Posted on 02/24/2012 7:44:48 AM PST by Sub-Driver
Obama's Energy Plan -- Algae By Susan Jones February 24, 2012
(CNSNews.com) - "The American people aren't stupid," President Obama said on Thursday -- as he insisted that drilling for more oil on U.S. territory is "not a strategy to solve our energy challenge."
The president's solution? Algae, for one.
There are no quick fixes to the nation's eneergy problem, the president said, dismissing Republican calls for more drilling as a "bumper sticker."
"We’re making new investments in the development of gasoline and diesel and jet fuel that’s actually made from a plant-like substance -- algae," the president said at a campaign stop in Florida. "You’ve got a bunch of algae out here, right? If we can figure out how to make energy out of that, we’ll be doing all right."
Obama said the nation could replace up to 17 percent of the oil it imports for transportation with "this fuel that we can grow right here in the United States. And that means greater energy security. That means lower costs. It means more jobs. It means a stronger economy."
Obama's mention of algae drew snorts from one prominent pundit.
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algae is actually a very promising additional solution.
But til then, drill baby drill !!!
Plankton eats Algae. Whales eat Plankton. Why don’t we just cut out the middleman and go back to whale oil before they die of starvation?
...????...they elected you didn't they?
Yes. His new energy policy slogan: Algae! Give it a chance. It'll grow on you!
This has to be a dream... it’s all a dream... dream... dream...
Yes, you can, eventually, get petroleum products from algae. The DOE has been funding and studying this for decades.
If everything pans out perfectly, you will not be able to get a million barrels of oil (product) a day from this source in 10 years. Or 100,000 B/D. It just won't happen. Oil from algae, like wind and solar, will not change the energy equation an iota for decades to come.
Has the US executive branch been taken over by space aliens? Is Obama insane? Does he thing we are insane? Are they smoking mind altering recreational drugs in the White House? Just asking.
Obama, that isn’t green algae that you are thinking of, that is all the weed you smoked that screwed up your mind.
This has to be a dream... it’s all a dream... dream... dream...
Obama’s Energy Plan: Grasp at straws while spouting feel-good words to keep Joe Sixpack happy...and then probably outlaw complaining if all else fails.
Yes, we are supposed to believe that this guy is smarter than the collective wisdom of the marketplace.
If algae were a viable source of energy, Exxon, BP, Monsanto, Dupont etc. would be all over it and would not need zero’s guidance or jawboning.
Sigh.
well, there’s enough scum in Washington to get started with this idea.
Obama must hate fish and sea life. Seriously, why would those same environmentalists who put up road blocks to all current energy resource development be okay with this one? The algae as energy researchers must have given some big bucks to Zero’s campaign.
So barry admits to “investing” our tax money in scum
It's from his latest book: Dreams of My Fatwa. (Against the U.S.)
His energy policy is to abandon our energy needs...
at least for the masses.
For the “elite”, though, they’ll still have gasoline & jet fuel.
Insane, I don’t know (though I’m starting to think so). But dear leader’s certainly removed from reality as far as how gas prices affect Joe Sixpack.
Heck, when was the last time he had to worry about fuel prices or grocery prices cutting into his budget? When was the last time he had to worry about keeping his business running when the price of getting supplies was more than what he brought in every week? And since he’s the last person to be affected by his decrees, what incentive does he have to make sure things work out?
algae . . . it’s slimy like the pond scum out of which Obama and his Chicago machine crawled.
I have seen questions like these raised repeatedly here on FR, and I have to confess, I’ve never understood why.
It’s simple. Such things are floated by the administration and socialists in general for one reason: Not because they’re viable alternatives, but to give the public the impression they’re looking out for their interests (and that of the planet as well), when actually they’re dismantling America’s dependance on oil, and its oil-based economy. They want America to become a 3rd world state run by elitists, but have to voice platitudes to cover their true intentions. It’s simple.
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