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nom=de=plume November 6th 09 12:53 AM

This is interesting....
 
"John H." wrote in message
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On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:50:17 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
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On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 09:58:17 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

"Tosk" wrote in message
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In article ,
says...

"nom=de=plume" wrote in message
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"Bill McKee" wrote in message
m...

"nom=de=plume" wrote in message
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"Bill McKee" wrote in message
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"nom=de=plume" wrote in message
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On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 13:45:38 -0800 (PST), Loogypicker
wrote:

On Nov 3, 4:37 pm, wrote:
On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 11:21:37 -0800 (PST), Loogypicker

wrote:
Yes, they ignore the pipeline because it was built so that
they
COULD
walk under them. Many types of tundra animals use the
EXACT
same
route
and have for thousands of years. I've been to many many
drilling
rigs
also. They are nasty, stinky, they use a lot of chemicals
in
the
process, and you can't tell me that wildlife would thrive
in
that
environment.

Wildlife do fine around people. They have a huge deer
problem
in
downtown Washington DC. I damned near hit two of them on
the
Whitehurst freeway. (Georgetown)

I have also flown at low altitude over arrays of wind
turbines
and was
appalled at how destructive they were to the
environment.
Each
required a road to service the turbine regularly and the
turbines were
like ugly blotches on the ridges. By contrast, the
average
producing oil well can barely be noticed even from low
altitude
and
gas wells are even more invisible.

So, gas and oilwells don't need servicing? Funny, every
one
I've
ever
seen has a road going to it......

The biggest danger to caribou in that situation is getting
hit
by
a
truck.
Normally the biggest danger to caribou is they get killed
by
wolves
but you folks got mad when the people in Alaska tried to
thin
out
the
wolves so I am confused. Do you really give a **** about
caribou
or is
this just another way to demonize oil companies?

WHOOOOOSH.......

So, let me get this straight. Because nature is what it is,
and
yes,
wolves eat caribou, you think that we should do anything and
everything to make sure we kill them all........just because
in
the
wild there is natural selection? Did you get that directly
from
Rush,
because that's just a dumb position. Unfortunately disease
kills
children. Does that mean that we should stop keeping poison
out
of
their reach?


The real point is why do you think a couple hundred acres in
a
19
million square mile refuge is going to seriously affect
caribou
in
any
way at all?
We cut roads through the middle of national parks all over
the
country
and the deer, antelope and bison are as likely to be around
the
roads
as anywhere else. Grazing animals are not particularly afraid
of
people.

ANWAR is not a pristine land. Former military compounds on
it,
villages.

Therefore, we should just trash it? I vote no. Actually, I did
that
last year, so I don't have to do it again until the next
election.

--
Nom=de=Plume


No, we drill on the couple square miles needed and leave the
other
couple million acres alone.

Right. We can helicopter it out. Sure.

Besides, the oil won't have much of an effect on the supply and
it
would
take years before it could be gotten.

--
Nom=de=Plume


NIMBY. So then we drill off California. No? Better to drill in
the
desert of the Middle East? Send them the money and control?

How about stop thinking that drilling for oil is going to solve our
problems. How about alternative energy, including nuclear.

Definitely NIMBY.

--
Nom=de=Plume


I have supported nuclear for as long as there has been nuclear power
plants.
But you still need oil. Plastic for boats (at least on topic),
chemicals,
fertilizer and fuel for vehicles until they can come up with a long
range,
fuel cell boat hauler.

Well, the admin just shut down Yukka (sp?) today, there's billions
down
the tubes and of course could be the end of Nuke power.. Now we will
have to buy even more dirty panels, and exploding windmills from
China... Who'd a thunk, huh?

--
Wafa free again.


The Yucca Mountain installation could not, apparently, guarantee proper
storage, not to mention the transportation issues.

It's much better that the east and west coasts are under twenty meters
of water.



?? Are you saying we shouldn't try to ensure proper long-term storage for
nuclear waste? And, are you now claiming that adverse, human caused,
climate
change is happening?


Please learn to read.



I did. In 1st grade. How about you?

--
Nom=de=Plume



nom=de=plume November 6th 09 12:54 AM

This is interesting....
 
"John H." wrote in message
...
On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:52:46 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

"John H." wrote in message
. ..
On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 07:00:24 -0800 (PST), Loogypicker
wrote:

On Nov 4, 10:24 pm, BAR wrote:
In article ,
says...







On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:16:32 -0800, "Bill McKee"
wrote:

"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote
in
messagenews:h1o2f55iekdj4hjoouf9bk3vm2b3ncqh17@4a x.com...
On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:11:04 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:58:30 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
wrote:

My home (Florida) has been completely ruined by tourism
whereas if our economy had been built on energy we'd still have
our
beaches and salt marshes.

Don't be so sure
Have you heard about "Cape Wind"?

Another example of envimoronmentalist hyprocrisy.

http://www.saveoursound.org/site/PageServer

Globe editorials in support.

http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/gree...26/2_tribes_ob...

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ed...torials/articl...

Fortunately, it looks like it's going to get done.

http://www.capewind.org/news1018.htm

If Ted Kennedy were alive, it wouldn't be happening. :)

There are proposals to turn old near shore drilling platforms in
the
Gulf of
MX in to Wind Turbine supports. The local indians going to object
to
that
also?

Dunno...

Neighbor, golf and poker buddy, in the energy business, says that the
wind turbines are better at self destructing than they are at
generating
power. The asian and american manufacturers all have the same
problems.
The can't stop the blades from spinning out of control and ripping the
whole unit apart.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Funny, there's places right here in the U.S. that have thousands upon
thousands of operational wind turbines.

Gosh, with your vast knowledge, it shouldn't be hard for you to show
such a place.

I'd be very interested.



There are something like 4000 near Palm Springs.

There are nearly 5000 at Altamont Pass.


Did they add a few thousand since July?

http://www.awea.org/projects/Projects.aspx?s=California



What's that got to do with your question of how many and where?

--
Nom=de=Plume



Bill McKee November 6th 09 03:59 AM

This is interesting....
 

"Loogypicker" wrote in message
...
On Nov 4, 10:24 pm, BAR wrote:
In article ,
says...







On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:16:32 -0800, "Bill McKee"
wrote:


"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
messagenews:h1o2f55iekdj4hjoouf9bk3vm2b3ncqh17@4a x.com...
On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:11:04 -0500, wrote:


On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:58:30 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
wrote:


My home (Florida) has been completely ruined by tourism
whereas if our economy had been built on energy we'd still have our
beaches and salt marshes.


Don't be so sure
Have you heard about "Cape Wind"?


Another example of envimoronmentalist hyprocrisy.


http://www.saveoursound.org/site/PageServer


Globe editorials in support.


http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/gree...26/2_tribes_ob...


http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ed...torials/articl...


Fortunately, it looks like it's going to get done.


http://www.capewind.org/news1018.htm


If Ted Kennedy were alive, it wouldn't be happening. :)


There are proposals to turn old near shore drilling platforms in the
Gulf of
MX in to Wind Turbine supports. The local indians going to object to
that
also?


Dunno...


Neighbor, golf and poker buddy, in the energy business, says that the
wind turbines are better at self destructing than they are at generating
power. The asian and american manufacturers all have the same problems.
The can't stop the blades from spinning out of control and ripping the
whole unit apart.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -


Funny, there's places right here in the U.S. that have thousands upon
thousands of operational wind turbines.

And lots of those turbines are broken. Amazing to see how many are not
turning in a field of hundreds on Altamont pass.



Bill McKee November 6th 09 04:00 AM

This is interesting....
 

"nom=de=plume" wrote in message
...
"Tosk" wrote in message
...
In article ,
says...

"nom=de=plume" wrote in message
...
"Bill McKee" wrote in message
m...

"nom=de=plume" wrote in message
...
"Bill McKee" wrote in message
...

"nom=de=plume" wrote in message
...
"Bill McKee" wrote in message
...

wrote in message
...
On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 13:45:38 -0800 (PST), Loogypicker
wrote:

On Nov 3, 4:37 pm, wrote:
On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 11:21:37 -0800 (PST), Loogypicker

wrote:
Yes, they ignore the pipeline because it was built so that
they
COULD
walk under them. Many types of tundra animals use the EXACT
same
route
and have for thousands of years. I've been to many many
drilling
rigs
also. They are nasty, stinky, they use a lot of chemicals in
the
process, and you can't tell me that wildlife would thrive in
that
environment.

Wildlife do fine around people. They have a huge deer problem
in
downtown Washington DC. I damned near hit two of them on the
Whitehurst freeway. (Georgetown)

I have also flown at low altitude over arrays of wind
turbines
and was
appalled at how destructive they were to the environment.
Each
required a road to service the turbine regularly and the
turbines were
like ugly blotches on the ridges. By contrast, the average
producing oil well can barely be noticed even from low
altitude
and
gas wells are even more invisible.

So, gas and oilwells don't need servicing? Funny, every one
I've
ever
seen has a road going to it......

The biggest danger to caribou in that situation is getting hit
by
a
truck.
Normally the biggest danger to caribou is they get killed by
wolves
but you folks got mad when the people in Alaska tried to thin
out
the
wolves so I am confused. Do you really give a **** about
caribou
or is
this just another way to demonize oil companies?

WHOOOOOSH.......

So, let me get this straight. Because nature is what it is, and
yes,
wolves eat caribou, you think that we should do anything and
everything to make sure we kill them all........just because in
the
wild there is natural selection? Did you get that directly from
Rush,
because that's just a dumb position. Unfortunately disease kills
children. Does that mean that we should stop keeping poison out
of
their reach?


The real point is why do you think a couple hundred acres in a
19
million square mile refuge is going to seriously affect caribou
in
any
way at all?
We cut roads through the middle of national parks all over the
country
and the deer, antelope and bison are as likely to be around the
roads
as anywhere else. Grazing animals are not particularly afraid of
people.

ANWAR is not a pristine land. Former military compounds on it,
villages.

Therefore, we should just trash it? I vote no. Actually, I did
that
last year, so I don't have to do it again until the next election.

--
Nom=de=Plume


No, we drill on the couple square miles needed and leave the other
couple million acres alone.

Right. We can helicopter it out. Sure.

Besides, the oil won't have much of an effect on the supply and it
would
take years before it could be gotten.

--
Nom=de=Plume


NIMBY. So then we drill off California. No? Better to drill in the
desert of the Middle East? Send them the money and control?

How about stop thinking that drilling for oil is going to solve our
problems. How about alternative energy, including nuclear.

Definitely NIMBY.

--
Nom=de=Plume


I have supported nuclear for as long as there has been nuclear power
plants.
But you still need oil. Plastic for boats (at least on topic),
chemicals,
fertilizer and fuel for vehicles until they can come up with a long
range,
fuel cell boat hauler.


Well, the admin just shut down Yukka (sp?) today, there's billions down
the tubes and of course could be the end of Nuke power.. Now we will
have to buy even more dirty panels, and exploding windmills from
China... Who'd a thunk, huh?

--
Wafa free again.



The Yucca Mountain installation could not, apparently, guarantee proper
storage, not to mention the transportation issues.

--
Nom=de=Plume


Was pure politics. Hell, they truck nuclear weapons, what is so bad about
trucking nuclear waste? And most of the waste is low level stuff.



Tosk November 6th 09 04:01 AM

This is interesting....
 
In article ,
says...

"Loogypicker" wrote in message
...
On Nov 4, 10:24 pm, BAR wrote:
In article ,
says...







On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:16:32 -0800, "Bill McKee"
wrote:


"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote in
messagenews:h1o2f55iekdj4hjoouf9bk3vm2b3ncqh17@4a x.com...
On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:11:04 -0500, wrote:


On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:58:30 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
wrote:


My home (Florida) has been completely ruined by tourism
whereas if our economy had been built on energy we'd still have our
beaches and salt marshes.


Don't be so sure
Have you heard about "Cape Wind"?


Another example of envimoronmentalist hyprocrisy.


http://www.saveoursound.org/site/PageServer

Globe editorials in support.


http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/gree...26/2_tribes_ob...


http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ed...torials/articl...


Fortunately, it looks like it's going to get done.


http://www.capewind.org/news1018.htm


If Ted Kennedy were alive, it wouldn't be happening. :)


There are proposals to turn old near shore drilling platforms in the
Gulf of
MX in to Wind Turbine supports. The local indians going to object to
that
also?


Dunno...


Neighbor, golf and poker buddy, in the energy business, says that the
wind turbines are better at self destructing than they are at generating
power. The asian and american manufacturers all have the same problems.
The can't stop the blades from spinning out of control and ripping the
whole unit apart.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -


Funny, there's places right here in the U.S. that have thousands upon
thousands of operational wind turbines.

And lots of those turbines are broken. Amazing to see how many are not
turning in a field of hundreds on Altamont pass.


Are they made in China, seems to be who always gets rich in these Al
Gore Scams.. Y2K, Global Taxing...

--
Wafa free again.

Tosk November 6th 09 04:06 AM

This is interesting....
 
In article ,
says...

"nom=de=plume" wrote in message
...
"Tosk" wrote in message
...
In article ,
says...

"nom=de=plume" wrote in message
...
"Bill McKee" wrote in message
m...

"nom=de=plume" wrote in message
...
"Bill McKee" wrote in message
...

"nom=de=plume" wrote in message
...
"Bill McKee" wrote in message
...

wrote in message
...
On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 13:45:38 -0800 (PST), Loogypicker
wrote:

On Nov 3, 4:37 pm, wrote:
On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 11:21:37 -0800 (PST), Loogypicker

wrote:
Yes, they ignore the pipeline because it was built so that
they
COULD
walk under them. Many types of tundra animals use the EXACT
same
route
and have for thousands of years. I've been to many many
drilling
rigs
also. They are nasty, stinky, they use a lot of chemicals in
the
process, and you can't tell me that wildlife would thrive in
that
environment.

Wildlife do fine around people. They have a huge deer problem
in
downtown Washington DC. I damned near hit two of them on the
Whitehurst freeway. (Georgetown)

I have also flown at low altitude over arrays of wind
turbines
and was
appalled at how destructive they were to the environment.
Each
required a road to service the turbine regularly and the
turbines were
like ugly blotches on the ridges. By contrast, the average
producing oil well can barely be noticed even from low
altitude
and
gas wells are even more invisible.

So, gas and oilwells don't need servicing? Funny, every one
I've
ever
seen has a road going to it......

The biggest danger to caribou in that situation is getting hit
by
a
truck.
Normally the biggest danger to caribou is they get killed by
wolves
but you folks got mad when the people in Alaska tried to thin
out
the
wolves so I am confused. Do you really give a **** about
caribou
or is
this just another way to demonize oil companies?

WHOOOOOSH.......

So, let me get this straight. Because nature is what it is, and
yes,
wolves eat caribou, you think that we should do anything and
everything to make sure we kill them all........just because in
the
wild there is natural selection? Did you get that directly from
Rush,
because that's just a dumb position. Unfortunately disease kills
children. Does that mean that we should stop keeping poison out
of
their reach?


The real point is why do you think a couple hundred acres in a
19
million square mile refuge is going to seriously affect caribou
in
any
way at all?
We cut roads through the middle of national parks all over the
country
and the deer, antelope and bison are as likely to be around the
roads
as anywhere else. Grazing animals are not particularly afraid of
people.

ANWAR is not a pristine land. Former military compounds on it,
villages.

Therefore, we should just trash it? I vote no. Actually, I did
that
last year, so I don't have to do it again until the next election.

--
Nom=de=Plume


No, we drill on the couple square miles needed and leave the other
couple million acres alone.

Right. We can helicopter it out. Sure.

Besides, the oil won't have much of an effect on the supply and it
would
take years before it could be gotten.

--
Nom=de=Plume


NIMBY. So then we drill off California. No? Better to drill in the
desert of the Middle East? Send them the money and control?

How about stop thinking that drilling for oil is going to solve our
problems. How about alternative energy, including nuclear.

Definitely NIMBY.

--
Nom=de=Plume


I have supported nuclear for as long as there has been nuclear power
plants.
But you still need oil. Plastic for boats (at least on topic),
chemicals,
fertilizer and fuel for vehicles until they can come up with a long
range,
fuel cell boat hauler.

Well, the admin just shut down Yukka (sp?) today, there's billions down
the tubes and of course could be the end of Nuke power.. Now we will
have to buy even more dirty panels, and exploding windmills from
China... Who'd a thunk, huh?

--
Wafa free again.



The Yucca Mountain installation could not, apparently, guarantee proper
storage, not to mention the transportation issues.

--
Nom=de=Plume


Was pure politics. Hell, they truck nuclear weapons, what is so bad about
trucking nuclear waste? And most of the waste is low level stuff.


Like health care, they just don't want to solve the problem. Then they
couldn't skim money off the various scams...

--
Wafa free again.

Bill McKee November 6th 09 04:09 AM

This is interesting....
 

"John H." wrote in message
...
On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:52:46 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

"John H." wrote in message
. ..
On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 07:00:24 -0800 (PST), Loogypicker
wrote:

On Nov 4, 10:24 pm, BAR wrote:
In article ,
says...







On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:16:32 -0800, "Bill McKee"
wrote:

"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote
in
messagenews:h1o2f55iekdj4hjoouf9bk3vm2b3ncqh17@4a x.com...
On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:11:04 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:58:30 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
wrote:

My home (Florida) has been completely ruined by tourism
whereas if our economy had been built on energy we'd still have
our
beaches and salt marshes.

Don't be so sure
Have you heard about "Cape Wind"?

Another example of envimoronmentalist hyprocrisy.

http://www.saveoursound.org/site/PageServer

Globe editorials in support.

http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/gree...26/2_tribes_ob...

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ed...torials/articl...

Fortunately, it looks like it's going to get done.

http://www.capewind.org/news1018.htm

If Ted Kennedy were alive, it wouldn't be happening. :)

There are proposals to turn old near shore drilling platforms in
the
Gulf of
MX in to Wind Turbine supports. The local indians going to object
to
that
also?

Dunno...

Neighbor, golf and poker buddy, in the energy business, says that the
wind turbines are better at self destructing than they are at
generating
power. The asian and american manufacturers all have the same
problems.
The can't stop the blades from spinning out of control and ripping the
whole unit apart.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Funny, there's places right here in the U.S. that have thousands upon
thousands of operational wind turbines.

Gosh, with your vast knowledge, it shouldn't be hard for you to show
such a place.

I'd be very interested.



There are something like 4000 near Palm Springs.

There are nearly 5000 at Altamont Pass.


Did they add a few thousand since July?

http://www.awea.org/projects/Projects.aspx?s=California

lol
--
Loogy says:

Conservative = Good
Liberal = Bad

I agree. John H



Probably more than 5000. Lots are not running anymore. They have been
replaced by larger, slower turning windmills to reduce the bird deaths. And
the early units were pretty crappy. One of the lakes I used to fish 15
years ago was on the edge of a wind farm. Maybe 15% of the towers had
fallen over.



Tosk November 6th 09 04:14 AM

This is interesting....
 
In article ,
says...

"John H." wrote in message
...
On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:52:46 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

"John H." wrote in message
. ..
On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 07:00:24 -0800 (PST), Loogypicker
wrote:

On Nov 4, 10:24 pm, BAR wrote:
In article ,
says...







On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:16:32 -0800, "Bill McKee"
wrote:

"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote
in
messagenews:h1o2f55iekdj4hjoouf9bk3vm2b3ncqh17@4a x.com...
On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:11:04 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:58:30 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
wrote:

My home (Florida) has been completely ruined by tourism
whereas if our economy had been built on energy we'd still have
our
beaches and salt marshes.

Don't be so sure
Have you heard about "Cape Wind"?

Another example of envimoronmentalist hyprocrisy.

http://www.saveoursound.org/site/PageServer

Globe editorials in support.

http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/gree...26/2_tribes_ob...

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ed...torials/articl...

Fortunately, it looks like it's going to get done.

http://www.capewind.org/news1018.htm

If Ted Kennedy were alive, it wouldn't be happening. :)

There are proposals to turn old near shore drilling platforms in
the
Gulf of
MX in to Wind Turbine supports. The local indians going to object
to
that
also?

Dunno...

Neighbor, golf and poker buddy, in the energy business, says that the
wind turbines are better at self destructing than they are at
generating
power. The asian and american manufacturers all have the same
problems.
The can't stop the blades from spinning out of control and ripping the
whole unit apart.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Funny, there's places right here in the U.S. that have thousands upon
thousands of operational wind turbines.

Gosh, with your vast knowledge, it shouldn't be hard for you to show
such a place.

I'd be very interested.


There are something like 4000 near Palm Springs.

There are nearly 5000 at Altamont Pass.


Did they add a few thousand since July?

http://www.awea.org/projects/Projects.aspx?s=California

lol
--
Loogy says:

Conservative = Good
Liberal = Bad

I agree. John H



Probably more than 5000. Lots are not running anymore. They have been
replaced by larger, slower turning windmills to reduce the bird deaths. And
the early units were pretty crappy. One of the lakes I used to fish 15
years ago was on the edge of a wind farm. Maybe 15% of the towers had
fallen over.


Geeze, guess that's just great for the environment.. All that spilled
oil and stuff? Maybe a ground level drilling platform a quarter acre
across, wouldn't be so bad after all...

--
Wafa free again.

nom=de=plume November 6th 09 05:38 AM

This is interesting....
 
"Bill McKee" wrote in message
m...

"nom=de=plume" wrote in message
...
"Tosk" wrote in message
...
In article ,
says...

"nom=de=plume" wrote in message
...
"Bill McKee" wrote in message
m...

"nom=de=plume" wrote in message
...
"Bill McKee" wrote in message
...

"nom=de=plume" wrote in message
...
"Bill McKee" wrote in message
...

wrote in message
...
On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 13:45:38 -0800 (PST), Loogypicker
wrote:

On Nov 3, 4:37 pm, wrote:
On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 11:21:37 -0800 (PST), Loogypicker

wrote:
Yes, they ignore the pipeline because it was built so that
they
COULD
walk under them. Many types of tundra animals use the EXACT
same
route
and have for thousands of years. I've been to many many
drilling
rigs
also. They are nasty, stinky, they use a lot of chemicals in
the
process, and you can't tell me that wildlife would thrive in
that
environment.

Wildlife do fine around people. They have a huge deer problem
in
downtown Washington DC. I damned near hit two of them on the
Whitehurst freeway. (Georgetown)

I have also flown at low altitude over arrays of wind
turbines
and was
appalled at how destructive they were to the environment.
Each
required a road to service the turbine regularly and the
turbines were
like ugly blotches on the ridges. By contrast, the average
producing oil well can barely be noticed even from low
altitude
and
gas wells are even more invisible.

So, gas and oilwells don't need servicing? Funny, every one
I've
ever
seen has a road going to it......

The biggest danger to caribou in that situation is getting
hit by
a
truck.
Normally the biggest danger to caribou is they get killed by
wolves
but you folks got mad when the people in Alaska tried to thin
out
the
wolves so I am confused. Do you really give a **** about
caribou
or is
this just another way to demonize oil companies?

WHOOOOOSH.......

So, let me get this straight. Because nature is what it is, and
yes,
wolves eat caribou, you think that we should do anything and
everything to make sure we kill them all........just because in
the
wild there is natural selection? Did you get that directly from
Rush,
because that's just a dumb position. Unfortunately disease
kills
children. Does that mean that we should stop keeping poison out
of
their reach?


The real point is why do you think a couple hundred acres in a
19
million square mile refuge is going to seriously affect caribou
in
any
way at all?
We cut roads through the middle of national parks all over the
country
and the deer, antelope and bison are as likely to be around the
roads
as anywhere else. Grazing animals are not particularly afraid
of
people.

ANWAR is not a pristine land. Former military compounds on it,
villages.

Therefore, we should just trash it? I vote no. Actually, I did
that
last year, so I don't have to do it again until the next
election.

--
Nom=de=Plume


No, we drill on the couple square miles needed and leave the other
couple million acres alone.

Right. We can helicopter it out. Sure.

Besides, the oil won't have much of an effect on the supply and it
would
take years before it could be gotten.

--
Nom=de=Plume


NIMBY. So then we drill off California. No? Better to drill in
the
desert of the Middle East? Send them the money and control?

How about stop thinking that drilling for oil is going to solve our
problems. How about alternative energy, including nuclear.

Definitely NIMBY.

--
Nom=de=Plume


I have supported nuclear for as long as there has been nuclear power
plants.
But you still need oil. Plastic for boats (at least on topic),
chemicals,
fertilizer and fuel for vehicles until they can come up with a long
range,
fuel cell boat hauler.

Well, the admin just shut down Yukka (sp?) today, there's billions down
the tubes and of course could be the end of Nuke power.. Now we will
have to buy even more dirty panels, and exploding windmills from
China... Who'd a thunk, huh?

--
Wafa free again.



The Yucca Mountain installation could not, apparently, guarantee proper
storage, not to mention the transportation issues.

--
Nom=de=Plume


Was pure politics. Hell, they truck nuclear weapons, what is so bad about
trucking nuclear waste? And most of the waste is low level stuff.


Nope. There were genuine concerns about the locale. I'm sure there's a
solution, but I don't know what it is.

--
Nom=de=Plume



nom=de=plume November 6th 09 05:39 AM

This is interesting....
 
"Tosk" wrote in message
...
In article ,
says...

"nom=de=plume" wrote in message
...
"Tosk" wrote in message
...
In article ,
says...

"nom=de=plume" wrote in message
...
"Bill McKee" wrote in message
m...

"nom=de=plume" wrote in message
...
"Bill McKee" wrote in message
...

"nom=de=plume" wrote in message
...
"Bill McKee" wrote in message
...

wrote in message
...
On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 13:45:38 -0800 (PST), Loogypicker
wrote:

On Nov 3, 4:37 pm, wrote:
On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 11:21:37 -0800 (PST), Loogypicker

wrote:
Yes, they ignore the pipeline because it was built so that
they
COULD
walk under them. Many types of tundra animals use the
EXACT
same
route
and have for thousands of years. I've been to many many
drilling
rigs
also. They are nasty, stinky, they use a lot of chemicals
in
the
process, and you can't tell me that wildlife would thrive
in
that
environment.

Wildlife do fine around people. They have a huge deer
problem
in
downtown Washington DC. I damned near hit two of them on
the
Whitehurst freeway. (Georgetown)

I have also flown at low altitude over arrays of wind
turbines
and was
appalled at how destructive they were to the
environment.
Each
required a road to service the turbine regularly and the
turbines were
like ugly blotches on the ridges. By contrast, the
average
producing oil well can barely be noticed even from low
altitude
and
gas wells are even more invisible.

So, gas and oilwells don't need servicing? Funny, every
one
I've
ever
seen has a road going to it......

The biggest danger to caribou in that situation is getting
hit
by
a
truck.
Normally the biggest danger to caribou is they get killed
by
wolves
but you folks got mad when the people in Alaska tried to
thin
out
the
wolves so I am confused. Do you really give a **** about
caribou
or is
this just another way to demonize oil companies?

WHOOOOOSH.......

So, let me get this straight. Because nature is what it is,
and
yes,
wolves eat caribou, you think that we should do anything and
everything to make sure we kill them all........just because
in
the
wild there is natural selection? Did you get that directly
from
Rush,
because that's just a dumb position. Unfortunately disease
kills
children. Does that mean that we should stop keeping poison
out
of
their reach?


The real point is why do you think a couple hundred acres in
a
19
million square mile refuge is going to seriously affect
caribou
in
any
way at all?
We cut roads through the middle of national parks all over
the
country
and the deer, antelope and bison are as likely to be around
the
roads
as anywhere else. Grazing animals are not particularly afraid
of
people.

ANWAR is not a pristine land. Former military compounds on
it,
villages.

Therefore, we should just trash it? I vote no. Actually, I did
that
last year, so I don't have to do it again until the next
election.

--
Nom=de=Plume


No, we drill on the couple square miles needed and leave the
other
couple million acres alone.

Right. We can helicopter it out. Sure.

Besides, the oil won't have much of an effect on the supply and
it
would
take years before it could be gotten.

--
Nom=de=Plume


NIMBY. So then we drill off California. No? Better to drill in
the
desert of the Middle East? Send them the money and control?

How about stop thinking that drilling for oil is going to solve our
problems. How about alternative energy, including nuclear.

Definitely NIMBY.

--
Nom=de=Plume


I have supported nuclear for as long as there has been nuclear power
plants.
But you still need oil. Plastic for boats (at least on topic),
chemicals,
fertilizer and fuel for vehicles until they can come up with a long
range,
fuel cell boat hauler.

Well, the admin just shut down Yukka (sp?) today, there's billions
down
the tubes and of course could be the end of Nuke power.. Now we will
have to buy even more dirty panels, and exploding windmills from
China... Who'd a thunk, huh?

--
Wafa free again.


The Yucca Mountain installation could not, apparently, guarantee proper
storage, not to mention the transportation issues.

--
Nom=de=Plume


Was pure politics. Hell, they truck nuclear weapons, what is so bad
about
trucking nuclear waste? And most of the waste is low level stuff.


Like health care, they just don't want to solve the problem. Then they
couldn't skim money off the various scams...

--
Wafa free again.



Right. Like them guys in DC who put out a plan that insures fewer people and
costs more. Quite a solution that.

--
Nom=de=Plume



nom=de=plume November 6th 09 05:45 AM

This is interesting....
 
"Tosk" wrote in message
...
In article ,
says...

"Loogypicker" wrote in message
...
On Nov 4, 10:24 pm, BAR wrote:
In article ,
says...







On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:16:32 -0800, "Bill McKee"
wrote:

"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote
in
messagenews:h1o2f55iekdj4hjoouf9bk3vm2b3ncqh17@4a x.com...
On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:11:04 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:58:30 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
wrote:

My home (Florida) has been completely ruined by tourism
whereas if our economy had been built on energy we'd still have
our
beaches and salt marshes.

Don't be so sure
Have you heard about "Cape Wind"?

Another example of envimoronmentalist hyprocrisy.

http://www.saveoursound.org/site/PageServer

Globe editorials in support.

http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/gree...26/2_tribes_ob...

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ed...torials/articl...

Fortunately, it looks like it's going to get done.

http://www.capewind.org/news1018.htm

If Ted Kennedy were alive, it wouldn't be happening. :)

There are proposals to turn old near shore drilling platforms in the
Gulf of
MX in to Wind Turbine supports. The local indians going to object to
that
also?

Dunno...

Neighbor, golf and poker buddy, in the energy business, says that the
wind turbines are better at self destructing than they are at
generating
power. The asian and american manufacturers all have the same problems.
The can't stop the blades from spinning out of control and ripping the
whole unit apart.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -


Funny, there's places right here in the U.S. that have thousands upon
thousands of operational wind turbines.

And lots of those turbines are broken. Amazing to see how many are not
turning in a field of hundreds on Altamont pass.


Are they made in China, seems to be who always gets rich in these Al
Gore Scams.. Y2K, Global Taxing...

--
Wafa free again.



Don't know about quantity, but I believe the largest turbines made are done
by a German company.


--
Nom=de=Plume



thunder November 6th 09 12:19 PM

This is interesting....
 
On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:00:55 -0800, Bill McKee wrote:


The Yucca Mountain installation could not, apparently, guarantee proper
storage, not to mention the transportation issues.

--
Nom=de=Plume


Was pure politics. Hell, they truck nuclear weapons, what is so bad
about trucking nuclear waste? And most of the waste is low level stuff.


One of the problems with Yucca Mountain, it's 30 year old technology.
The proposed Generation IV reactors produce much less waste, and with
reprocessing may make the whole concept of a nuclear waste repository,
such as Yucca Mountain, unnecessary. It's my understanding that Yucca
Mountain hasn't been permanently discared, but they are having a blue-
ribbon panel look at it with modern day eyes. There may very well be,
cheaper, safer, ways to accomplish it's mission.

Tosk November 6th 09 01:07 PM

This is interesting....
 
In article ,
says...

On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:00:55 -0800, Bill McKee wrote:


The Yucca Mountain installation could not, apparently, guarantee proper
storage, not to mention the transportation issues.

--
Nom=de=Plume


Was pure politics. Hell, they truck nuclear weapons, what is so bad
about trucking nuclear waste? And most of the waste is low level stuff.


One of the problems with Yucca Mountain, it's 30 year old technology.
The proposed Generation IV reactors produce much less waste, and with
reprocessing may make the whole concept of a nuclear waste repository,
such as Yucca Mountain, unnecessary. It's my understanding that Yucca
Mountain hasn't been permanently discared, but they are having a blue-
ribbon panel look at it with modern day eyes. There may very well be,
cheaper, safer, ways to accomplish it's mission.


It is my understanding that along with cutting Yukka, the licensing for
new and renewed Nuclear power plants is going to be so high, it won't
happen... They are going to force us to buy Chinese **** like the swirly
light bbulbs.

--
Wafa free again.

Tosk November 6th 09 01:47 PM

This is interesting....
 
In article ,
says...

On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:19:51 -0600, thunder
wrote:



One of the problems with Yucca Mountain, it's 30 year old technology.
The proposed Generation IV reactors produce much less waste, and with
reprocessing may make the whole concept of a nuclear waste repository,
such as Yucca Mountain, unnecessary. It's my understanding that Yucca
Mountain hasn't been permanently discared, but they are having a blue-
ribbon panel look at it with modern day eyes. There may very well be,
cheaper, safer, ways to accomplish it's mission.


It's sure nice to see a liberal who puts some thought into a topic.


I agree with this post and would add, is intellectually honest if not
wrong sometimes;)

--
Wafa free again.

NotNow[_3_] November 6th 09 01:53 PM

This is interesting....
 
Tosk wrote:
In article ,
says...
"John H." wrote in message
...
On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:52:46 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

"John H." wrote in message
...
On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 07:00:24 -0800 (PST), Loogypicker
wrote:

On Nov 4, 10:24 pm, BAR wrote:
In article ,
says...







On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:16:32 -0800, "Bill McKee"
wrote:
"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote
in
messagenews:h1o2f55iekdj4hjoouf9bk3vm2b3ncqh17@4ax .com...
On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:11:04 -0500, wrote:
On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:58:30 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
wrote:
My home (Florida) has been completely ruined by tourism
whereas if our economy had been built on energy we'd still have
our
beaches and salt marshes.
Don't be so sure
Have you heard about "Cape Wind"?
Another example of envimoronmentalist hyprocrisy.
http://www.saveoursound.org/site/PageServer
Globe editorials in support.
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/gree...26/2_tribes_ob...
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ed...torials/articl...
Fortunately, it looks like it's going to get done.
http://www.capewind.org/news1018.htm
If Ted Kennedy were alive, it wouldn't be happening. :)
There are proposals to turn old near shore drilling platforms in
the
Gulf of
MX in to Wind Turbine supports. The local indians going to object
to
that
also?
Dunno...
Neighbor, golf and poker buddy, in the energy business, says that the
wind turbines are better at self destructing than they are at
generating
power. The asian and american manufacturers all have the same
problems.
The can't stop the blades from spinning out of control and ripping the
whole unit apart.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -
Funny, there's places right here in the U.S. that have thousands upon
thousands of operational wind turbines.
Gosh, with your vast knowledge, it shouldn't be hard for you to show
such a place.

I'd be very interested.

There are something like 4000 near Palm Springs.

There are nearly 5000 at Altamont Pass.
Did they add a few thousand since July?

http://www.awea.org/projects/Projects.aspx?s=California

lol
--
Loogy says:

Conservative = Good
Liberal = Bad

I agree. John H


Probably more than 5000. Lots are not running anymore. They have been
replaced by larger, slower turning windmills to reduce the bird deaths. And
the early units were pretty crappy. One of the lakes I used to fish 15
years ago was on the edge of a wind farm. Maybe 15% of the towers had
fallen over.


Geeze, guess that's just great for the environment.. All that spilled
oil and stuff? Maybe a ground level drilling platform a quarter acre
across, wouldn't be so bad after all...

Yeah, wouldn't be no spilled oil THERE, huh?

Tosk November 6th 09 02:05 PM

This is interesting....
 
In article ,
says...

Tosk wrote:
In article ,
says...
"John H." wrote in message
...
On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:52:46 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

"John H." wrote in message
...
On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 07:00:24 -0800 (PST), Loogypicker
wrote:

On Nov 4, 10:24 pm, BAR wrote:
In article ,
says...







On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:16:32 -0800, "Bill McKee"
wrote:
"Tom Francis - SWSports" wrote
in
messagenews:h1o2f55iekdj4hjoouf9bk3vm2b3ncqh17@4ax .com...
On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:11:04 -0500, wrote:
On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:58:30 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
wrote:
My home (Florida) has been completely ruined by tourism
whereas if our economy had been built on energy we'd still have
our
beaches and salt marshes.
Don't be so sure
Have you heard about "Cape Wind"?
Another example of envimoronmentalist hyprocrisy.
http://www.saveoursound.org/site/PageServer
Globe editorials in support.
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/gree...26/2_tribes_ob...
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ed...torials/articl...
Fortunately, it looks like it's going to get done.
http://www.capewind.org/news1018.htm
If Ted Kennedy were alive, it wouldn't be happening. :)
There are proposals to turn old near shore drilling platforms in
the
Gulf of
MX in to Wind Turbine supports. The local indians going to object
to
that
also?
Dunno...
Neighbor, golf and poker buddy, in the energy business, says that the
wind turbines are better at self destructing than they are at
generating
power. The asian and american manufacturers all have the same
problems.
The can't stop the blades from spinning out of control and ripping the
whole unit apart.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -
Funny, there's places right here in the U.S. that have thousands upon
thousands of operational wind turbines.
Gosh, with your vast knowledge, it shouldn't be hard for you to show
such a place.

I'd be very interested.

There are something like 4000 near Palm Springs.

There are nearly 5000 at Altamont Pass.
Did they add a few thousand since July?

http://www.awea.org/projects/Projects.aspx?s=California

lol
--
Loogy says:

Conservative = Good
Liberal = Bad

I agree. John H

Probably more than 5000. Lots are not running anymore. They have been
replaced by larger, slower turning windmills to reduce the bird deaths. And
the early units were pretty crappy. One of the lakes I used to fish 15
years ago was on the edge of a wind farm. Maybe 15% of the towers had
fallen over.


Geeze, guess that's just great for the environment.. All that spilled
oil and stuff? Maybe a ground level drilling platform a quarter acre
across, wouldn't be so bad after all...

Yeah, wouldn't be no spilled oil THERE, huh?


Nope, each one comes with a "Mr. Monk"... and a affable blond
sidekick...;)

--
Wafa free again.

H the K[_2_] November 6th 09 02:43 PM

This is interesting....
 
On 11/6/09 8:07 AM, Tosk wrote:


It is my understanding..."



snerk


Loogypicker[_2_] November 6th 09 03:02 PM

This is interesting....
 
On Nov 6, 9:32*am, John H. wrote:
On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 08:47:43 -0500, Tosk





wrote:
In article ,
says...


On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:19:51 -0600, thunder
wrote:


One of the problems with Yucca Mountain, it's 30 year old technology. *
The proposed Generation IV reactors produce much less waste, and with
reprocessing may make the whole concept of a nuclear waste repository,
such as Yucca Mountain, unnecessary. *It's my understanding that Yucca
Mountain hasn't been permanently discared, but they are having a blue-
ribbon panel look at it with modern day eyes. *There may very well be,
cheaper, safer, ways to accomplish it's mission.


It's sure nice to see a liberal who puts some thought into a topic.


I agree with this post and would add, is intellectually honest if not
wrong sometimes;)


And I concur with that also. Intellectual honesty seems quite rare in
that side of the aisle, but it does exist in this case.
--
John H


Do you mean like "death panels"

Or, At the behest of the oil and coal barons, Republican propagandists
first attacked the bill as an "energy tax" that would force American
consumers into abject poverty. They referred to an independent and
reputable study by scientists at MIT in their initial attacks, but a
co-author of the study told Congress that they were distorting and
misrepresenting its findings.
And so they came up with a "study" by some of their own. William W.
Beach, David Kreutzer, Karen Campbell and Ben Lieberman - the
"experts" cited by Ms. Montes - are all on the payroll of the
infamously right-wing American Heritage Foundation, a conservative
propaganda machine. This is roughly equivalent to citing Bill O'Reilly
as an "expert" on journalism.

Or do you mean: As CNN reported, McConnell recently made a speech to
the Senate referring to the "bureaucrats who run Canada's health care
system" and using the Kingston General Hospital as an example of the
horror of Canada's health care. KGH supposedly had waits of 340 days
for knee replacement and 196 days for hip replacement. McConnell also
fussed that Ontario's wait time for breast cancer surgery is three
months. CNN did interview Dr. David Zelt, KGH's chief of staff, who
pointed out the wait times are actually 91 days for hip replacement,
109 days for knees, and that these aren't the average wait times, but
the time that nine out of 10 people have had the procedure. Many have
them done much faster. For breast cancer surgery, the wait time at KGH
is 23 days, across Ontario it's 34 days.
..

David Drissel's diary :: :: Lie #1: President Obama and Congressional
Democrats are seeking to “nationalize” health care, which will result
in “socialized medicine.”

The Truth: Fear-inducing buzzwords such as “nationalization” and
“socialized medicine” are not accurate descriptions of Obama’s health
care approach. In reality, Obama and Congressional Democrats are
advocating that health care remain primarily in private hands, but
that the government should design a "health insurance exchange" and
“public option” to cover most of the estimated 46 million uninsured.
In addition, Obama is promoting new regulations to reduce escalating
health care costs, guarantee the portability of insurance policies,
and limit the ability of insurance companies to deny coverage simply
because of preexisting conditions.

Lie #2: "Universal health care” is overly bureaucratic and results in
a “government takeover” of health care.

The Truth: The U.S. is the only country in the industrialized world
that does not have some form of universal health care. But
“universal” is not synonymous with a “government takeover.” Though
some countries such as Great Britain and Canada have indeed
nationalized major components of their health care systems, other
countries such as Germany and the Netherlands have found ways in which
to cover everyone while also retaining a strong private insurance
system. In this regard, Obama and a majority of Congressional
Democrats have endorsed a relatively moderate approach designed to
reduce bureaucratic red tape in both private and public health care
institutions. Under such a plan, no one will be compelled to switch
from his or her insurance company to a public option.

Lie #3: Health care reform will result in the rationing of care, thus
depriving people of important medical services.

The Truth: Insurance companies are actually the ones who are
currently rationing health care in the U.S. Every day, countless
thousands of Americans are denied payment for needed operations and
treatments by health insurance companies. In contrast, there is
nothing in any of the major Democratic proposals that would ration
care. This is simply another scare tactic designed by conservative
special interest groups to forestall any major reform of the system.

Lie #4: Health care reform, as proposed by President Obama and
Congressional Democrats, will supply illegal immigrants with health
care coverage.

The Truth: The main House bill, HR 3200, actually bans the coverage
of illegal immigrants. According to Section 246 in the bill, any type
of health insurance exchange or public option would forbid payments
"on behalf of individuals who are not lawfully present in the United
States."

Lie #5: Health care reform proposals endorsed by President Obama and
Congressional Democrats will mandate “death panels” for elderly
patients, thus encouraging euthanasia.

The Truth: There is absolutely nothing in any of the bills before
Congress that would provide for death panels or euthanasia. What HR
3200, Section 1233, actually states is that Medicare would be required
to pay doctors for consultations with patients about "advance care
planning," such as living wills, hospice care, etc. The American
Medical Association, which has endorsed the Democratic approach to
health care reform, has noted that such consultations would be
strictly voluntary and not result in any type of rationing of care or
euthanasia for seniors.

Lie #6: Democratic proposals for health care reform include a
provision that would allow the U.S. government to access patients’
bank accounts and related financial records.

The Truth: Section 163 of HR 3200 entitled "Standards for financial
and administrative transactions" requires the government to set
"comprehensive, efficient and robust" rules for electronic
transactions, thus reducing expensive and duplicative paperwork. This
is one of several provisions that are designed to cut administrative
costs and red tape in the health care bureaucracy. This provision
only covers companies involved in medical billing and not individual
patients.

Lie #7: The U.S. cannot afford any new, expensive government programs
that will fuel the deficit for years to come.

The Truth: Currently, the U.S. has the most expensive health care
system in the world. Every year, health care costs continue to rise,
while insurance companies raise premiums and other out of pocket
expenses for average consumers. Health care costs result in sixty
percent of all bankruptcies in the US. One major reason why health
care is so expensive is due to the approximately 46 million Americans
who are uninsured that tend to visit emergency rooms for even minor
ailments. As the most expensive place to receive care, ERs drive up
the cost of health care in general. With universal health care, ER
visits would almost certainly decline, thus saving huge sums of
money. Maintaining the status quo will only fuel the federal deficit
since health care inflation is having a dramatic impact on the rising
costs of Medicare and Medicaid. Besides, Obama has promised not to
sign a bill unless it is deficit-neutral. Health care reform is
designed to eliminate waste and duplicative procedures, thus actually
saving taxpayers money in the long run.

Lie #8: The U.S. has the best health care system in the world; thus
there is no need for any major changes in government policies and
regulations.

The Truth: Among 191 countries, the U.S. ranks 37th for performance
in health care and 15th in overall attainment of health care needs
(according to a 2000 World Health Organization study). The U.S. also
ranks 26th in infant mortality rates among industrialized countries,
according to recent OECD figures. The OECD found that the U.S. comes
in last among industrialized countries in the fairness of financial
contributions to health care. As the WHO report states, “the impact
of failures is most severe on the poor everywhere, who are driven
deeper into poverty by lack of financial protection against ill-
health.” The Commonwealth Fund found in 2007 that U.S. health care
ranks last compared with five other nations (Canada, Britain,
Australia and New Zealand) "on measures of quality, access,
efficiency, equity, and outcomes.”

Lie #9: Insurance companies would be unable to compete effectively
with a government-backed “public option,” thus driving such companies
out of business.

The Truth: In many countries around the world, a dual system of
private insurance effectively co-exists with government-funded health
care programs. Such private-public hybrids are the norm in countries
such as Germany and the Netherlands. In contrast, the current private
insurance system in the U.S. is overly bureaucratic and monopolistic,
thus driving up health care costs. A public option would provide a
more competitive market for health care, thus pressuring insurance
companies to lower their rates. The idea that the private sector
cannot compete with the government has been proven wrong in other
sectors of the economy such as education (with private schools
competing against public schools) and postal services (with FedEx and
UPS competing against the U.S. Post Office).

Lie #10: Obama’s health care reform proposals will cut Medicare
benefits for the elderly.

The Truth: Obama and Congressional Democrats are proposing cost-
saving measures in Medicare and Medicaid that target waste, fraud, and
inefficiency. The plan envisions huge savings in these programs by
changing procedures for billing and paperwork, with a particular
emphasis on ending overpayments to insurance companies. As many
experts have noted, the Obama/Democratic plan will not reduce Medicare
benefits in any way, shape, or form


Tosk November 6th 09 03:34 PM

This is interesting....
 
In article ,
says...

On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 07:02:03 -0800 (PST), Loogypicker
wrote:

On Nov 6, 9:32*am, John H. wrote:
On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 08:47:43 -0500, Tosk





wrote:
In article ,
says...

On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:19:51 -0600, thunder
wrote:

One of the problems with Yucca Mountain, it's 30 year old technology. *
The proposed Generation IV reactors produce much less waste, and with
reprocessing may make the whole concept of a nuclear waste repository,
such as Yucca Mountain, unnecessary. *It's my understanding that Yucca
Mountain hasn't been permanently discared, but they are having a blue-
ribbon panel look at it with modern day eyes. *There may very well be,
cheaper, safer, ways to accomplish it's mission.

It's sure nice to see a liberal who puts some thought into a topic.

I agree with this post and would add, is intellectually honest if not
wrong sometimes;)

And I concur with that also. Intellectual honesty seems quite rare in
that side of the aisle, but it does exist in this case.
--
John H


Do you mean like "death panels"

Or, At the behest of the oil and coal barons, Republican propagandists
first attacked the bill as an "energy tax" that would force American
consumers into abject poverty. They referred to an independent and
reputable study by scientists at MIT in their initial attacks, but a
co-author of the study told Congress that they were distorting and
misrepresenting its findings.

snipped

An ability to cut'n'paste does not exhibit intellectual honest. If it
did, Harry would win the prize.


But Harry "edits" them, so the reasoning still stands...

--
Wafa free again.

jps November 6th 09 07:04 PM

This is interesting....
 
On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 10:19:53 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

"John H." wrote in message
.. .
On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:54:27 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

"John H." wrote in message
...
On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:52:46 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

"John H." wrote in message
om...
On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 07:00:24 -0800 (PST), Loogypicker
wrote:

On Nov 4, 10:24 pm, BAR wrote:
In article ,
says...







On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:16:32 -0800, "Bill McKee"
wrote:

"Tom Francis - SWSports"
wrote
in
messagenews:h1o2f55iekdj4hjoouf9bk3vm2b3ncqh17@4a x.com...
On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:11:04 -0500, wrote:

On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:58:30 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
wrote:

My home (Florida) has been completely ruined by tourism
whereas if our economy had been built on energy we'd still
have
our
beaches and salt marshes.

Don't be so sure
Have you heard about "Cape Wind"?

Another example of envimoronmentalist hyprocrisy.

http://www.saveoursound.org/site/PageServer

Globe editorials in support.

http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/gree...26/2_tribes_ob...

http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ed...torials/articl...

Fortunately, it looks like it's going to get done.

http://www.capewind.org/news1018.htm

If Ted Kennedy were alive, it wouldn't be happening. :)

There are proposals to turn old near shore drilling platforms in
the
Gulf of
MX in to Wind Turbine supports. The local indians going to object
to
that
also?

Dunno...

Neighbor, golf and poker buddy, in the energy business, says that
the
wind turbines are better at self destructing than they are at
generating
power. The asian and american manufacturers all have the same
problems.
The can't stop the blades from spinning out of control and ripping
the
whole unit apart.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Funny, there's places right here in the U.S. that have thousands upon
thousands of operational wind turbines.

Gosh, with your vast knowledge, it shouldn't be hard for you to show
such a place.

I'd be very interested.


There are something like 4000 near Palm Springs.

There are nearly 5000 at Altamont Pass.

Did they add a few thousand since July?

http://www.awea.org/projects/Projects.aspx?s=California


What's that got to do with your question of how many and where?


It had to do with your bull**** response.
--
John H

**************************
"That's not a *baby* kicking, beautiful bride, it's just a fetus." (Harry
Krause truism)



So, basically, you don't give a crap about actual facts. You just would
prefer to slam someone personally.


Bingo!

jps November 6th 09 07:05 PM

This is interesting....
 
On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 10:21:20 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

"John H." wrote in message
.. .
On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:08:54 -0500, Jim wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:54:27 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

"John H." wrote in message
...
On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:52:46 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

"John H." wrote in message
...
On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 07:00:24 -0800 (PST), Loogypicker
wrote:

On Nov 4, 10:24 pm, BAR wrote:
In article ,
says...







On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:16:32 -0800, "Bill McKee"
wrote:
"Tom Francis - SWSports"
wrote
in
messagenews:h1o2f55iekdj4hjoouf9bk3vm2b3ncqh17@4ax .com...
On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:11:04 -0500, wrote:
On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:58:30 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
wrote:
My home (Florida) has been completely ruined by tourism
whereas if our economy had been built on energy we'd still
have
our
beaches and salt marshes.
Don't be so sure
Have you heard about "Cape Wind"?
Another example of envimoronmentalist hyprocrisy.
http://www.saveoursound.org/site/PageServer
Globe editorials in support.
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/gree...26/2_tribes_ob...
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ed...torials/articl...
Fortunately, it looks like it's going to get done.
http://www.capewind.org/news1018.htm
If Ted Kennedy were alive, it wouldn't be happening. :)
There are proposals to turn old near shore drilling platforms in
the
Gulf of
MX in to Wind Turbine supports. The local indians going to
object
to
that
also?
Dunno...
Neighbor, golf and poker buddy, in the energy business, says that
the
wind turbines are better at self destructing than they are at
generating
power. The asian and american manufacturers all have the same
problems.
The can't stop the blades from spinning out of control and ripping
the
whole unit apart.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -
Funny, there's places right here in the U.S. that have thousands
upon
thousands of operational wind turbines.
Gosh, with your vast knowledge, it shouldn't be hard for you to show
such a place.

I'd be very interested.

There are something like 4000 near Palm Springs.

There are nearly 5000 at Altamont Pass.
Did they add a few thousand since July?

http://www.awea.org/projects/Projects.aspx?s=California

What's that got to do with your question of how many and where?

It had to do with your bull**** response.
--
John H

**************************
"That's not a *baby* kicking, beautiful bride, it's just a fetus."
(Harry Krause truism)

I thought you had the homely one in your trash barrel.


That was the day i came home and found about 200 or her posts. I kf'd
her to delete them all.

She's going back. Geez.
--
John H

**************************
"That's not a *baby* kicking, beautiful bride, it's just a fetus." (Harry
Krause truism)



I think you're just a liar. More personal attacks, this time from a pea
brain who is unable to actually argue a point in a logical way. I can see
why you guys are held in such distain in this newsgroup.


Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding!!!!

nom=de=plume November 6th 09 07:55 PM

This is interesting....
 
"jps" wrote in message
...
On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 10:21:20 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

"John H." wrote in message
. ..
On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:08:54 -0500, Jim wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:54:27 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

"John H." wrote in message
...
On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:52:46 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

"John H." wrote in message
...
On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 07:00:24 -0800 (PST), Loogypicker
wrote:

On Nov 4, 10:24 pm, BAR wrote:
In article ,
says...







On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:16:32 -0800, "Bill McKee"
wrote:
"Tom Francis - SWSports"
wrote
in
messagenews:h1o2f55iekdj4hjoouf9bk3vm2b3ncqh17@4ax .com...
On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:11:04 -0500, wrote:
On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:58:30 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
wrote:
My home (Florida) has been completely ruined by tourism
whereas if our economy had been built on energy we'd still
have
our
beaches and salt marshes.
Don't be so sure
Have you heard about "Cape Wind"?
Another example of envimoronmentalist hyprocrisy.
http://www.saveoursound.org/site/PageServer
Globe editorials in support.
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/gree...26/2_tribes_ob...
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ed...torials/articl...
Fortunately, it looks like it's going to get done.
http://www.capewind.org/news1018.htm
If Ted Kennedy were alive, it wouldn't be happening. :)
There are proposals to turn old near shore drilling platforms
in
the
Gulf of
MX in to Wind Turbine supports. The local indians going to
object
to
that
also?
Dunno...
Neighbor, golf and poker buddy, in the energy business, says
that
the
wind turbines are better at self destructing than they are at
generating
power. The asian and american manufacturers all have the same
problems.
The can't stop the blades from spinning out of control and
ripping
the
whole unit apart.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -
Funny, there's places right here in the U.S. that have thousands
upon
thousands of operational wind turbines.
Gosh, with your vast knowledge, it shouldn't be hard for you to
show
such a place.

I'd be very interested.

There are something like 4000 near Palm Springs.

There are nearly 5000 at Altamont Pass.
Did they add a few thousand since July?

http://www.awea.org/projects/Projects.aspx?s=California

What's that got to do with your question of how many and where?

It had to do with your bull**** response.
--
John H

**************************
"That's not a *baby* kicking, beautiful bride, it's just a fetus."
(Harry Krause truism)

I thought you had the homely one in your trash barrel.

That was the day i came home and found about 200 or her posts. I kf'd
her to delete them all.

She's going back. Geez.
--
John H

**************************
"That's not a *baby* kicking, beautiful bride, it's just a fetus."
(Harry
Krause truism)



I think you're just a liar. More personal attacks, this time from a pea
brain who is unable to actually argue a point in a logical way. I can see
why you guys are held in such distain in this newsgroup.


Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding!!!!



I apologize for using the term pea brain. I guess I got tired of seeing a
bunch of lies from someone old enough to be an adult.

--
Nom=de=Plume



jps November 6th 09 09:03 PM

This is interesting....
 
On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 11:55:58 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

"jps" wrote in message
.. .
On Fri, 6 Nov 2009 10:21:20 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

"John H." wrote in message
...
On Fri, 06 Nov 2009 07:08:54 -0500, Jim wrote:

John H. wrote:
On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 16:54:27 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

"John H." wrote in message
...
On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 14:52:46 -0800, "nom=de=plume"
wrote:

"John H." wrote in message
...
On Thu, 5 Nov 2009 07:00:24 -0800 (PST), Loogypicker
wrote:

On Nov 4, 10:24 pm, BAR wrote:
In article ,
says...







On Wed, 4 Nov 2009 17:16:32 -0800, "Bill McKee"
wrote:
"Tom Francis - SWSports"
wrote
in
messagenews:h1o2f55iekdj4hjoouf9bk3vm2b3ncqh17@4ax .com...
On Wed, 04 Nov 2009 01:11:04 -0500, wrote:
On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 15:58:30 -0800 (PST), Frogwatch
wrote:
My home (Florida) has been completely ruined by tourism
whereas if our economy had been built on energy we'd still
have
our
beaches and salt marshes.
Don't be so sure
Have you heard about "Cape Wind"?
Another example of envimoronmentalist hyprocrisy.
http://www.saveoursound.org/site/PageServer
Globe editorials in support.
http://www.boston.com/lifestyle/gree...26/2_tribes_ob...
http://www.boston.com/bostonglobe/ed...torials/articl...
Fortunately, it looks like it's going to get done.
http://www.capewind.org/news1018.htm
If Ted Kennedy were alive, it wouldn't be happening. :)
There are proposals to turn old near shore drilling platforms
in
the
Gulf of
MX in to Wind Turbine supports. The local indians going to
object
to
that
also?
Dunno...
Neighbor, golf and poker buddy, in the energy business, says
that
the
wind turbines are better at self destructing than they are at
generating
power. The asian and american manufacturers all have the same
problems.
The can't stop the blades from spinning out of control and
ripping
the
whole unit apart.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -
Funny, there's places right here in the U.S. that have thousands
upon
thousands of operational wind turbines.
Gosh, with your vast knowledge, it shouldn't be hard for you to
show
such a place.

I'd be very interested.

There are something like 4000 near Palm Springs.

There are nearly 5000 at Altamont Pass.
Did they add a few thousand since July?

http://www.awea.org/projects/Projects.aspx?s=California

What's that got to do with your question of how many and where?

It had to do with your bull**** response.
--
John H

**************************
"That's not a *baby* kicking, beautiful bride, it's just a fetus."
(Harry Krause truism)

I thought you had the homely one in your trash barrel.

That was the day i came home and found about 200 or her posts. I kf'd
her to delete them all.

She's going back. Geez.
--
John H

**************************
"That's not a *baby* kicking, beautiful bride, it's just a fetus."
(Harry
Krause truism)


I think you're just a liar. More personal attacks, this time from a pea
brain who is unable to actually argue a point in a logical way. I can see
why you guys are held in such distain in this newsgroup.


Ding, ding, ding, ding, ding!!!!



I apologize for using the term pea brain. I guess I got tired of seeing a
bunch of lies from someone old enough to be an adult.


The ding, ding, ding wasn't based on pea brain. If you insert person
in place of pea brain, you'd have still earned the enthusiastic
endorsement.

Bill McKee November 7th 09 04:04 AM

This is interesting....
 

"thunder" wrote in message
t...
On Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:00:55 -0800, Bill McKee wrote:


The Yucca Mountain installation could not, apparently, guarantee proper
storage, not to mention the transportation issues.

--
Nom=de=Plume


Was pure politics. Hell, they truck nuclear weapons, what is so bad
about trucking nuclear waste? And most of the waste is low level stuff.


One of the problems with Yucca Mountain, it's 30 year old technology.
The proposed Generation IV reactors produce much less waste, and with
reprocessing may make the whole concept of a nuclear waste repository,
such as Yucca Mountain, unnecessary. It's my understanding that Yucca
Mountain hasn't been permanently discared, but they are having a blue-
ribbon panel look at it with modern day eyes. There may very well be,
cheaper, safer, ways to accomplish it's mission.


The major storage problem is not the high level waste, it is the tons of low
level stuff. That may be radioactive for only a couple hundred years.




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