A government auto industry oversight board made up of politicians and
lawyers, consisting of:

"Cabinet secretaries from the departments of Treasury, Energy, Labor,
Commerce and Transportation plus the Environmental Protection Agency
administrator"


Can you say, "Cluster-f*&%"?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081208/...congress_autos

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:
A government auto industry oversight board made up of politicians and
lawyers, consisting of:

"Cabinet secretaries from the departments of Treasury, Energy, Labor,
Commerce and Transportation plus the Environmental Protection Agency
administrator"


Can you say, "Cluster-f*&%"?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081208/...congress_autos

Eisboch





Were you hoping for senior execs from the brokerage, banking, insurance,
and oil industries?

The only good thing emerging from the financial fall-out...realization
among those who comprise the "thinking public" that corporate screw-ups
quite likely exceed governmental screw-ups, and that there is no greed
like corporate greed.

"Boater" wrote in message
...
Eisboch wrote:
A government auto industry oversight board made up of politicians and
lawyers, consisting of:

"Cabinet secretaries from the departments of Treasury, Energy, Labor,
Commerce and Transportation plus the Environmental Protection Agency
administrator"


Can you say, "Cluster-f*&%"?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081208/...congress_autos

Eisboch





Were you hoping for senior execs from the brokerage, banking, insurance,
and oil industries?


I was hoping for an honest, federal judge.

Eisboch

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On Mon, 8 Dec 2008 09:04:54 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

I was hoping for an honest, federal judge.

We all are but that is a political patronage position.

Why don't we put T Boone in charge and give all the auto makers wind
turbine contracts to keep them busy until they figure out a car that
people will buy.


T. Boone is an interesting and entertaining nut.

He's to be commended for his initiatives, but a lot of the wind has been
taken out of his turbines since oil started dropping in price.

I have a theory about wind power. If it is implemented on a massive scale,
the next thing we'll hear is that by capturing the energy of the wind, we
are upsetting natural wind currents, screwing up seed distribution and
contributing even more to global warming. Or cooling. Or whatever the tree
huggers are promoting at the time.

Eisboch

Eisboch wrote:
wrote in message
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On Mon, 8 Dec 2008 09:04:54 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

I was hoping for an honest, federal judge.
We all are but that is a political patronage position.

Why don't we put T Boone in charge and give all the auto makers wind
turbine contracts to keep them busy until they figure out a car that
people will buy.


T. Boone is an interesting and entertaining nut.

He's to be commended for his initiatives, but a lot of the wind has been
taken out of his turbines since oil started dropping in price.

I have a theory about wind power. If it is implemented on a massive scale,
the next thing we'll hear is that by capturing the energy of the wind, we
are upsetting natural wind currents, screwing up seed distribution and
contributing even more to global warming. Or cooling. Or whatever the tree
huggers are promoting at the time.

Eisboch




Tree huggers...

How very anti-environmental Republican of you.

"Boater" wrote in message
...
Eisboch wrote:
wrote in message
...
On Mon, 8 Dec 2008 09:04:54 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

I was hoping for an honest, federal judge.
We all are but that is a political patronage position.

Why don't we put T Boone in charge and give all the auto makers wind
turbine contracts to keep them busy until they figure out a car that
people will buy.


T. Boone is an interesting and entertaining nut.

He's to be commended for his initiatives, but a lot of the wind has been
taken out of his turbines since oil started dropping in price.

I have a theory about wind power. If it is implemented on a massive
scale, the next thing we'll hear is that by capturing the energy of the
wind, we are upsetting natural wind currents, screwing up seed
distribution and contributing even more to global warming. Or cooling.
Or whatever the tree huggers are promoting at the time.

Eisboch


Tree huggers...

How very anti-environmental Republican of you.


Thank you very much.


Eisboch

On Mon, 8 Dec 2008 13:34:12 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

I have a theory about wind power. If it is implemented on a massive scale,
the next thing we'll hear is that by capturing the energy of the wind, we
are upsetting natural wind currents, screwing up seed distribution and
contributing even more to global warming. Or cooling. Or whatever the tree
huggers are promoting at the time.

Not to mention that the wind corridor that Pickens is proposing is
right smack dab in the middle of the mid-America flyway for migrating
birds.

Wonder how he's going to get around that one.

On Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:13:28 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports wrote:


Not to mention that the wind corridor that Pickens is proposing is right
smack dab in the middle of the mid-America flyway for migrating birds.

Wonder how he's going to get around that one.

With the newer technological turbines, I don't believe bird kills are a
concern. Most of the reports of bird kills, go back to the Altamont Pass
turbines, which were an older technology.

http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006...n_misconce.php

http://www.awea.org/faq/sagrillo/swbirds.html

On Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:13:28 -0500, Tom Francis - SWSports
wrote:

On Mon, 8 Dec 2008 13:34:12 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

I have a theory about wind power. If it is implemented on a massive scale,
the next thing we'll hear is that by capturing the energy of the wind, we
are upsetting natural wind currents, screwing up seed distribution and
contributing even more to global warming. Or cooling. Or whatever the tree
huggers are promoting at the time.

Not to mention that the wind corridor that Pickens is proposing is
right smack dab in the middle of the mid-America flyway for migrating
birds.

Wonder how he's going to get around that one.

You mean they might kill some friggin' Canada geese? Where do I send money
to put these things up?
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John H

On Mon, 8 Dec 2008 13:34:12 -0500, "Eisboch" wrote:

I have a theory about wind power. If it is implemented on a massive scale,
the next thing we'll hear is that by capturing the energy of the wind, we
are upsetting natural wind currents, screwing up seed distribution and
contributing even more to global warming. Or cooling. Or whatever the tree
huggers are promoting at the time.

You know, in the quantum world, that is entirely possible. It's called
The Theory of Universal Wave Function. For each action taken (or each
event happening), there exits a Universe in which the action wasn't
taken or the event didn't happen. We don't see it because we
experience it - it's just a slight shift in reality. In theory, this
may be the key to FTL travel as we could shift from our solar system
to Omicron Persei 8 in the blink of an eye just by shifting our
position from here to there - it's an orientation feature - a nearby
universe shifting positionally so that Omicron Persei 8 is just a step
away. Other than a shift in galactic position, we wouldn't know the
difference because that universe is so close to ours that there is no
practical difference.

The one I favor is the Chaotic Inflation Theory - sometimes known as
the Bubble Universe Theory in which the observable universe becomes
too large to see meaning that it has to bud off at some point so we
can maintain current reality - kind of like the way an ameoba
duplicates itself. This is a never ending process because as it buds
off, it is basically a replica of the original, only slightly smaller
in space. Over time, slight changes get magnified, etc., etc., etc.

Aren't you glad you brought this up?