My Point of View of Building a Power Plant in Riverside

BY Julia

We discussed about the topic that “a Power Company wants to build a new plant in Riverside, but it wants 50% of start-up costs to be paid by the city” with our groups on Friday. It was a really hard topic.

I think that everything has two sides. After the power company builds, maybe we will pay less money for our monthly electricity. There will be one more power company, so we will have more electricity than before.

But on the other hands, I think there are more disadvantages. Riverside is a non-polluted city, and it has a good environment. After the power company builds, it will make a lot of pollutions, and destroy the environment in Riverside. It isn’t a good way for the people who raise animals or vegetables in their farms. In addition, the taxes in California are high now. It is hard to image that the taxes will be raised in order to build a new power company in Riverside.

In summary, I don’t think build a power plant in Riverside is a good idea! It has more disadvantages than advantages!