Have Environmentalists/EPA Triggered Electric Power Outages To 3 Million Americans?

1 posted on 07/03/2012 4:53:56 PM PDT by joeclarke

Have Environmentalists/EPA Triggered Electric Power Outages To 3 Million Americans?

Yes, without a doubt.

2 posted on 07/03/2012 4:58:48 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)

We had two power outages in two days here in southern Michigan last week and didn’t even have storms.

3 posted on 07/03/2012 4:59:29 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)

From the East Coast, past Illinois, up to 3 million people have been without electrical power, and so the first suspects to be considered responsible for the catastrophes are, of course, the Environmental Protection Agency and its environmentally ill allies like the Sierra Club, as well as President Obama.

Uh, no.

It was a big honkin' derecho. Look up the term and the news before making such an uniformed claim.

There will be brownouts and blackouts because of EPA policy regarding coal plants. This is not one of those.

4 posted on 07/03/2012 5:00:48 PM PDT by dirtboy

Er, uninformed claim.

5 posted on 07/03/2012 5:02:24 PM PDT by dirtboy

To: Navy Patriot

It was inevitable.
And just what they wanted.

6 posted on 07/03/2012 5:05:32 PM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks

7 posted on 07/03/2012 5:05:48 PM PDT by dirtboy

To: Navy Patriot

Write or call your congressman and ask him to support H.R. 750 (Defending America’s Affordable Energy and Jobs Act). It was introduced by Tim Walberg of Michigan and now has 101 co sponsors but the more the merrier.

If passed it will strip the power to regulate away from the EPA and put it in the hands of congress (and by extension our hands)

Current co sponsors

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8 posted on 07/03/2012 5:06:49 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)

To: Eric in the Ozarks

9 posted on 07/03/2012 5:08:48 PM PDT by Navy Patriot (Join the Democrats, it's not Fascism when WE do it, and the Constitution and law mean what WE say.)

To: cripplecreek

But of course these thugocracy regulators and their leadership must not be deposed if it means voting to elect Milt Rominy.

10 posted on 07/03/2012 5:09:16 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)

To: Eric in the Ozarks; Navy Patriot

Could both of you please bother reading the news about the derecho that hit the region before commenting in such a manner?

This outage cannot be pinned on anything other than nature. I am sure we will see future outages from EPA anti-coal policies. But this was not from such.

11 posted on 07/03/2012 5:11:00 PM PDT by dirtboy

To: cripplecreek

Do you suppose Barry Obama will sign this or that Harry the undertaker Reid will allow it to pass through his senate?

12 posted on 07/03/2012 5:11:10 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Being deceived can be cured.)

Have Environmentalists/EPA Triggered Electric Power Outages To 3 Million Americans?

It will help feed the anger and hatred of people before the elections just in case it looks like 0bama may lose and needs to order martial law and stifle the 22 amendment to stay in the Oval Office.

13 posted on 07/03/2012 5:11:26 PM PDT by EGPWS (Trust in God, question everyone else)

The EPA is a treasonous organization and must be abolished. Screw the enviro-wackos.

14 posted on 07/03/2012 5:15:10 PM PDT by beethovenfan (If Islam is the solution, the "problem" must be freedom.)

Could both of you please bother reading the news about the derecho

Oooh scary hispanic word. It must be bad. It doesn't matter how many times you say it, it was still a strong thunderstorm.

15 posted on 07/03/2012 5:15:55 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)

To: cripplecreek

Uh, read up on the event. It was nasty. People died from it.

16 posted on 07/03/2012 5:17:27 PM PDT by dirtboy

Yep, thunderstorms can kill people.

17 posted on 07/03/2012 5:21:46 PM PDT by cripplecreek (What does it profit a man if he gains the whole world but loses his soul?)

To: cripplecreek

Just in case you want to read up on the details of this storm (yeah, it's the Wash Post, but it is accurate reporting of the system):

Derecho: Behind Washington, D.C.’s destructive thunderstorm outbreak, June 29, 2012

BTW, derecho is a meterological term.

18 posted on 07/03/2012 5:22:07 PM PDT by dirtboy

To: cripplecreek

Why persist in wallowing in ignorance of this particular event? You’re smarter than that.

19 posted on 07/03/2012 5:23:18 PM PDT by dirtboy

The article concentrates on the power plants shutting down, and I doubt that has exacerbated the fallout from the storms. But, if the EPA has been making grid maintenance difficult, then I’d happily toss some blame their way for the millions still w/o power.

20 posted on 07/03/2012 5:25:52 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Obama considers the Third World morally superior to the United States.)

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