Old Rocks
Diamond Member
Have you seen how much space is needed for that 20%? It's a lot. Oregon still buys it's energy (more like steals at the rate we give it) from other states, ours included and we don't produce THAT much energy ourselves. Oregon is full of a bunch of greedy controlling bastards and they wonder why us raised in Western Washington can't stand em.
Kitten, you are full of shit. Hundreds of mills stand in working wheat fields, only taking up a few square yards each. And providing the farmer with a stable source of income to balance the vagaries of the market price of grains. And many of the other mills are sited on rock ridges that are good for nothing else.
Now those hydroelectric dams that provide most of the electricity for Oregon are across the Colombia with one end in Oregon and one in Washington. Seems strange that you claim that it is produced in Washington. Not only that, but Oregon produces an excess of energy compared to it's needs, as does Washington. Which we both ship to California.
As far as your so called regional rivalry, that exists only in your mind. I have lived in both states all of my life. No real differance between the people at all. More differance between the West siders and East siders of each state than the people of the two states.