This has to be a moment that Congresswoman Marcy Kaptur regrets, but during a meeting last week near Cleveland, she brainstormed the idea of a tunnel to Canada.  This is a goofy idea and I have to question what the otherwise lucid representative had for breakfast that morning.  The comment obscured her otherwise great idea of making the Ohio Turnpike into an alternative energy corridor.  Excerpt and link:

Kaptur is serious about developing an alternative energy corridor along the Ohio Turnpike. The jobs created from building, operating and maintaining wind turbines and solar panel facilities along the highway could be a great economic boost. Such a green power strip would attract a new generation of entrepreneurs. The turnpike could become as economically important to producing electricity from the wind and sun as it has been to commerce by moving cars and trucks for the past half century.

The 9th District boasts many of Ohio’s most important resources — lake ports, highway systems, railroads and underground conduits carrying everything from natural gas to high-speed digital lines. Tourist attractions throughout Kaptur’s district are among the most popular in Ohio, producing thousands of jobs.

http://www.morningjournal.com/articles/2009/06/28/opinion/mj1249639.txt

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