Good idea gone bad? Another government encroachment into our daily lives? Farmers don’t care about it. Alaskans have dealt with long days and nights, like, forever! Studies show that MORE energy is consumed instead of less. So what is the value? Oh, right, kids at the bus stop in the dark. I agree with the article and think it needs to go extinct. Please don’t tell me that I am acting like a liberal on this issue. Halloween was bad enough.
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I have been watching this of late and the figures have now changed. The Navy, in conjunction with DOA, EPA and DOE will be using biodiesel in the near future in their ships…….WARSHIPS!. Now the Brits saw too many problems with this and would only think about using bio as a third (and last) option. Not the US. They are ready to jump on the “global warming” bandwagon, regardless the consequences or costs. The problem with biodiesel is the water content, the lack of stability in storage, it’s affected by high temperatures AND it costs $26 per gallon. Back in 2010 the price was$16 per gallon. They promise the price will come down in time.
Algae farms and crop land will be in high demand. Screw feeding people (which probably is why there are death panels in the healthcare act), let’s make expensive fuel instead. We need the energy independence now, at all costs. Pretty soon we will all be flying on bio and feel better about ourselves for it. I can’t wait for the electric planes so that we can really show we care about the planet.
I remember when we had a truly polluted environment. Most of the people born after 1980 simply do not. I recall watching the Cuyahoga River burning in Cleveland. I remember leaving a white shirt out on a window sill at noon and it turning grey by bedtime. I remember the blue haze coming out the tail pipes of cars, and the black smoke erupting from the stacks of diesels. None of that is happening today. I remember the acid rain. That is gone as well. Why? Because the conservation movement, which was about cleaning up the U.S. so Americans could continue to prosper, did just that. Not only are there fish in the Cuyahoga River, one can fish for them.
The conservation movement was a massive success. The US is a far cleaner place today. The conservation movement has been hijacked by the environmentalist movement. They are not the same. The first was democratic and sought to clean up our heavy industries. The second is socialistic/dictatorial and seeks to destroy heavy industry. The first was the result of a bourgeois middle class wanting to see what could done to improve the American Standard of living. That later is the result of elitists demanding the global redistribution of wealth.
The conservationists had an American Indian crying on the side of the road as some slob throws garbage out the car window — seeking to prick our consciences. The environmentalists run snuff flicks where people are blown up for not wanting to reduce their ‘carbon footprint’ by 10% — the killing of people is supposed to be funny to this lot. Teddy Roosevelt, was an avid hunter and a conservationist. Hunters are overwhelmingly conservationist. Al Gore is an environmentalist, who lives in a 30000 SQFT house that uses up more energy that any 3 towns in Uganda. “Earth First!” and “ELF” are two organizations that are made up of environmentalists. Confusing the environmentalists with conservationists is a deadly mistake.
Here is your “history” of the GM bailout. The government (you, the taxpayer) owns 500 MILLION shares. The union basically owns the company. The government gives relief and write offs/write downs to GM. YOU, the taxpayer and the private investors lose.
Now the news. Obama Motors is pushing eco-friendly alternative fuel vehicles-spelled VOLT. It is a commuter car that doesn’t go far. It takes over 24 hours for a full recharge. The batteries spark and burn but federal officials cleared the VOLT of any safety risk–read NHTSA. Sales are off so you can now lease one for $350, down from $399. AND don’t forget that even though this piece of garbage costs $41,000, you still get that $7,500 government rebate when you buy one. No, that money wasn’t factored into the bailout but is ADDITIONAL. Then there is this:
“GM said around 1,300 workers (not employees) at the Hamtramck, Mich., factory where the Volt is built will be out of work between March 19 and April 23, a spokesman said. The plant had just resumed production on Feb. 6 after a prolonged holiday shutdown.”
What does that mean, a prolonged holiday shutdown? Wait, wait. I saved the best for last. If you have no sense, you’ll miss this completely. If you do have sense, this should bust a ‘roid.
“General Motors Co. plans to extend a $335 million lifeline to struggling French auto maker PSA Peugeot Citroen……..proceeds from..$1.34 billion share sale would shore up (Peugeot,’s) finances and help pay for new projects. However (the doomsday word) the deal won’t attack the long standing problem of too many European factories and workers at the two companies…”
And the insanity continues…….
Related to yesterday’s post on the matrix of lies: it may be sealed off so tightly in some areas that it is too late for reason to penetrate, and the “green” scam is a prime example. We already shut down the last U.S. factory manufacturing incandescent bulbs, last year.
And today: news that those “green” CFL bulbs are poisonous even before you break them and need a hazmat suit just to clean up the mess. They are, it turns out, carcinogenic from the moment you turn them on:
Peter Braun, who carried out the tests at the Berlin’s Alab Laboratory, said: “For such carcinogenic substances it is important they are kept as far away as possible from the human environment….”Andreas Kirchner, of the Federation of German Engineers, said: “Electrical smog develops around these lamps.
This is apart from the fact that CFL bulbs don’t dim well and are extremely annoying to try and read by – prime headache material. My advice is go to the Dollar Store, early and often, and buy normal light bulbs until they are all gone. That’s the short term plan. The long term plan has to do more with overthrowing the government than shopping.
Our friends at www.nova-tea.com have lined up an impressive figure from the conservative blogosphere … even bigger than Joe B.!
From their most recent email …
Arm yourself and your family (can we still say things like that?) against the onslaught of man-made global warming…er, climate change…propaganda by attending “RIP Man-made Global Warming: The Climate Con Has Died” this Saturday, April 30th at 10 am.
Our speaker, Marc Morano, recognized by media giant Tina Brown’s “Daily Beast” website as one of the Right’s top 25 journalists, broke the John Kerry Swift Boat story during the 2004 election and has since then turned his sights to man-made global warming.
The Daily Beast described Marc’s website, Climate Depot, as a “bustling one-stop shop for climate skeptics” and noted that Climate Depot is ‘bringing in more visitors than RedState.com, one of the most popular conservative blogs on the web.’”
Due to his effectiveness, Morano is a hate figure on the Left. He was named one of only five “criminals against humanity, against planet Earth itself” in 2009 by the eco-magazine Grist. (The other five “criminals” were Bjorn Lomborg, Richard Lindzen, Sen. James Inhofe and former President George Bush.)
Marc demolishes his opponents with facts, wit, and sarcasm. He will keep you entertained while informing you of the truth behind climate change propaganda. Join us for an informative seminar by the man who was awarded the Doctors for Disaster Preparedness (DDP) 2010 award “for courage and achievement in defense of scientific truth and freedom.” Climate Depot was praised by the DDP for using “mockery and humor” against global warming activists.
Date/Time: Saturday April 30th, 10am-11:30am
Location: Herndon Fortnightly Library
RSVP required. Do so here …
http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=juco66dab&oeidk=a07e3qy5ur02a0f4650
And here’s a sampling of Mark’s talent, unleashed upon a U.K. professor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgPJnvgCSb4
Don’t miss the chance to meet this guy in person!
This is the penultimate article in our serious examining the issues page of Fred Barnett, the Democrat’s candidate for the Virginia’s 10th Congressional District. Today’s topic is Energy and the Environment.
Every day, America sends $2 billion overseas to buy foreign oil. We also send 16,000 tons of CO2 into the atmosphere. Neither is sustainable. Both sell-out the future for short term profit.
For someone claiming to be taking the long-term view, this is rather myopic. If from that $2,000,000,000 we get $2,000,000,001 in productivity gains, we are making a profit on the transaction, and it is infinitely sustainable. The CO2 output is probably not sustainable, but eliminating that is not so easy. That would require getting us off of carbon-based fuels.
Renewable energy is the future. Whoever leads in green energy will get massive economic returns, fantastic job growth, and a healthier environment. Virginians have the talent, schools and bandwidth to lead the world – so long as we invest in education and incentivize business.
If there are “massive economic returns” just waiting out there, why aren’t more companies doing it? If the government has to prop up the industry, it is because the people that know what their doing do not see a profit in it.
Because corporate executives respond to incentives, I support a “carrot and stick” approach to energy use: Cap-and-Trade (“carrot”); and carbon tax (“stick”). Cap-and-Trade is a positive incentive that rewards corporations for doing the right thing. Cap-and-Trade worked to reduce acid rain emissions; it deserves an opportunity to reduce CO2 emissions. A carbon tax, while not the only answer, is part of every solution. Polluters will change behavior when the status quo is more costly than embracing energy efficiency and renewable energy.
That last sentence is key. Companies already invest in energy efficiency. A high-school friend of mine has a company that does such work for hospitals, clinics, and medical centers. If renewable energy is cost-effective, companies use it. Solar power may be cost effective in Phoenix, but not Seattle. Government “incentives” are nothing but forcing taxpayers to lose money.
The same “carrot and stick” approach can bust logjams in other area [sic]. We know we need low impact development, green buildings, renewable energy standards, vehicle energy efficiency standards. Let’s get to work. Combine positive and negative incentives to get people off the dime.
All of this boils down to spending more money for less energy, and hobbling our economy. Except for the “vehicle energy efficiency” part — that will cause more traffic deaths, too.
