Posted on 02/23/2013 8:16:49 AM PST by Lorianne
When Thomas Steyer a San Francisco billionaire and major Democratic donor discusses climate change, he feels as if one of two things is true: What hes saying is blindingly obvious, or insane.
Its a somewhat shocking statement for someone whos in the running to succeed the cerebral Steven Chu as energy secretary. Granted, hes a long shot the leading contender is MIT professor Ernest Moniz, who served as the departments undersecretary during the Clinton administration but his backers say his strength lies in combining business savvy with an activists passion.
But its not as if Steyer, 55, needs an official government perch to make an impact. Armed with his wealth and his political connections, Steyer has played a critical behind-the-scenes role in helping shape the countrys national energy policy. He has helped bankroll two successful ballot initiative campaigns in California since 2010, including one last fall that closes a corporate tax loophole and steers $500 million toward energy-efficiency projects for each of the next five years. He has funded initiatives at the Brookings Institution and the Center for American Progress, along with major research centers at Yale and Stanford. And he has spoken with President Obama about how to pursue climate and energy policy in a second term.
But Steyer is taking on a more prominent public role..Im not the first person youd expect to be here today. Im not a college professor and I dont run an environmental organization, he said. For the last 30 years Ive been a professional investor and Ive been looking at billion-dollar investments for decades and Im here to tell you one thing: The Keystone pipeline is not a good investment.
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That has nothing to do with environmental objections, it's just a ponzi scheme.
“Climate change”..There’s that phrase again. What use to be called “global warming” but what I like to call “The CO2 hoax to enrich Al Gore” because that’s how allll this started.
A few months ago Al Gore was worth $100 million. Now they have his net worth at $300 million.
http://www.celebritynetworth.com/richest-politicians/democrats/al-gore-net-worth/
CO2, a necessary gas for life to exist on earth which has a percentage of 0.04% in the earths atmosphere which you can literally call zero point zero. Al Gore incredibly has convinced people that a percentage of zero point zero is too high. Read that again because that is exactly why this tub of pig excrement is worth $300 million.
For relief, please see my tagline.
We who believe it’s hokum are the radicals. The nutjobs are the ones in the mainstream these days.
Another, ‘I got mine, let’s keep everyone else in their place’ rich liberal.
LOL! Excellent!
Warren Buffett has already demonstrated that you can be a successful investor and be very wrong-headed at the same time. We don’t need another lesson on this.
I hope it won’t.
It’s a scam every bit as bad as those
Why would you say it is just a ponzi scheme? Have you never looked at the money laundering schemes of the windmills and solar companies and environmental projects? You need to educate yourself.
Republicans need to reframe the debate. Globull Warming and Climate Change is just a way to steal our tax money. It’s really called pollution and Republicans should be blaming middle east oil and Chinese and Russian coal production.
By saying cleaner American energy production will solve the problem, things like Keystone and other energy initiatives can be promoted and Democrats will have to either go along or continue the lie.
The energy lie can easily be debunked by Republicans. They just need the cajones.
Where oh where is the “like” button when you need it?
Both are ponzi schemes. The money is made by the early investors, later ones will lose.
Both are ponzi schemes. The money is made by the early investors, later ones will lose.
“he feels as if one of two things is true: What hes saying is blindingly obvious, or insane.”
Um, we should pay attention to someone who admits there’s a fifty percent chance his views are insane?
If he admits it is a possibility, I’d like to hear his reason(s) why he thinks it is a possibility. Should be interesting. Too bad the reporter didn’t ask that obvious follow-up question. Just moved on, after dropping that bombshell.
How do you like this - The other night I was watching Jeopardy, and behold: Somehow the pig excrement had weaseled his way onto the show to further the hoax. I couldn’t believe it. I got so ticked off I actually wrote the producers a letter asking them to invite me on for a rebuttal.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=bgBKiaUITSo
Since liberals are incapable of recognizing, understanding, realizing, comprehending or accepting the "truth" that means he, along with millions like him, are insane.
This reminds me of the little Rascals episode where Petey gets thrown into the pound and Weezer is crying to get him out and this rich lady comes and says “Oh little boy what is the matter?” And Weezer tells her what happened and he says it will cost 2 dollars to get him out. “2 dollars? Is that all?” LOL!
Oops wrong topic
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