Comments on: Obama’s push on energy bill falls on deaf Capitol Hill ears

By: james

james — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 15:16:22 +0000

The gas that plants breathe is carbon dioxide. It is pollution when it reaches a concentration in our atmosphere that will alter the average temperature of the planet enough to disrupt rainfall patterns, agricultural growth, snowfall patterns, polar cap melting and formation, jetstream and ocean currents, intensify desertification and reduce the total amount of freshwater available for drinking on the planet. Our global political system relies on certain stable environmental elements – where crops grow, where fresh water comes from, where is safe to build shelter. When we change the temperature of the planet we change this balance so much that political fallout is inevitable. Starvation, water access, desert formation – these things cause unexpected wars, and wars that have no end because you cannot fix them in a year or two. These are the result of changing water patterns that result from human intervention. The biggest one is the dramatic increase in Carbon Dioxide in our atmosphere which traps heat from the sun, raising the average temperature of the planet and ultimately, breaking the planet’s water cycles. Long story short – some manure makes fertilizer, too much manure makes a cesspool!

By: woody188

woody188 — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 04:01:10 +0000

Meant the IPCC follows the same scientific method as the Church, not as stated above. White was against “dogmatic theology” as he termed it.

By: woody188

woody188 — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 03:36:16 +0000

carbon dioxide pollution

Talk about an oxymoron. Since when are the gasses plants "breathe" during photosynthesis considered pollution? Without it, plants and algae stop producing oxygen, you know that "pollution" we humans and animals breathe. Since Sen. Graham pulled his support from the Lieberman-Kerry bill that he helped to write, it's dead in the water more so than the wildlife of the Gulf. Graham knows if Lieberman-Kerry passed it would mean the end of the careers of every member that voted for it. Lord knows it should mean the end of the careers of those fascist globalist pigs Lieberman and Kerry. Thanks to Climategate more of us now know that this is a giant hoax to tax us more and fund world government. But don't take my word on it. Lead man-made global warming alarmist Al Gore stated as much. I would love a de-centralized alternative energy grid but look at Spain to see how that works out today. Basically it helped bankrupt their nation. We just aren't there yet. But there are some promising things in the pipeline, like a 5kW high efficiency battery developed in Utah, and newer solar arrays that are stamped on film and rolled out into place costing only 10% of current costs. Plus I just read about a new wind turbine that can produce 1kW of power in 5mph winds due to a new generator that turns more readily. We just need another decade or so to get there folks, and we don't need government interference or borrowing (stealing) from our kids futures to get there. Climategate is the biggest scientific scandal since the flat-Earthers persecuted Galileo, Christopher Columbus, Copernicus, and Magellan and yet nary a peep from the US media. What does that tell you about our corporate media and their agenda? And the IPCC documentation might as well have been written by Andrew Dickson White and called The Warfare of Science with Theology. Check out chapter two for a good laugh. The IPCC follows the same basic scientific method as White, FAITH and POLITICS, FEAR and HYSTERIA, and not SCIENCE. But again, don't believe me, just ask one of their climatologists.

By: Almandine

Almandine — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 21:29:16 +0000

Maybe there’s much more to it than solar panels: for example,

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124588837560750781.html

By: Mightymo

Mightymo — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:03:02 +0000

I wish this would pass! I desperately want to install a solar panel system on my home, but like for so many, the $30K up front cost is prohibitive. Even with incentives, the cost is still high.
If we could get more people to use solar panels, the cost to manufacture them would start to decline, and they would become more affordable for everyone, and I’m confident that the pace of installation would climb even quicker.
The most desireable aspect of solar panels isn’t about what they can save today, it’s what they can save tomorrow.
I could save $110 dollars a month right now, but in 10 years if prices continue to climb as they have I could probably save $160, in 20 years probably $225 a month! For me that’s incentive enough to try and have them installed.

By: griff

griff — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 13:18:29 +0000

Nice picture. Run away! Run away!

Please, please get this bill to the floor for debate and a vote before the elections. Pretty please?