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'A massive, fraudulent, pathetic excuse for an energy policy'
The Mustache kicks ass today. He says it's "hard for [him] to find the words to express what a massive, fraudulent, pathetic excuse for an energy policy" Bush is backing, but he manages fairly well. Extra kudos for highlighting the absurd refusal of Republicans to renew the PTC and ITC.
One ommission: he doesn't mention that John McCain is out on the campaign trail pushing the drilling uber alles policy as we speak.
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GreyFlcn Posted 8:05 am
22 Jun 2008
Links for thought
Links for thought
1) A large part of the increase in oil price has to do with the falling value of the dollar.
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB121296660160455703.html
http://seekingalpha.com/article/72651-oil-would-be-65-if- ...
http://greyfalcon.net/oilchart4.png
2) Even if we did drill like crazy, it wouldn't change the price at the pump more than a few pennies per gallon. If at all.
http://theoildrum.com/node/4174
http://climateprogress.org/2008/06/04/opening-anwr-cuts-g ...
3) They already got 68 million acres leased which they aren't drilling
http://journals.democraticunderground.com/thoughtanarchis ...
4) There's a big shortage of offshore drilling boats. And since this is a supply-rate issue, not just a raw supply issue that bottleneck prevent a supply-RATE increase. Even if we did have enough oil to go after.
http://desmogblog.com/cool-it-george-they-just-cant-float ...
4) McCain was opposing offshore drilling 3 weeks ago
http://huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/18/mccains-offshore-dri ...
5) Florida's Mayor was opposing offshore drilling 1 week ago
http://www.nbc6.net/news/16666650/detail.html
6) Cheney and various Republican Senators keep insisting that the Communists are drinking our milkshake! Even though Cheney admits it's false.
http://motherjones.com/mojoblog/archives/2008/06/8678_gop ...
7) Obama obviously opposes this gimmick
http://boston.com/lifestyle/green/greenblog/2008/06/obama ...
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intimidavid Posted 12:37 pm
22 Jun 2008
BADASS
When I read Pieface's article, one thing quickly came to me: this guy is a motherfucking badass.
One lady on another blog wrote "Friedman for President" as her only commentary. Honestly, I was thinking it for a second, too.
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intimidavid Posted 12:38 pm
22 Jun 2008
Very Nice
It was very nice of you to compile all this.
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Biodiversivist Posted 1:21 pm
22 Jun 2008
'A massive, fraudulent,
pathetic excuse for a president' would be more appropriate.
In the end, it all comes down to biodiversity. Poison Darts--Protecting the biodiversity of our world
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Nucbuddy Posted 2:08 pm
22 Jun 2008
Do people believe that solar has to do with oil?
The Tom Friedman article says that all oil use in the United States can be economically replaced "tommorrow" with "wind and solar power [...] on your roof."
Are you all (David Roberts and the previous commenters in this thread) endorsing that statement? If you are, please:
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GreyFlcn Posted 2:26 pm
22 Jun 2008
Heh
Hrmm, so how do we get plugin-hybrids ASAP?
Probably something along the lines of this:
http://www.ecogeek.org/content/view/1649/
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Nucbuddy Posted 2:31 pm
22 Jun 2008
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What would plugin-hybrids have to do with this thread, GreyFlcn?
Please show your math.
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Ron Steenblik Posted 4:21 pm
22 Jun 2008
Floor price?
Thomas L. Friedman writes:
So, creating a massive bureaucracy to monitor and administor adherence to a floor price -- ensuring that huge amounts of money are transfered to the oil industry (and to biofuel producers, if their costs manage to come down) should the world price of oil drop below $100 per barrel -- is preferable to simply raising the federal excise taxes on transport fuels to something closer to what we have here in Europe?
Please explain, Mr. Friedman.
These are only my personal opinions.
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Ashley Braun Posted 5:09 pm
22 Jun 2008
word
my fave part comes when Friedman taps his inner-Millennial while calling out Bush:
Investment in renewables that will power plug-in hybrids = real independence.
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GreyFlcn Posted 9:47 pm
22 Jun 2008
details
I guess it's not an exact parallel. However if we wanted to. Would could displace a hell of a lot of oil with electricity with plugin-hybrid-retofits.
And it's certainly not "tommorow". However relatively quickly.
And while thats not "all" oil, it does account for almost all of it.
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johnthetreehugger Posted 10:30 pm
22 Jun 2008
massive, fraudulent, pathetic excuse for a pundit
um, excuse me, but y'all can fawn over Friedman all you want... But some of us might do well to remember that he was a cheerleader for the War on Iraq and a proponant of corporate globalization (so called free trade in the form of NAFTA and the WTO).
so his little shifting with the political winds act is kinda cute, but he really is a corporate lapdog who is given too much credit and influence by people who ought to know better.
thanks and have a nice day.
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John former Marine Posted 10:44 pm
22 Jun 2008
I agree with Friedman on only one point...
He sed we shud build a lot more nukular power, which I like. Everything else he sed is garbage. Nukular energy is good.
Also, he didn't address abortion, which is mah number one issue. I think the Prezudent should git them Sawdies to give us more oil because once gas gits above $4 a gallon and the economy dumps, abortion rates will go up, which I em against. The ansur to this prawblem is more nukular, more cole, and more gas. Them Sawdis prey on the same Gawd that we do so they shud be happy to help us keep abortion rates low by bringing down the price of gas.
I mainley distrust solar power because didn't them pagan Egyptians worship some sun gawd or sumthin?
Shu pas a vende.
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christophersj Posted 3:30 am
23 Jun 2008
John The Tree Hugger
John The Tree Hugger,
You're not alone. All of my lefty friends cant get over his hawk positions. I don't pay them attention. His past 4 years of national television specials and columns, and now a book, about the US not being in touch with reality around energy and the environment, make him a needed tool in our utility belt. People of a different persuasion than you or I listen to him -- that's important.
The more religious, hawk, conservative commentators chiming in supportively on the Great Green Energy Transition, the better!
Did you really think that a societal movement this large wont include people you disagree with? Really?
-Christopher S. Johnson
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MAD MAC Posted 3:42 am
23 Jun 2008
Chris, very good point
Couldn't have said it better myself.
Victory in Pattani
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Wolverine Posted 4:49 am
23 Jun 2008
Alliances & Guilt By Association
I am also strongly opposed to Thomas Friedman's positions on war and trade. But that doesn't mean we can't ally ourselves on energy policy IF HE TAKES GOOD POSITIONS. We should be willing to make alliances with those with whom we normally disagree where those alliances would benefit our causes.
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christophersj Posted 7:21 am
23 Jun 2008
WOW!
WOW! MAD MAC, Wolverine, and Christophersj just agreed on the same thing! That should be a Grist-blog post in and of itself!
Now who is it that said the WE campaign sucked?
:-)
I tell you now, it may not look exactly like any of the three of us would want it to be in a perfect world, but I am thoroughly convinced that by somewhere in the 2040's we can get society's energy needs into a relatively sustainable position. Imperfect, but sustainable.
-Christophersj
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intimidavid Posted 11:17 am
23 Jun 2008
Hmm?
I endorse that statement.
He never says it can economically be replaced, tomorrow. Is that what you read?
Solar has everything to do with oil in the sense that they are competing forms of energy. If there's more financial incentive to install solar, of course it would compete better with oil.
I don't understand your confusion.
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intimidavid Posted 11:27 am
23 Jun 2008
lol
JfM, I'm a literal redneck right now...I hope I'm not your target audience. Were you roleplaying?
"Also, he didn't address abortion, which is mah number one issue. I think the Prezudent should git them Sawdies to give us more oil because once gas gits above $4 a gallon and the economy dumps, abortion rates will go up, which I em against."
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