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IDemo

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6. This is further evidence of the desperation in 21st Century energy policy

Fri Jul 25, 2014, 11:04 AM

Jul 2014

All of the happy talk about America regaining its position as a major oil producer ignores the underlying facts: the easy to find and drill crude is history and the tar sands, fracking and offshore stuff are the desperate attempts to keep the gas tank filled of our carbon-intensive economy long enough to allow the remaining public wealth to be shop-vacked into the wallets of the job creators.

They are not ignorant of the perils to the ecosphere, water supply and atmosphere of their pet projects. They frankly do not give a damn.

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Obama Administration to Whales, Dolphins: You Go Deaf, We'll Get Oil [View all] G_j Jul 2014 OP

yes, President Obama has always been a greenhorn, a city dude & he gets snookered by the oil Feds Sunlei Jul 2014 #1

Dead cetaceans => Dead cetaceans. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Jul 2014 #2

and he didn't get anything for it Enrique Jul 2014 #3

... MoonRiver Jul 2014 #4

Energy independence! (But not oil independence) progressoid Jul 2014 #5

This is further evidence of the desperation in 21st Century energy policy IDemo Jul 2014 #6

Very well put! FiveGoodMen Jul 2014 #13

The environment is one thing Obama was never good on... joeybee12 Jul 2014 #7

I'll expecting the resulting victims to wash up on the beaches. L0oniX Jul 2014 #8

Energy independence polls better. conservaphobe Jul 2014 #9

These animals rely on sonar to find food and navigate..... Swede Atlanta Jul 2014 #10

I would venture his daughters could even educate him on this G_j Jul 2014 #12

It's more precious than life itself. Octafish Jul 2014 #11

Gotta scrape that crack pipe! arcane1 Jul 2014 #14

Dr. Reese Halter was just on "The Ed Show" discussing this napkinz Jul 2014 #15

For sure G_j Jul 2014 #16

I heard it on my satellite radio MoonRiver Jul 2014 #17

sad G_j Jul 2014 #19

Yes, and animals and the environment are the most important issues for me. MoonRiver Jul 2014 #20

I cetainly hope so! G_j Jul 2014 #21

K & Argh. DirkGently Jul 2014 #18

kick napkinz Jul 2014 #22

... napkinz Jul 2014 #23

trouble G_j Jul 2014 #24