June 24, 2008

IMPEACH BUSH

IMPEACH CHENEY

THE ENERGY PERFECT STORM

We have arrived at an important juncture in the history of the human race and our use of energy. We used fossil fuels in the 20th century and on into the 21st century. But the end of the petro age is upon us. First, the supply of oil is finite and in a few decades there will be no more oil. Second, the use of fossil fuels is not compatible with life on this planet. The evidence for human caused global climate change, mostly due to the use of fossil fuels, is everywhere around us. And yet we have the political dinosaurs on the right who believe the Good Oil Fairy will continue to deliver oil forever and that global climate change is just a nasty liberal plot. This article by Harvey Wasserman is at www.smirkingchimp.com:

Contrived or otherwise, today's soaring gas prices are a tangible bonanza for Bush/McCain. Off-shore drilling would put billions in their cronies' pockets, but would not lower gas prices a single cent. Nuke power could mean billions more in radioactive lucre for reactor builders who may never deliver a single electron of electricity.

It's no accident that what Bush/McCain are NOT advocating is a massive shift to increased efficiency and renewable energy.

Prior to the Enron disaster, green power advocates proposed that some 600 megawatts of renewables and efficiency be installed in California. They said this "floor" was needed to protect the state from precisely the kind of gouging Enron then did.

But Southern California Edison's John Bryson helped kill the green power proposal. Bryson now likes to be photographed in front of photovoltaic arrays. But he used a deregulation package promising a "free market in energy" to help pay off failed reactors at San Onofre and Diablo Canyon. Then he stepped back while Enron cashed in.