<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Some Democrats in Congress bending on drilling debate]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by alphaniner http://www.grist.org/article/dems-the-breaks/ Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:45:59 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/dems-the-breaks/1 orly?

Did anybody not see this coming?  Literally all that this administration and Congress can do is make pretend fixes that actually do more harm than good.  This will sadly be no different:(

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Did anybody not see this coming?  Literally all that this administration and Congress can do is make pretend fixes that actually do more harm than good.  This will sadly be no different:(

]]> Comment #2 by randino http://www.grist.org/article/dems-the-breaks/ Fri, 11 Jul 2008 21:58:16 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/dems-the-breaks/2 One of these days

the Democrats are either going to have to produce some of the change they promised, or just do themselves a favor and shut up. On Iraq they have rolled over, on energy they have rolled over, and on FISA they rolled over. Is there no limit to their rolling?

Then they wonder why Congress is more unpopular than pedophiles.

Randy Cunningham
Cleveland, OH

Randy Cunningham


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the Democrats are either going to have to produce some of the change they promised, or just do themselves a favor and shut up. On Iraq they have rolled over, on energy they have rolled over, and on FISA they rolled over. Is there no limit to their rolling?

Then they wonder why Congress is more unpopular than pedophiles.

Randy Cunningham
Cleveland, OH

Randy Cunningham


]]> Comment #3 by GRLCowan http://www.grist.org/article/dems-the-breaks/ Fri, 11 Jul 2008 22:23:17 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/dems-the-breaks/3 Is anyone here curious about marine oil prospects?

The radio is saying 2600 km^2 of California has burned. Has recently burned. Isn't that, like, 1 percent of the whole state? Perhaps it's parts where no-one lives. Well, it's definitely that now, but perhaps before, too.

Oil mining is bad, but I wonder about the wisdom of projecting that American oil prospecting in the ocean will be so much less effective than Brazil's has seemed to be. Are there geological reasons for this expectation?

--- G.R.L. Cowan, H2 energy fan 'til ~1996
http://www.eagle.ca/~gcowan/boron_blast.html

]]> Is anyone here curious about marine oil prospects?

The radio is saying 2600 km^2 of California has burned. Has recently burned. Isn't that, like, 1 percent of the whole state? Perhaps it's parts where no-one lives. Well, it's definitely that now, but perhaps before, too.

Oil mining is bad, but I wonder about the wisdom of projecting that American oil prospecting in the ocean will be so much less effective than Brazil's has seemed to be. Are there geological reasons for this expectation?

--- G.R.L. Cowan, H2 energy fan 'til ~1996
http://www.eagle.ca/~gcowan/boron_blast.html

]]> Comment #4 by stevenearlsalmony http://www.grist.org/article/dems-the-breaks/ Fri, 11 Jul 2008 23:37:09 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/dems-the-breaks/4 Did anyone here notice that the..........

human population worldwide is exploding, that yesterday was World Population Day and that too many of our leading politicians and mass media moguls did not take advantage of World Population Day by so much as mentioning this "mother" of all human-driven global challenges?

Yesterday was World Population Day. Can anyone name one world leader or mass media organization to direct our attention to this momentous event?

After all, if Earth cannot be expected to sustain the skyrocketing growth of global human population, perhaps there is a case to be made for political leaders and mass media "talking heads" to advocate family planning, health education and contraception programs universally, freely and immediately available for voluntary use.

Steven Earl Salmony
AWAREness Campaign on The Human Population,
established 2001
http://sustainabilitysoutheast.org/index.php


]]> Did anyone here notice that the..........

human population worldwide is exploding, that yesterday was World Population Day and that too many of our leading politicians and mass media moguls did not take advantage of World Population Day by so much as mentioning this "mother" of all human-driven global challenges?

Yesterday was World Population Day. Can anyone name one world leader or mass media organization to direct our attention to this momentous event?

After all, if Earth cannot be expected to sustain the skyrocketing growth of global human population, perhaps there is a case to be made for political leaders and mass media "talking heads" to advocate family planning, health education and contraception programs universally, freely and immediately available for voluntary use.

Steven Earl Salmony
AWAREness Campaign on The Human Population,
established 2001
http://sustainabilitysoutheast.org/index.php


]]> Comment #5 by archigeek http://www.grist.org/article/dems-the-breaks/ Sat, 12 Jul 2008 00:42:06 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/dems-the-breaks/5 Feh...

Pandering toadies.

The mellotron is your friend.

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Pandering toadies.

The mellotron is your friend.

]]> Comment #6 by josullivan58 http://www.grist.org/article/dems-the-breaks/ Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:57:03 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/dems-the-breaks/6 Its an election year

I think this is some political theater. The democrats are making a token gesture to the right to blunt the PR offensive McCain and the right have launched. I don't think it will amount to anything.

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I think this is some political theater. The democrats are making a token gesture to the right to blunt the PR offensive McCain and the right have launched. I don't think it will amount to anything.

]]> Comment #7 by Sam Wells http://www.grist.org/article/dems-the-breaks/ Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:25:34 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/dems-the-breaks/7 Bingo - Election Time

Silly politicians always want to appear in control of things, even though they can't do diddley squat.  

A far greater vision would be to sponsor large clean energy projects such as wind, solar, wave, and thermal - almost a competitive "shootout" if you will.

This would do two things. First, employment, R&D, and investment would flow to clean energy sectors using the government seed money for building infrastructure (not subsidizing energy and kW-hrs). Second, Big Oil would probably want to get some of that cash, and perhaps even try to ramp up near-term "dirty energy" supplies as well.

Just trying to fix an emergent oil crisis is playing the cards the exact wrong way.  

Onward through the fog

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Silly politicians always want to appear in control of things, even though they can't do diddley squat.  

A far greater vision would be to sponsor large clean energy projects such as wind, solar, wave, and thermal - almost a competitive "shootout" if you will.

This would do two things. First, employment, R&D, and investment would flow to clean energy sectors using the government seed money for building infrastructure (not subsidizing energy and kW-hrs). Second, Big Oil would probably want to get some of that cash, and perhaps even try to ramp up near-term "dirty energy" supplies as well.

Just trying to fix an emergent oil crisis is playing the cards the exact wrong way.  

Onward through the fog

]]> Comment #8 by PurpleOzone http://www.grist.org/article/dems-the-breaks/ Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:46:25 -0700 http://www.grist.org/article/dems-the-breaks/8 Energy bills

Why don't the Democrats insist on some alternative energy provisions for the oil drilling?
Like extending tax incentives for solar and wind, now set to expire in December.
More drilling is just hair of the dog. If they really think it's politically necessary -- that the average American can be convinced it'll help by the massive campaign from the oil lobby, then why not get something for it that moves us forward?

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Why don't the Democrats insist on some alternative energy provisions for the oil drilling?
Like extending tax incentives for solar and wind, now set to expire in December.
More drilling is just hair of the dog. If they really think it's politically necessary -- that the average American can be convinced it'll help by the massive campaign from the oil lobby, then why not get something for it that moves us forward?

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