Bush has done this repeatedly; made committments in 'State of the Union' speeches which he has no intention of keeping. Bush may not be the brightest bulb on the tree, but his spin doctors are quick witted and cynical. Here are some examples: 10 billion for HIV/ AIDS in Africa. (Bush thinks Hmm.. that ought to shut up the social activists for a while. The fine print saying that we will only support programs which promote abstainance will appease the religious right and ensure that most of the money remains impossible to deliver. The Senate will bury it anyway. Either way Bush gets the nice guy points. Most poeple won't realize it never happened). Putting men on Mars. 360 billion or so...but who's counting ( This is gonna get all those Star Trek nerds to shut up and go back to trying to talk to aliens. Anyone who thinks that the house won't quietly scuttle this has lost 40 points of IQ by achieving a successful mind-meld with a cucumber. Bush wins political nerd points for even talking about it. Bonus points for keeping a straight face). Now, DOE to spend 1.7billion on hydrogen technology. (Bush thinks to himself, "This ought to shut up those tree hugging eco-freaks. The DOE spends more on paper-clips, but a lot of soccer-moms with Greenpeace and Sierra Club bumper stickers on their 8 mpg Chevy Yukon's will breath a sigh of relief that the president is looking after the environment).
Sorry if I'm ranting, but do you see a pattern? Dave rgan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Does anyone can help me in explaining why Bush administration is willing to spend money on research for Hydrogen technologies instead on other natural resources such as biodiesel? I would be very interested if the explanation come from econonic or business or even technology's perspective. Hope the logic explanation is not political cause that is not logical. Have a nice day Ric G ----- Original Message ----- From: "murdoch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2004 7:50 AM Subject: Re: [biofuel] Bush Administration Launches Misleading Hydrogen Tour - Secretary Abraham To Visit Six Cities Promoting Dirty Hydrogen Program > >Announced during the 2003 State of the Union address, the Bush > >Administration called on the Department of Energy to invest $1.7 > >billion in the research and development of hydrogen technologies, > >including automobiles, fuel cells, and hydrogen fuel infrastructure. > >However, the administration's hydrogen proposal requires industries > >to produce only hydrogen concept vehicles and "demonstration > >technology." The mass production of hydrogen technologies is not > >mandated, and there are no detailed plans for the creation of the > >infrastructure, like filling stations, needed to support a hydrogen > >economy. > > Upon his election, I knew it was going to be a very bad four years for > many of us who are fans of open public discourse, progressive ideas, > progressive ideals, and what-not. And I asked myself if I thought my > brain could survive that sort of starvation another four years. And > the answer was no (are you kidding me?). And I asked myself if maybe > the country could survive it, and the answer was 'maybe' or > 'probably'. > > To me, it's the lack of discussion of important questions and answers > that is the particularly damaging thing, not just the advocacy of > debatable answers. Heaven forfend this man should have the word > "biofuel" come out of his mouth. Heaven for fend 'solar' or 'wind' or > 'conservation' or 'combining many efforts' or > Plug-In-Hybrid-Electric-Vehicles. No. We are to listen to THE > ANSWER, the 'one and only answer'. That answer of his (Hydrogen) is > even damaged by his advocacy of it. > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Finance Tax Center - File online. File on time. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://infoarchive.net/sgroup/biofuel/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
