Posted on 05/27/2009 4:52:29 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
Obama touts solar power to break US oil addiction 27 May 2009 23:40:19 GMT Source: Reuters *Obama to spend $467 million on solar, geothermal power
*President says clean energy foundation for prosperity
By Doug Palmer
NELLIS AIR FORCE BASE, Nevada, May 27 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama provided a spending boost to the solar and geothermal energy industries on Wednesday and said increased use of the fuels would make America more secure.
"We know the cost of our oil addiction all too well," Obama said in a speech at Nellis Air Force Base, which is home to the biggest solar electric plant in the Western Hemisphere.
"It's the cost measured by the billions of dollars we send to nations with unstable or unfriendly regimes. We help to fund both sides of the war on terror because of our addiction to oil," Obama said, one week before visiting Saudi Arabia, the world's top oil exporter, to discuss the nuclear standoff with Iran and reviving the Israeli-Palestinian peace process.
Obama said the federal government would spend $467 million from the recent $787 billion U.S. economic stimulus package to expand and accelerate the development and use of solar and geothermal energy throughout the United States.
"More than 72,000 solar panels built on part of an old landfill provide 25 percent of the electricity for the 12,000 people who live and work here at Nellis. That's the equivalent of powering about 13,200 homes during the day," Obama said.
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LOL ... the stuff this stooge puts out for the ignorants is truly amazing. Perfect example when the media rolls over.
I wonder if ZERO knows he makes no sense most of the time.
Obamachev doesn’t really know anything about energy.
You can see the light when it passes in one of his ears and out the other.
The expert on energy strikes again.
FUBAR
i was looking for the place to put golf clubs
Also home to the most sunny days in the US.
I want to see how this is going to work out in places like Seattle, Chicago and Cleveland.
Oh, and by the way, Nellis is also home to lots of vacant land, on which to build 72,000 solar panels.
Where are you going to put them in NYC?
Just wonderin'
467 million will drill a lot of Oil wells and natural gas pipelines.
What is the GREEN cost to Americans.....The EPA is preventing Real Energy Jobs from happening, putting 80,00 California Farm workers out of work because of an endangered minnow, holding back cheap Nuclear energy that will pwer 12,000,000 homes not 12,000....What is the Green policy costing Americans ?
How GREAT was the ETHANOL SUCCESS ?
Harvard Grads are Stupid !
I get confused when O says we are going to somehow break our oil addiction...and export “Green” energy.......
Nobody asks the Newbie Dunce President...HOW??
As was an example on The Rush Limbaugh Show....Obama explains things like the “UnderPants Gnomes” in South Park..
Step 1. Demand Green Energy
Step 2. ?
Step 3. Profits
They continually try to play this sleight of hand. Neither solar nor wind power will ever replace a single thimble-full of imported oil. Not one.
So when I see nonsense like this, I always assume that the person is either dumber than a box of rocks, or he’s on OPEC’s payroll. Or he’s a silent partner in some project that is looking to score big federal subsidies. There isn’t much else. Dumb, or corrupt. Or both.
That is because they cannot be planned, so you have to have a plan B.
Trust Mikey on this, I am in Wind Energy as an engineer.
Although it is 0.0016% of our energy produced, it is 100% of my paycheck.
Could we ask Obambi to convert AF-One to solar power?
Uh, does this nutsack realize we sent $25 billion overseas for oil last year alone? This doesn't count national expenditures for coal or oil. $467 MILLION 'aint gonna cut it. About 14 days of oil.
Interesting that I saw no solar panels on his roof on his house in Chicago. I might add that the house does not have the global warming averting painted white roof or veg. garden either.
Who owns the Nellis solar plant? Who runs it? Is it profitable?
Stop restricting offshore drilling, Barry.....!
A few months back, I actually looked into a solar panel system for my home. The cost was $18,000. It would take me some 15 years to recoup my investment. No thanks!
Only if we paint all of the collectors white. (It’s for the children)
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