http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/02/02/coal-glorious-coal/ Conservative and Libertarian Intellectual Philosophy and Politics Wed, 08 Feb 2012 23:00:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/02/02/coal-glorious-coal/comment-page-1/#comment-76386 caribousteaks Wed, 04 Feb 2009 17:35:19 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/?p=5310#comment-76386 Great Article! I find it sad most traditional energy industries, particularly oil, have such a weak voice and or PR division politically. The enviro-lobby on Capitol Hill easily outshine them in numbers and fuzzy seal pictures. In Australia, in Europe, and here radical greenie policies enacted by naive(?) politicians are more often than not rescinded when the facts on basic energy production and needs hit home a year or two later. To be honest I am glad to have strong environmental controls on energy production and I am willing to pay the price for that. However, I seriously don't think the American public understand the great lengths and care the energy industry goes to protect the environment. Easily probably more than any other industry out there. The public also simply has no clue on the reliance of "alternative energies" on oil/natural gas/coal to exist. Carbon from coal or coke is integral to our every way of life and all the products we use drink and eat. Every energy source has an impact on the environment including wind, solar and hydro fuel cells. The public has yet to understand this basic fact though, and we all be the sadder for it . Great Article! I find it sad most traditional energy industries, particularly oil, have such a weak voice and or PR division politically. The enviro-lobby on Capitol Hill easily outshine them in numbers and fuzzy seal pictures. In Australia, in Europe, and here radical greenie policies enacted by naive(?) politicians are more often than not rescinded when the facts on basic energy production and needs hit home a year or two later. To be honest I am glad to have strong environmental controls on energy production and I am willing to pay the price for that. However, I seriously don’t think the American public understand the great lengths and care the energy industry goes to protect the environment. Easily probably more than any other industry out there. The public also simply has no clue on the reliance of “alternative energies” on oil/natural gas/coal to exist. Carbon from coal or coke is integral to our every way of life and all the products we use drink and eat. Every energy source has an impact on the environment including wind, solar and hydro fuel cells. The public has yet to understand this basic fact though, and we all be the sadder for it .

]]> http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/02/02/coal-glorious-coal/comment-page-1/#comment-76337 GriffithLea Mon, 02 Feb 2009 20:07:48 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/?p=5310#comment-76337 It's as simple as this: in order to eliminate the uppity, independent middle class and make way for the old system of ruling elite and working poor, the US (being a nation made up largely of middle-class citizens) has to be dismantled, at least down to a point, and hamstringing her ability to produce energy is a big part of that process. It’s as simple as this: in order to eliminate the uppity, independent middle class and make way for the old system of ruling elite and working poor, the US (being a nation made up largely of middle-class citizens) has to be dismantled, at least down to a point, and hamstringing her ability to produce energy is a big part of that process.

]]> http://www.intellectualconservative.com/2009/02/02/coal-glorious-coal/comment-page-1/#comment-76336 hvance Mon, 02 Feb 2009 16:49:42 +0000 http://www.intellectualconservative.com/?p=5310#comment-76336 We have coal, shale oil, offshore oil, and ANWR. Why can't we penetrate the American people with this fact? Is it because the powers at be won't spend the necessary money to hammer this fact home? The left has willing donors to push their agenda. Why don't we? Logic seems to be a losing position. I think some of the responsibility is on our shoulders, we might as well give up on the media reporting the facts. Our side of the aisle just lacks the passion and activism that the left has and that will be our demise. We have coal, shale oil, offshore oil, and ANWR. Why can’t we penetrate the American people with this fact? Is it because the powers at be won’t spend the necessary money to hammer this fact home? The left has willing donors to push their agenda. Why don’t we? Logic seems to be a losing position. I think some of the responsibility is on our shoulders, we might as well give up on the media reporting the facts. Our side of the aisle just lacks the passion and activism that the left has and that will be our demise.

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