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Permalink Reply by gary smith on February 12, 2012 at 4:58pm

hahaha, howards army, a puzzle wrapped in an enigma.

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Permalink Reply by Howard Markert on February 12, 2012 at 7:40pm

thank you for your simple direct response.

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Permalink Reply by Billy Park Whyde on February 12, 2012 at 5:49pm

Here we go but no those that supported the anti smoking movement just could not understand what you created!

 http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/02/12/live-free-or-sneeze-new-...

As if government didn't stink enough! NY one of the original ANTI SMOKING  RADICAL STATES, No Fracking now no personal property rights as well all in the name of public health! 

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Permalink Reply by Chartist on February 12, 2012 at 7:19pm

No it would not change my opinion......Many schools received their property for free from the electic utility companies.....Anyone remember the extra low frequency (ELF) radiation scare?....Frac away, move the school if they're so concerned.

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Permalink Reply by Brian Oram, PG on February 12, 2012 at 8:38pm

Question - where is the link to the story or clean up report that indicates what was spilled and how the kids were exposed?

How about this?

Are you prepared to stop and I mean stop using all fossil fuels ?   if the hypothesis in this story were proven to be true.

The problem is not the fuel it is us.  We are the ones that consume more energy than any other country and much of it is wasted and for luxury not need.  If it were not for using fossil fuels - there would be NO trees.  We would have burned them down.   Again - this is fact - because PA was clear cut at least 3 times.

Also - lets not forget the biggest consumes of this fuel are our large cities on the east coast.   Are we prepared to say no to oil, gas, and coal and start cutting down our forests to send them wood?

I like solar, wind, and ground source, but their use requires a lifestyle change. 

If we do not want natural gas - then lets turn the tap off to NY and the east coast and tell them to put wind mills off their coast and solar panels on the buildings and wish them luck .  

Guess were the wind turbines, solar panels etc would be built - that right in the desert, rural america, etc and not in the big city.  It always comes down to NIMBY.

 

 

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Permalink Reply by gary smith on February 12, 2012 at 8:55pm

good post. we may be the largest users, but the return from a free society in inovation and discovery's , like new medicines, more than make up for our consumption. the donations of money from americans in the tsunami crisis where 180000 lost their lives, dwarfed the rest of the world governments.your comment about wood being cut and sent to the cities is interesting. that is exactly what stalin's gulags did. read 'coming out of the ice'  for a look at henry fords adventure into stalin's russia, and the americans that followed him in the late 20's early 30's.

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Permalink Reply by David Perotto on February 12, 2012 at 9:12pm

Hey Brian we aren't all bad in NY. But I agree, too many on the left side of the aisle. And yes I want as much natural gas as possible to heat my home, especially tonight.
Dave

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Permalink Reply by Howard Markert on February 12, 2012 at 9:27pm

I want wind, solar, and geothermal HVAC in my backyard. 

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Permalink Reply by Finnbear on February 13, 2012 at 9:52am

Is someone stopping you from doing that? If you can afford it, put it in.

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Permalink Reply by Howard Markert on February 13, 2012 at 7:19pm

Those fledgling industries receive less than 1% of the subsidies that the oil and gas industries do.   If they were subsidized on par with fossil fuels I would be able to afford them.

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Permalink Reply by kkw on March 9, 2012 at 11:36am

 

Well look at that: tax subsidies for all fossil fuels were only 15% of all federal subsidies for energy.  The Green alternatives of renewables and "efficiency" took 78% of all tax subsidies for energy.  Big Oil has so much influence on Capitol Hill that our government subsidizes its competitors five times more.  Fossil fuels provide 77% of our nation's energy yet receive just 15% of the federal government's tax subsidies.

"Alcohol fuels," which include ethanol, took $6.1B of tax subsidies, or more than twice as much as oil, gas, and coal combined.

 

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Permalink Reply by kkw on March 9, 2012 at 12:44pm

He He!  It's a pie chart...I'm sure they will want their fair share of the pie!!

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