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Trump pledges to bring energy independence to America
Washington post ^ | May 26, 2016 | Steven Mufson

Posted on 05/26/2016 5:24:05 PM PDT by Innovative

Presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump vowed Thursday to bring energy independence to America by getting rid of regulations aimed at curbing pollution and emissions of greenhouse gases, and he lashed out at Democratic presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton for planning to “unleash” the Environmental Protection Agency “to control every aspect of our lives.”

“I think the federal government should get out of the way,” Trump said in what was billed as a major energy address. “We have so much potential energy people wouldn’t even believe it.”

Trump also repeated claims that he would be able to revive the coal industry and bring back coal-mining jobs by abolishing environmental and climate regulations. “We’re going to save that coal industry, believe me,” he said. “I love those people.”

He added that “market forces are something I don’t want to get involved with. The market force is a beautiful force.”

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TOPICS: News/Current Events; US: New York
KEYWORDS: 2016election; election2016; energy; newyork; trump
Trump says all the right things and I think he means it and will do as he promises -- Make America Great Again!
1 posted on 05/26/2016 5:24:05 PM PDT by Innovative
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To: Innovative

But didn’t anyone read that the Saudi’s are having money problems?

How will politics work if we don’t send money to the camel jockeys to lander and send back in “contributions”? Oh the huge manatee!!


2 posted on 05/26/2016 5:41:52 PM PDT by Romans Nine
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To: Innovative

Pray for Trump’s safety.


3 posted on 05/26/2016 5:45:07 PM PDT by Mjreagan
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To: Romans Nine

The Saudi’s and OPEC have had us over the barrel far too long. Let them suffer, cut $ to terrorists at the same time.


4 posted on 05/26/2016 5:46:59 PM PDT by umgud
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To: All

LFTR


5 posted on 05/26/2016 5:51:07 PM PDT by ak267
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To: umgud

I look forward to the day when we can tell the Soddies: “We learned how to make ethanol from corn when you embargoed oil. Maybe now you can learn how to make wheat from oil.”


6 posted on 05/26/2016 6:27:23 PM PDT by Vigilanteman (ObaMao: Fake America, Fake Messiah, Fake Black man. How many fakes can you fit into one Zer0?)
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To: ak267

Not sure the technology is fully available or else everyone would be using them.


7 posted on 05/26/2016 6:56:04 PM PDT by PJammers (Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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To: Innovative
Energy Independence?

The team to Get it Done!

Trump/Palin 2016!

8 posted on 05/26/2016 7:19:04 PM PDT by Art in Idaho (Conservatism is the only Hope for Western Civilization.)
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To: ak267
If it becomes doable, he would be happy to give a hand to those doing the heavy work - then let them provide affordable energy.

I loved his stated policies and the way he talked about them. Everything is on the table but not to the point where the government has to subsidize it (like widespread solar panels and bird-killing windmills) to make it viable.

9 posted on 05/27/2016 3:54:58 AM PDT by trebb (Where in the the hell has my country gone?)
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To: umgud

Yeah, and let’s pull US troops guarding their oil out of the country. Let them fend for themselves.


10 posted on 05/27/2016 4:31:25 AM PDT by Original Lurker
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To: ak267

Great idea. We get Thorium for the LFTR from coal, the use part of the energy from the Thorium to liquidize the coal via the Fischer-Tropsch process (used by the the Germans during WW2 - this isn’t new technology). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fischer%E2%80%93Tropsch_process We have several hundred years worth of coal. This would provide for all or nearly all of our electrical and gas/diesel needs.


11 posted on 05/27/2016 4:43:17 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: Innovative

Coal gasification. Do it.


12 posted on 05/27/2016 4:52:55 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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