Taylor J. Smith
Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:57:41 -0700
Horace Heffner wrote: ``I'm hopefully not given to apoplexy, but this just about did it for me: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/27/us/27solar.html?_r=2&oref=slogin&oref=slogin "Faced with a surge in the number of proposed solar power plants, the federal government has placed a moratorium on new solar projects on public land until it studies their environmental impact, which is expected to take about two years. The Bureau of Land Management says an extensive environmental study is needed to determine how large solar plants might affect millions of acres it oversees in six Western states Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico and Utah." How asinine can government be. Let's see, on one hand we have a few hundred square miles of desert, on the other we have survival ... hmmmmm ... yep, we need a two year study to weigh that one.'' Ed Storms wrote: ``Every "normal" person is in favor of protecting the environment [but it is] the hypocrisy shown by the administration that is so stupid. For example, drilling in the coastal waters or in Alaska is all right even though the harm to the environment is obvious. But, covering areas that are unused and out of sight by equipment that will eventually be removed has to be debated. Meanwhile, it is ok to rape the land in Canada for oil shale while we are encouraged to use more oil. Even the ethanol idea was a cruel hoax that is now too expensive to continue because energy is too expensive to be used to raise corn for that purpose. Given the basic approach this administration has shown, it is easy to think that protecting the environment is simply a fig leaf for killing the competition to oil.'' Hi All, "Stupid" is the wrong word. We should admire the genius of the gang running our government. They are masters of deception in convincing a lot of people that they are "stupid". They are not stupid; they are fiendishly clever; and they are robbing us blind as they destroy the economy and the environment. We must not forget that their product is rock oil, and that THEY ARE IN THE OIL SHORTAGE BUSINESS. Jack Smith