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I wonder if these will be the Stonehenge or Easter Island monuments that future generations discover. You must believe that, if wind power was truly valuable on its own, without the government subsidies, these structures would not be abandoned in such numbers. Even in the Netherlands, the land of the iconic windmill, it seems the price of being green is too high. Meanwhile, the Obama Administration has delayed approval of the Keystone XL pipeline, effectively sending Canadian oil to China instead of the U.S. Gulf Coast. It’s almost as if they want the U.S. economy to fail.
Transportation: California’s high-speed train wreck – latimes.com.
An artist's rendering of the proposed San Jose stop on the $43-billion high-speed rail line. (California High-Speed Rail Authority / Bloomberg)
The Los Angeles Times supports the concept of high-speed rail in California, only taking apparent issue with the politics of this proposal. The problem with this stance is, everything about high-speed rail in the United States is political. If high-speed passenger rail was economically viable, then existing commercial railroads would invest in it. Freight rail is poised for spectacular growth, because unlike passenger rail, there is a market for freight rail. Railroads in the U.S. have invested money in technology and equipment in anticipation of increased volume. Conversely, there is not enough demand, either now or in the foreseeable future, to make high-speed rail profitable. Even as gasoline prices continue to climb, Americans still prefer driving their cars to taking the train.
High-speed passenger rail has the potential to reduce carbon emissions and petroleum use, but in order to do so, it must present a pratical alternative to travel by car. As of now, it is still not seen that way by most Americans. Ironically, freight rail offers a reduction in fuel consumption and emissions right now, via increased use of intermodal transit.
FT.com / Companies / Oil & Gas – Opec set for $1,000bn in export revenues.
It’s all part of the plan.
This is what you do when you want to get somewhere. From the Daily Caller article:
“Amtrak CEO abandoned his own train to make ribbon cutting ceremony for Joe Biden station in Wilmington,” Falcone reported. “When I told Amtrak CEO Joe Boardman it was a bad sign he was ditching the stranded Acela, he chuckled.”
Amtrak Acela
The Non-Conspiracy | RedState.
I have been saying the same thing about the Obama adminstration for some time now.
This fits perfectly with Obama’s plan to subvert the will of the people, as expressed in the midterm elections, toward excessive environmental regulation.
H/T to Soylent Green.
December 2010 snowstorm
From the Independent article:
However, the warming is so far manifesting itself more in winters which are less cold than in much hotter summers. According to Dr David Viner, a senior research scientist at the climatic research unit (CRU) of the University of East Anglia, within a few years winter snowfall will become “a very rare and exciting event.”
“Children just aren’t going to know what snow is,” he said.
The Climate Research Unit of the University of East Anglia is now best known for the e-mails which described the way in which climate researchers sought to ” hide the decline” in global temperature. Now, ten years after this article was published, we are being told that global warming causes colder, more snowy winters.
Of course Obama’s EPA is moving unilaterally to regulate greenhouse gases. The midterms clearly showed the will of the people- no more onerous regulation in pursuit of nebulous environmental goals. But Obama and his eager bureaucrats know better.From the article:Two days after the midterm elections, Obama served notice that he would look for ways to control global warming pollution other than Congress placing a ceiling on it. “Cap-and-trade was just one way of skinning the cat; it was not the only way,” he said. “I’m going to be looking for other means to address this problem.”
Just as the federal government overreacted to the Gulf Coast oil spill with restrictions on offshore oil drilling, the EPA intends to continue its jihad against capitalism with new limits on greenhouse gases. When this President refers to “skinning the cat”, it’s very clear that American industry and American consumers are the ones getting skinned.
