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Obama's Energy Plan -- Algae
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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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TOPICS: Business/Economy; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: algae; bhofascism; democrats; drillheredrillnow; energy; envirofascism; fail; fraud; gasolineprices; gasprices; greenfraud; nobama2012; obama; obamaenergypolicy; obamagasolinespeech; obamatruthfile; oil; thegreenlie
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To: RWB Patriot

Simple - Joe Sixpack will have to stop using gasoline and electricity. That’s the goal.


21 posted on 02/24/2012 8:05:18 AM PST by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter knows whom he's working for)
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To: Sub-Driver

Great discussion on algae on the Oil Drum:

http://www.theoildrum.com/node/5492


22 posted on 02/24/2012 8:06:41 AM PST by illiac (If we don't change directions soon, we'll get where we're going)
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To: Sub-Driver

This NOT a FAIL.

This is a Marxist/Islamic/MSM SUCCESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The pRes_ _ent is RESOLUTE about driving gasoline
up to $15 a gallon and beyond.


23 posted on 02/24/2012 8:07:34 AM PST by Diogenesis ("Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. " Pres. Ronald Reagan)
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To: Pikachu_Dad

“algae is actually a very promising additional solution.”

For around 5 years now, an energy company here in Kansas has been trying to build a coal power plant (but its been blocked because of environmentalist whacko theories on the harm it might do).

One of the features of the plant is an algae farm...to placate the environmentalists. The algae would consume the co2 produced at the plant...and then it would be converted into fuel.

Not a bad setup. So, in some cases, it may make sense. However, I suspect it could not be scaled up to meet any appreciable percentage of our nation’s energy needs. This is not a ‘new’ technology. The concept of making diesel out of plants is as old as the diesel engine...but hardly anybody actually does it, since its so much more cost efficient to get diesel from oil.

Obama is discovering that many materials can be used to make fuel...and touting them as the ‘next big thing’...when really we’ve already been there, done that.


24 posted on 02/24/2012 8:09:20 AM PST by lacrew (Mr. Soetoro, we regret to inform you that your race card is over the credit limit.)
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To: Sub-Driver

25 posted on 02/24/2012 8:10:25 AM PST by AngelesCrestHighway
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To: Sub-Driver

The Dems have discovered that Green Jobs ,Green Energy is a great big pot of gold and they keep picking at it until it’s empty.


26 posted on 02/24/2012 8:11:09 AM PST by molson209
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To: Former Proud Canadian

With an algae farm twice the size of WSMR, you can produce the US daily diesel demand.

Good luck with your EPA permit.


27 posted on 02/24/2012 8:11:51 AM PST by patton (bad math joke omitted - this space for rent)
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To: Sub-Driver

Of course we should listen to Obeyme - after all - he has such an excellent record of technology development and commercialization.

This stuff is terribly hard - for guys who are good at it.

Obama does not have one member of his team who has ever developed anything. Van Jones was his choice for Green Energy. A Lawyer - with no industry experience. As in ZERO.

So - of course we should listen to them.


28 posted on 02/24/2012 8:11:54 AM PST by Eldon Tyrell (question,.)
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To: Sub-Driver

At what point will Hussein’s supporters have the epiphany that this man is nothing more than an four-year-long (exxtrmely dangerous) SNL skit? The things he says are exactly what the SNL players would say.

Can you hear Jon Lovitz’ “Pathalogical Liar” character, saying, “Uhhh... yeah... THAT’s the ticket! Algae!”

This man is punking the entire country, and 50% of the population is falling for it. Stunning.


29 posted on 02/24/2012 8:14:05 AM PST by MayflowerMadam (Don't blame me; I voted for the American.)
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To: bcsco

Bingo


30 posted on 02/24/2012 8:14:22 AM PST by gathersnomoss
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To: bcsco

Bingo


31 posted on 02/24/2012 8:14:42 AM PST by gathersnomoss
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To: Sub-Driver

What happens when the EPA rules the algae is engangered, huh Barry?


32 posted on 02/24/2012 8:15:10 AM PST by chris37 (Heartless.)
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To: Sub-Driver

Obama energy policy:

“We don’t need to drill now because it won’t help gas prices right now. We need to invest in green fuels because that will provide jobs right now.

“Drilling just seems so dirty, and you’re punching a hole in the Earth too. Green fuels are clean. We can’t use oil because we might spill it. It will make the Earth dirty.

“Green fuels are, well, green. We don’t need to burn anything. Burning is dangerous. Except for ethanol. It’s ok to burn ethanol. We need electric cars. We don’t need to dwell on what has to be drilled, burned, or spilt to provide the energy for the batteries.

“Electric cars are clean, see?”


33 posted on 02/24/2012 8:15:20 AM PST by wayoverontheright
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To: Sub-Driver
If we can figure out how to make energy out of that, we’ll be doing all right."

IF

A HUGE word, that can be one of the most dangerous words in the English language to NOT pay attention to.

Second problem is the "can figure out" part. IOW, we HAVE NOT "figured out how", and we might well NOT "figure out how" to make useful, affordable energy using the stuff.

this fuel that we can grow right here in the United States

WRONG: This is conflating/confusing the algae with the possible future product FROM algae. as if it is a done deal.

Like his algae, his rhetoric is a slimy, gooey mess...and just as worthless.

34 posted on 02/24/2012 8:16:40 AM PST by ApplegateRanch (If any of their "Alternatives" actually works, the Greenies will proceed to kill it.)
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To: bcsco
Ok, but he still sounds really stupid when he talks about this kind of stuff. You expect more from the President.

I'm actually so impressed by this idea that I've change my tagline.

35 posted on 02/24/2012 8:18:22 AM PST by Former Proud Canadian (Obamanomics-We don't need your stinking tar sands oil, we'll just grow algae.)
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To: Former Proud Canadian
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.

None of the above. This is intentional, not happenstance. Obama and his ilk want to cripple energy usage by a combination of forcing prices up and reducing available supplies.

Why? Because the lifeblood of the economy is energy. More and cheaper energy helps the economy grow and thrive, less and more expensive force the economy to shrink.

Don't believe for a minute that Obama wants the economy to improve. A good economy means people are far less interested in surrendering their freedoms for a government handout. The trick is that they want to crash the economy slowly enough to make people forget the way it used to be.

36 posted on 02/24/2012 8:21:26 AM PST by kevkrom (Note to self: proofread, then post. It's better that way.)
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To: Sub-Driver

-—”I think it’s important for the American people to understand we’re not going to drill our way out of this problem,” he [Obama] said.

“It’s also important to recognize if you start drilling now you won’t see a drop of oil for ten years, which means its not going to have a significant impact on short-term prices. Every expert agrees on that.”-—Obama 2008

But...? Algae?


37 posted on 02/24/2012 8:24:38 AM PST by running_dog_lackey
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To: Former Proud Canadian
Ok, but he still sounds really stupid when he talks about this kind of stuff. You expect more from the President.

But he's not your president. He's president to the socialists and anarchists of America. He's a global community organizer first, green czar second, and president comes dead last after anything in-between.

So, he may appear stupid to those of us who approach this country's problems with common sense, but he's brilliant to those who approach America from the standpoint of dismantling it.

38 posted on 02/24/2012 8:27:25 AM PST by bcsco
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To: Sub-Driver
Unsubstantiated reports indicate that Obama's Unicorn Gas initiative flopped.


39 posted on 02/24/2012 8:31:16 AM PST by Iron Munro ("Don't pick a fight with an old man. If he is too old to fight he'll just kill you." John Steinbeck)
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To: Former Proud Canadian

What makes it sillier yet is that he wants us to “invest” (piss-away vast sums of rate payers’ cash) in something that is not likely to produce significant reults for decades while ingoring soltions than can bear fruit in a few years.


40 posted on 02/24/2012 8:33:14 AM PST by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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