining fastest.
In Canada 'green' energy is sill not a major source of power. Any good that comes from 'green' power generation is more than canceled out by the bad power that the Harper government is promoting via tar sands oil. When global warming is such a big issue Canada's per capita carbon output remains more than twice as high as some of these poor backward countries. Germany, Denmark, the UK, Japan and Belgium and three times as high as these 3rd world countries, New Zealand, Spain, Italy, France, Sweden and Switzerland. Countries which are quite livable such as Paraguay, Samoa, Tonga, India and Fiji produce less than 1/20th of what we produce. Way to go Canada!!