Slip of the Tongue or Ignorant of the Facts
Posted on May 28, 2008 | By Denny Tyler | 3 Comments
Personally I don’t like any of the three possible future Presidents. As I have heard a few people say – I have become a one issue voter. And the issue is the future use of coal. The reasoning behind it is simple – more coal usage means more mountaintop removal. I especially hate to hear anybody talk about clean coal.
In this quoted statement Hillary Clinton talks about clean coal technology and to be honest her statement is kind of hard to figure out. This is the question Clinton and Obama were asked and Hillary’s reply. This is the source.
Q: A new Bush administration report says most of the oil and nearly half of the natural gas beneath public lands in the U.S. are off limits to drilling. To get at those resources would require Congress to roll back environmental safeguards and lift drilling prohibitions on large areas of the Rocky Mountain West. As president, would you favor lifting some of these restrictions to increase domestic energy production?
Clinton: Not at this time, no. I’m familiar with the discussion about drilling on the Rocky Mountain Front and on other federal lands. I do not favor that at this time. I think we ought to be much more focused on energy efficiency and conservation and looking for sources of renewable energy like investing in clean-coal technology. I agree with Senators Baucus and Tester that keeping the Rocky Mountain Front untouched by drilling is essential to the enjoyment and economic security of local families and communities along the Front and all of Montana.
What is wrong with the highlighted part of her reply? How can clean-coal technology be termed a renewable energy source? It is simply impossible because it involves coal, a non-renewable resource.
So which one was it – a slip of the tongue or ignorant of the facts?
Our remnants of wilderness will yield bigger values to the nation’s character and health than they will to its pocketbook, and to destroy them will be to admit that the latter are the only values that interest us. – Aldo Leopold
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May 28th, 2008 @ 5:25 pm
That is one hell of a mix up … it couldn’t get more off the mark than that.
May 28th, 2008 @ 8:21 pm
I agree Nick – I couldn’t believe it. She has no idea what she is talking about.
May 28th, 2008 @ 11:17 pm
do any of them? hell no. they just say what their handlers tell them to.
anyone expecting this problem to be resolved by the political process has their head square in their nether region. political solutions to moral problems.