I’ve been seeing these commercials in primetime recently with all of these touchy-feeling types bleating about energy independence and wind and solar and saving the planet. They’ve got a lot of money invested in advertising and in a moment of uncharacteristic insight I suddenly thought where is the return on this investment? Who is buying all of this media time and what do they get in return? Is it pure altruism?
Like Butch and Sundance, I wondered, “who are these guys?”
The Advisory Council
Now that’s a bunch of bed-fellows. So that collection is steering the ship. Who’s pushing?
The Partners
Holy temperature rise, Batman! What do they want to do?
Tell Me, Tell Me
Got that? Renewables! Efficiency! And, Leadership! Don’t forget about leadership. Maybe that’s the agenda that’s got Al Gore driving this.
Notice that there is no mention of nuclear power generation. Notice that there is no mention of how we are going to replace foreign oil without exploiting our own resources. Notice that there is no consideration of how the actions of 300 million Americans, even if we all committed to the program, can influence the 6 billion or more in the rest of the world who aren’t about to change their energy consumption in any direction but increasing demand. Notice that it doesn’t consider the cost of abandonment of our existing energy infrastructure or the impact on our economy of such a ten year program.
How do I get that little diacritical gizmo to show when I type “NAÏVE”—hey, it’s automatic! Sort of like my revulsion for the tree-hugger environmental whackos.
But, who makes the money from this program? Who is the profiteer? Is it an American enterprise? Who?
2 comments:
Morning Ed,
Madame Speaker has a nice amount invested with T. Boone, hisself.
If the Democrats retain the House, look for wind and solar subsidies to return.
If they do not, expect to see the evil Republicans excoriated for raping the environment by drilling in the pristine wildernesses.
Cheers,
Tex
I crack up every time I hear some city living whackadoo weeping over the thought of ruining out "Pristine Wilderness" In ANWR......None of them have ever been there and anyone who has would instantly realize how vast an area it is and how small our drilling efforts would be. I've been there and it is NOT what the looney left says it is.
In the mean time we have the RICH DEMOCRATS not the bitter rich white guys (that cling to their guns and religion) that are pushing us toward socialism. If they have their way, no one else will ever get "Rich" and us surfs will just listen to our entitled betters. Gaaaaa this election season is driving me crazy.
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