Does the wookie join in, ala a trois ?
I’m going to assume Mayor Mike has friends in the middle east whose well-being is threatened by America’s energy independence.
Well, he had me until this little passage. Give me a break! Every one of these mayors D or R and fake R (in the case of Bloomberg) should lose their jobs.
Apparently, all those facts have escaped the attention of New York’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg. This month, he marshaled 90 U.S. mayors behind a campaign of misinformation that could in short order end the use of coal for power generation – and in doing so wipe out America’s historic coal industry.
In a letter to the EPA Administrator, Bloomberg and his fellow mayors expressed strong support for new air quality regulations that will shut down coal fired power generation on the grounds that coal is too “dirty” and must immediately be replaced with generation fueled by natural gas, solar and wind power.
...and the rest of us have but two days left to counter Bloomberg’s deception. That is how much time is left for public comment to the EPA before they rule on the issue.
Found here:http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2898160/posts
I live in an anthracite coal region. The industry is moribund already. Some communities look like Starnesville in Atlas Shrugged. Centralia is still burning, coal operations seen along the highway are abandoned. Young people raised here try to leave, old people struggle on with assistance, and urban refugees on assistance are coming in, attracted by low taxes, low crime, low real estate prices. Meanwhile the older residents still call this area the “Saudi Arabia of coal.” Except in Saudi Arabia you’d be allowed to take it out of the ground and sell it without much of a hassle.
PS: If you’re wondering, the major economic enterprise around here is health care. That’s where the (government) money is, and a high percentage of senior citizens to bait the hook.
I happen to be familiar with a quiet, ongoing initiative to deal with the energy idiocy coming out of places like New York City. Those of you who live in that sh!t-hole can rest assured that your lights and air conditioners will not be shut off anytime soon. The major utility companies -- who are run by people who have forgotten far more about energy than Bloomberg will ever know -- are looking at a major expansion of grid capacity to deal with their top priority right now. This priority involves replacing the electrical generating capacity from the Indian Point nuclear plant in a worst-case scenario where political forces successfully quash its attempt to renew its Federal operating permits in 2013. In that scenario, Hydro-Quebec will become one of the top providers of electricity for New York City.
Anything related to coal is already being addressed. Despite all of the political whining and "environmental concerns" we've heard from New York in recent years, the governor's office in Albany is ready to give quiet approval for drilling and fracking operations in the Marcellus Shale region of western New York State. Even Andy Cuomo recognizes the idiocy of prohibiting shale gas extraction in New York while lots of money is being made in this industry just across the border in Pennsylvania. New drilling projects are underway in West Virginia and North Carolina (Appalachia has its day once again). Any remaining coal-fired plants in the Northeast are likely to be converted to natural gas once these gas resources are developed and coal becomes extraneous as a fuel for generating electricity.
***Mayor Bloomberg announced plans to donate $50 million to the Sierra Club to support its nationwide campaign to eliminate coal-fired power plants. ***
Chesepeake Energy (natural gas) gave the Sierra Club twenty five million dollars to lobby against coal for power plants. This was before fracking became an issue.
http://onlinedigitalpubs.com/publication/?i=105175
Go to page 24. Arkansas Living, April 2012
A Question of Integrity by Carmie Henry.