Cynicism Watch
by Joe Miller
From CNN:
From CNN:
On the eve of a presidential visit to a renewable energy lab in Colorado, the Department of Energy said it has transferred $5 million to the operation, which had funding cut and employees laid off this month due to budget shortfalls.I'm sure that there is a perfectly good explanation for this, and that it's not at all a sudden realization that what had been a perfectly good photo op was about to turn into (another) PR disaster. Of course the administration cares about renewable resources. What, you think we like it that oil prices are high? Oh, wait...
posted by Joe at 11:41 AM
2 Comments:
Buck the trend! Ignore society's evils! Live in the woods, by yourself!
Wait, wrong Cynics.
What is interesting to me about the whole "new" proposition is that it isn't new. It is about 15 years along now and was one of the things that was supposed to get the axe during the first Bush II's term.
I wonder, is this really a ploy to get those swing voters in time for the next election? Perhaps it's time to get out the "compassionate conservative" hats out again.
I really hate to say this, but I'm pretty much with Rick on this one. One of the biggest reasons that we are "addicted to oil" is that it's really quite difficult to gain approval for any alternate energy sources.
Nuclear power is actually far safer than it was in the days of Three Mile Island, and reactors are far, far cleaner than once they were. Wind farms provide power basically for free.
My favorite (Beware: my inner SF geek demands to be heard!) are solar power satellites, which may be cost effective within a few more years.
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