From the NC Republican Party Platform, Article IX, The Environment:

“If regulation
is needed to protect the environment the government should not proceed
without evidence that the benefits warrant the cost.

We support efforts to become
energy independent.  Drilling for oil and natural gas offshore
and inland, nuclear power, solar, wind and alternative fuels will improve
our economy, prevent us from being held hostage to oil producing countries,
and give jobs to our citizens.  It will also keep cost of power/energy
affordable.”

Now where’s the “evidence that the benefits warrant the costs” regarding these claims..solar, wind and alternative fuels will improve
our economy, prevent us from being held hostage to oil producing countries,
and give jobs to our citizens.  It will also keep cost of power/energy
affordable
? I guess that benefit/cost stuff doesn’t apply to claims made in the platform.

It’s fuzzy thinking like this that led most Rs to vote for the state’s costly and wasteful renewable portfolio standard Senate Bill 3.