On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 7:57 PM, John Steck wrote: > Kind of a silly question. We have enough natural resources here to stop > importing foreign oil any time we want. We just don't really want to. Our > actions, not our pontificating give that away. > > The grand irony is I believe the enviro-fascists are the biggest culprits > who keep us locked into this dependency mode. They have successfully > prevented developing any/all domestic production capacity of any kind for > over 30 years. Even 'clean' hydro, wind, solar are blocked because of the > habitat impact on some flipping lizard, tadpole, bat, snail, or obscure > prairie plant. Last time I checked evolution is not anywhere near that > considerate... adapting to sudden extreme change is par for the course, not > the exception. > > That said, I hope we really are heating up the planet (though I know it is > hubris to think so). We are going to need to dump as much methane & CO2 as > we can into the atmosphere just to temper the severe climate changes the > coming reduced solar output and pending ice age are going to bring in the > next century. Our grandkids will thank us some day. > > I also place blame at the feet of the pathological liberalists amongst us > who have no concept of (or who are in complete denial of) basic economic, > technological, and scientific principals; supply and demand, cause and > effect, premise and conclusion, structured problem solving, etc. Very quick > to tell me how I must limit my life 'for the greater good', but adamant > about the messy bits of their utopian plan not any where near their > backyard. How many of the do-gooders would still gladly switch to plug-ins > if it meant a nuke plant needed to be built at the end of their street to > feed the little beasties? I think we all know the answer to that... NIMBY! > > Oil is not the enemy. It's just a convenient target of the truly ignorant. > You want energy independence? Attack the most dangerous members of our > society who stand in the way of it 'for the greater good'. > > -j
Hi John, Oh dear, I think I might be one of those proud card carrying enviro-fascist pathological liberalists. How did you figure out our diabolical scheme to take control America, our plan to send the planet back to those simpler times of the ice ages. What should I do? I don't wish to be attacked by true Americans. How can I redeem myself. Do tell. No more tofu for me tonight. Screw all those leaping lizards, spotted owls, snail darters - and drill, baby, drill! Tomorrow I'll call my broker and tell him to sell off my entire portfolio manufacturing base of Yak Tracks made out of 100% recycled Goodyear re-treads. Things had looked so promising! Regards, Steven Vincent Johnson www.OrionWorks.com www.zazzle.com/OrionWorks
