Re: [Biofuel] Bush's state of the Union speech

2006-02-08 Thread Keith Addison
Molly Ivins says the $150 million (a truly pitiful amount by Washington standards) Bush promised would go to making biofuels more competitive is $50 million less than what was in last year's budget for that purpose. http://www.commondreams.org/views06/0207-31.htm Is that right? They spent $200

Re: [Biofuel] Bush's state of the Union speech

2006-02-03 Thread Michael Redler
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Re: [Biofuel] Bush's state of the Union speech

2006-02-02 Thread Rexis Tree
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Re: [Biofuel] Bush's state of the Union speech

2006-02-02 Thread Tom Irwin
Greetings Zeke and All, " here we have a serious problem: America is addicted to oil, which isoften imported from unstable parts of the world" Yes, GWB actuallysaid that on national TV. Yes, this is very confusing Zeke. I remian highly skeptical. At the moment of his lowest credibility he

Re: [Biofuel] Bush's state of the Union speech

2006-02-02 Thread Darryl McMahon
I, too, made a point of not watching Bush deliver this speech. I have just read the text. After 47 paragraphs of blather primarily about how the Administration is still winning the War On Terror (trademark), these four show up: Keeping America competitive requires affordable energy. And

Re: [Biofuel] Bush's state of the Union speech

2006-02-02 Thread robert luis rabello
Zeke Yewdall wrote: here we have a serious problem: America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world Yes, GWB actually said that on national TV. Big deal. He says a lot of stuff on TV. We were supposed to rebuild Iraq and Afghanistan, too.

Re: [Biofuel] Bush's state of the Union speech

2006-02-02 Thread Keith Addison
Relatively modest subsidies for 'clean coal,' nuclear, ethanol, solar, and wind, Grist called the proposals. There's nothing there that the usual suspects aren't already investing in. Shell, eg, invests in biomass energy plantations, offshore wind, PVs, and indeed, ethanol from cellulose: 08

Re: [Biofuel] Bush's state of the Union speech

2006-02-02 Thread Hakan Falk
I would say that it is a very smart move, all is forgotten about the hydrogen car and the billions that went to the automotive industry. Now they do not have to show what they got for that money. No technical audits, since the direction has changed to something that will be able to achieve,

Re: [Biofuel] Bush's state of the Union speech

2006-02-02 Thread Zeke Yewdall
Thanks Keith. I knew it was too good to be true -- just caught me off guard for a bit. I am a little suprises his handlers let him say that the US was addicted to oil. Even considering he's good at outright lying, and people forget anything he said within 6 months anyway, that's still a bold

Re: [Biofuel] Bush's state of the Union speech

2006-02-02 Thread Jason L Walck
PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of robert luis rabello Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 11:59 AM To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: Re: [Biofuel] Bush's state of the Union speech Zeke Yewdall wrote: here we have a serious problem: America is addicted to oil, which is often

Re: [Biofuel] Bush's state of the Union speech

2006-02-02 Thread robert luis rabello
Jason L Walck wrote: We ARE rebuilding Iraq and Af...At least that's sure what it looked like when I was on the ground in Baghdad and people told me how things were slowly improving and handed us flowers... How long ago were you there? How much money was allocated for rebuilding

Re: [Biofuel] Bush's state of the Union speech

2006-02-02 Thread John Mullan
. I hope our (Canadian) government is listening. Cheers, John -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Zeke Yewdall Sent: Thursday, February 02, 2006 1:19 AM To: Biofuel@sustainablelists.org Subject: [Biofuel] Bush's state of the Union speech

Re: [Biofuel] Bush's state of the Union speech

2006-02-02 Thread Keith Addison
From Grist: Bush's quasi-bold pronouncements on oil prompt criticism, backpedaling In his State of the Union address on Tuesday, President Bush declared that America is addicted to oil and that he would make our dependence on Middle Eastern oil a thing of the past. Within 24 hours, fiasco

[Biofuel] Bush's state of the Union speech

2006-02-01 Thread Zeke Yewdall
here we have a serious problem: America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world Yes, GWB actually said that on national TV. So I admit I didn't watch the speech last night (since watching him talk makes me want to puke). But I read the text today and found