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Time to Break Our 'Addiction' to Fossil Fuels?
Townhall.com ^ | January 6, 2016 | Calvin Beisner

Posted on 02/06/2016 7:52:31 AM PST by Kaslin

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To: umgud

You said it


21 posted on 02/06/2016 8:20:44 AM PST by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him. He got them and now we have to pay the consequences)
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To: Kaslin
"No? explain"

Nothing complex. When I was young, cold, wet, hungry was tolerable. Now, not so much.

If others, particularly the Left, want to live in caves and eat nuts they find on the forest floor, more power to them. I'm old and selfish. If they want to try to force me back into the trees, I'll kill 'em.

Simple, Isn't it? If I feel a twinge of conscience about it, I'll deal with it.

22 posted on 02/06/2016 8:21:32 AM PST by jonascord (It's sarcasm unless otherwise noted... This time, it's not.)
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To: Kaslin

I don’t consume fossil fuels since I travel in squadrons of one or two Boeing 747s accompanied by two to four C17s and they don’t use any fuel.

On the ground I ride in convoys of eight to fifteen Cadillac limos and SUVs with accompanying local escorts and they are all powered by squirrels on treadmills. The thousands of vehicles sitting motionless awaiting the passage of my royal procession never consume fossil fuels of any kind either.


23 posted on 02/06/2016 8:28:52 AM PST by Rockpile (GOP legislators-----caviar eating surrender monkeys.)
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To: Kaslin

It’s time to make all provisions necessary to promote, enable and secure a consistently expanding, maximally efficient, and economically thrifty flow of so-called “fossil” resources for the foreseeable future. Energy is the life blood of the economy.


24 posted on 02/06/2016 8:32:22 AM PST by Theophilus (The GOPe are dealers. The Marxist Democrats are duelists.)
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To: Kaslin

“Today, however, environmentalists, and politicians like President Obama, call our use of fossil fuels an “addiction” analogous to drug abuse. “

The addiction I worry about is their addiction to power.


25 posted on 02/06/2016 8:34:33 AM PST by aquila48
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To: Kaslin

“Today, however, environmentalists, and politicians like President Obama, call our use of fossil fuels an “addiction” analogous to drug abuse. “

The addiction I worry about is their addiction to power.


26 posted on 02/06/2016 8:34:33 AM PST by aquila48
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To: Lurkinanloomin
No, I like staying warm and not freezing to death. I like electricity and all the conveniences it brings. I like being able to drive where I want, when I want.

Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
27 posted on 02/06/2016 8:39:19 AM PST by Canedawg
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To: Lurkinanloomin

SOOOO—these ‘leaders’ want to eliminate the machines???

Not a damn one of them knows how to hitch up a horse or make a wagon by hand.


28 posted on 02/06/2016 8:51:24 AM PST by ridesthemiles
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To: Kaslin
Time to break our "addiction" to fossil fuels? Far from it! Time to spread their use throughout the developing world, lifting billions out of poverty and into healthier, longer lives.

More nuclear please. Passive solar heating works. Geothermal heat-sinking works. Photovoltaic sources are cheaper than the cost of line maintenance in remote forested areas... The one thing I can't abide is turning topsoil into fuel.

The real point is: deregulate energy and put risk management back into the hands of insurers.

29 posted on 02/06/2016 8:57:32 AM PST by Carry_Okie (The tree of liberty needs a rope.)
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To: Lurkinanloomin
The Gore-Bull warming hoax is an excuse for global wealth redistribution.

Wisdom! This needs to be on billboards and internet pop-up ads around the USA

30 posted on 02/06/2016 8:58:49 AM PST by nascarnation
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31 posted on 02/06/2016 9:00:54 AM PST by nascarnation
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To: PIF

Um, did you read the article? It was arguing for the expanded use of fossil fuels.


32 posted on 02/06/2016 9:03:25 AM PST by exDemMom (Current visual of the hole the US continues to dig itself into: http://www.usdebtclock.org/)
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To: Kaslin

If you dont wish to buy any fossil fuels, then dont. If you do not wish to use any forms of energy or transportation that use fossil fuels... then dont. Leave the rest of us alone.


33 posted on 02/06/2016 9:07:00 AM PST by GregoTX
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To: Kaslin

OK, no problem barry. You first, and let me know how it go’s!!


34 posted on 02/06/2016 9:07:34 AM PST by woodenickel
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To: Kaslin
The left wing's organized concerted attack on the energy industry is beyond despicable. Proposing $10/bbl surcharge on an industry in a down-cycle, is the utmost proof.

Thank God a majority of the American people can see past this scam, and will punish left leaning candidates this year.

35 posted on 02/06/2016 9:12:23 AM PST by catfish1957 (I display the Confederate Battle Flag with pride in honor of my brave ancestors who fought w/ valor)
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To: Daffynition

Is that photoshopped?

If not, who were the Freepers carrying the sign?


36 posted on 02/06/2016 9:13:53 AM PST by Electric Graffiti (DEPORT OBOLA VOTERS)
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To: catfish1957

I wonder how many Dems will embrace Baraq’s $10/bbl tax on the campaign trail? They certainly need to be asked early and often.


37 posted on 02/06/2016 9:14:05 AM PST by nascarnation
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To: catfish1957

Unfortunately the idiot, err I mean uninformed voters will not see past this scam and will vote for either Hillary Clinton, or Bernie Sanders.


38 posted on 02/06/2016 9:20:28 AM PST by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him. He got them and now we have to pay the consequences)
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To: jonascord; PIF

This is an excellent reply and I agree with it 100%. However I have not seen Pif’s explanation yet, or can’t he answer on his own?


39 posted on 02/06/2016 9:26:34 AM PST by Kaslin (He needed the ignorant to reelect him. He got them and now we have to pay the consequences)
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To: aquila48
The addiction I worry about is their addiction to power.

That was definitely worth repeating (even if you didn't mean to.)

40 posted on 02/06/2016 9:28:27 AM PST by Gil4 (And the trees are all kept equal by hatchet, ax and saw)
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