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  playing with nuclear fire

  If the US gets more nuclear energy what do you think the reaction will be of other countries?  How do you say to North Korea and Iran, you can't have what we have because we don't like that your fundamentalists are Muslim rather than Christian?

  Energy policy in this country is in a mess with special interests like nuclear barking until frightened politicians run in the direction they want.On The Clean and Safe Energy Coalition tries to buy some green cred posted 3 years, 6 months ago 3 Responses

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  it's America stupid

  I hate to burst your bubble but oil in America is actually cheap compared to the rest of the world.  In the UK by way of example the price is twice that of the US.  Americans love their oil; their politicians know this, and oil companies welcome it.  No-one in the US will tell you oil is cheap because that would reveal there is scope to INCREASE the price further for sound environmental returns; and no-one in the US is really interested in environmental outcomes at the expense of votes and lifestyle.On Demand answers posted 3 years, 6 months ago 2 Responses

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  Give me a cow

  I can't help but feel sometimes that the indignation about eating exotic animals is just a numeric thing.  Are bears more intelligent than cows; contribute any more to biodiversity?  I'd hate to think how many cows each American household eats a year and no-one seems to care.  (Certianly the Chinese could point the finger at Americans for this like you have at them on bears; but they are less ethnocentric than Americans.)  There's lots of cows; so they must be unimportant.  The solution then is simple: make bears a new commercial farming product and increase their numbers.  Then there won't be any problem about eating bears claws whether its done in Beijing or Boston.

  Incidentally, I'd hate to think any middle class American ate a dish to impress (e.g. lobster or oysters).  But then again, no-one cares how many oysters you eat either.On Chinese takeout posted 3 years, 6 months ago 9 Responses

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  natural gas is methane!

  The gas lobby kicked a goal when it convinced us all that the methane it pushes down its pipes is something called "natural gas" and pretended it's not a fossil fuel.  It's worse.  Unlike other fossil fuels, it's worst effect on the environment comes not from using it but from leaking it.  Burn the fossils and you emit CO2; spring a leak in the thousands of miles of "natural gas" pipelines and you emit methane - 25 times more global warming than CO2.

  That's why the companies won't tell you what their leakage rates are.On Natural gas posted 3 years, 9 months ago 4 Responses

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  to Mr Hoffman

  Grist Credo:  "We exist to tell the untold stories, spotlight trends before they become trendy, and engage the apathetic. We're fiercely independent in our coverage; we throw brickbats when they're needed and bestow kudos when they're warranted."

  I am certainly not "anti-environmental", resent the charge, and have the scars to prove my commitment to the cause.  What I cannot stand is your self-righteousness that condemns anyone THINKING about these issues.  That's why I like and support the GRIST credo.

  You condemn all mining outright; that just seems to me about as rational as suggesting we migrate back to our caves.On Climate campaigners warm to "advanced coal" and sequestration, despite Bush backing posted 3 years, 9 months ago 11 Responses