Fred,
I have not heard about him, it is difficult to know all, being a foreigner. Hakan At 09:28 PM 6/17/2003 -0400, you wrote: >Hi, >How much have you considered Kucinach? What does he have to say about >energy. >Fred Anderson > >On Tuesday, Jun 17, 2003, at 15:55 US/Eastern, Hakan wrote: > > > > > Do not misunderstand me, I prefer Kerry by thousands of > > miles before Bush. It is only that I cannot drum up any large > > enthusiasm for his "Energy plan". > > > > Hakan > > > > At 12:04 PM 6/17/2003 -0700, you wrote: > >> On Tue, 17 Jun 2003 20:39:33 +0200, you wrote: > >> > >>> > >>> Tim, > >>> > >>> All what the current president and the presidents in waiting are > >>> playing with, is the dirty word "coal". No real let up on environment > >>> here, they are all very careful in spelling it out. The largest > >>> reserves > >>> of coal are in US and former Soviet. The only fast way for hydrogen > >>> and synthetic fuels. It is also a "Big Corporate Business" with > >>> little > >>> possibilities of diversification, attractive for current energy > >>> interests. > >>> > >>> I hear about these "energy plans" and always think that here might > >>> be a guy who is getting things right, but I always get disappointed. > >>> It is more of the same, they are all in the same pockets and it is > >>> difficult to mobilize any enthusiasm for what they are saying. > >> > >> I like, but do not entirely agree with all of, Kerry's ideas on > >> Energy.. > >> > >>> On energy saving, it is even worse. They only have to start to > >>> use European automotive technology, which the US companies > >>> already have a stake in. They only have to copy the EU suggestion > >>> on thermal building codes. These two things will halt the spiraling > >>> growth in US energy use and could even result in lesser energy > >>> use year 2020. If you add to this an aggressive development of > >>> Ethanol, Biodiesel and the pickup of users PV/wind production > >>> of electricity, it could be some fast relief at the horizon. It will > >>> however give power to many small producers and difficult to > >>> consolidate with "The Big Interests" and the current financial > >>> backers of the politicians. > >>> > >>> Hakan > >>> > >> I agree that we have had disappointement after disappointment with > >> respect to > >> U.S. politicians and their energy plans. Generally my disappointment > >> is what > >> they *don't* say or do, and not just what they say or do. > >> > >> I have tried to listen to Kerry. He spent a lot of time on the Energy > >> Committee, and has heard a lot of testimony, including from > >> Sustainable > >> experts > >> I imagine. The McCain-Kerry efforts on CAFE indicate his level of > >> concern for > >> improving mileage, even if you might not agree with many of his > >> methods or > >> suggestions (I don't always). > >> > >> He's the wealthiest man in the Senate (I've heard, his wife is from > >> the Heinz > >> Ketchup fortune?) and this might not make him popular with some, but > >> perhaps > >> could somewhat insulate him from the immediate influence of oil money > >> in his > >> proposals. > >> > >> On the war, he seems to have carved out an ability to speak well > >> against > >> Dictators in the Middle East while at the same time opposing some of > >> President > >> Bush's policies in a very strong way. This has not been an easy > >> atmosphere in > >> which to carve out such a stance. > >> > >> He also speaks from some authority on Military matters, since he's a > >> respected > >> Veteran and has been able to play this card well against Bush's > >> non-Veteran > >> status, without over-playing it. John Kerry of Massachusetts is not > >> to be > >> confused with Bob Kerrey (sp?) another Senator and Vietnam Veteran > >> who has > >> been > >> discredited as having taken part in a massacre of Vietnamese > >> noncombattants, or > >> something like that. > > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > > ---------------------~--> > > Get A Free Psychic Reading! Your Online Answer To Life's Important > > Questions. > > http://us.click.yahoo.com/Lj3uPC/Me7FAA/ySSFAA/FGYolB/TM > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > ~-> > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > > > Biofuels list archives: > > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Your use of Yahoo! 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