"Aerotropolis" Is A Trojan Horse For A Green Agenda

If you dig deep inside the Missouri Senate version of “Aerotropolis”, say page 54, you can see that it stays true to Dr Kasarda’s vision of being “environmentally sustainable”:

“The term “blighted area” shall also include any area which produces or generates or has the potential to produce or generate electrical energy from a renewable energy resource,”

So on what ever property the Sun Shines or the Wind Blows the city will be able to “blight” it so they can erect Solar Panels or Wind Turbines?

Yes and No.

According to page 59, the “governing authority” will be able to “blight” a property in order to create a “Renewable Energy Generation Zone” so they can create energy from things like crops or plant residue:

“Renewable energy generation zone”, an area which has been found, by a resolution or ordinance adopted by the governing authority having jurisdiction of such area, to be a blighted area and which contains land, improvements, or a lock and dam site which is unutilized or underutilized for the production, generation, conversion, and conveyance of electrical energy from a renewable energy resource;

“Renewable energy resource”, shall include:
(a) Wind;
(b) Solar thermal sources or photovoltaic cells and panels;
(c) Dedicated crops grown for energy production;
(d) Cellulosic agricultural residues;
(e) Plant residues; SCS SB 8 60
(f) Methane from landfills, agricultural operations, or waste water treatment;
(g) Thermal depoly merization or pyrolysis for converting was te material to energy;
(h) Clean and untreated wood such as pallets;
(i) Hydroelectric power, which shall include electrical energy produced or generated by hydroelectric power generating equipment, as such term is defined in section 137.010;
(j) Fuel cells using hydrogen produced by one or more of the renewable resources provided in paragraphs (a) to (i) of this subdivision; or
(k) Any other sources of energy, not including nuclear energy, that are certified as renewable by rule by the department of natural resources;”

So basically the Missouri “Aerotropolis” bill will allow the city to take any property they want, as long as it will be used to create a “Renewable Energy Generation Zone”.

According to an article in the Wall Street journal, the Supreme Court ruled that cities can use eminent domain for “economic development”:

“U.S. Supreme Court rulings on property law don’t often serve as clarion calls to wide swaths of the population. But most rulings aren’t Kelo v. City of New London.

States long have had the power to condemn private property for such purposes as building highways or bridges. But in the 2005 Kelo ruling, the court held that governments also can take property for the purpose of promoting “economic development,” a broader justification than the court had previously allowed.”