Comments on: Liberals like "green energy" and Republicans hate it. Right?

By: Doug

Doug — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 06:20:38 +0000

Nuclear power is an excellent alternative to coal & oil. Coal which is used for electricity and oil from which natural gas is used. I think Ken was talking about fast fission which in my opinion is the best alternative. Millions of years of clean energy and using nuclear waste from left over power plants. until fusion comes online.

By: travc

travc — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 03:07:03 +0000

Ken (and Windchaser)…
As always with a discussion of energy, it is very useful to draw a distinction between energy sources and fuels.

By: Windchaser

Windchaser — Tue, 21 Aug 2012 04:42:39 +0000

Ken, how does nuclear work as an alternative to oil? Can you use it to power your car?

By: Jim Thomerson

Jim Thomerson — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 18:10:03 +0000

I have noted, various places, about smart (I think) wealthy people buying up wind rights and water rights. I have the idea that we are going to run out of water long before we run out of oil. Not going to run out of wind any time soon.

By: Ken

Ken — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 17:44:02 +0000

Nuclear energy alternatives aren’t likely to get a level playing field regardless of who’s in power (Liquid Flouride Throrium Reactors are a safe cheap alternative to oil). We can bitch and moan about liberals or conservatives being worse on energy but the fact of the matter is that the are both quite terrible.

Energy is one of the top priorities this country should have and energy independence hasn’t made it into our top 10 priorities as a country. It’s not a party issue it’s and issue and the sooner we stop bickering and getting things done the better.

By: Doug Alder

Doug Alder — Sun, 19 Aug 2012 03:09:25 +0000

What bothers me Greg is that the more that Romney/Ryan and staff shoot themselves in the foot – and that’s getting to be pretty much daily if not hourly – the more I’m left to wonder just what is it they know that the rest of us don’t – which is to say – are they just saying whatever they really believe because they know come election day they already have it won due to various feats of skulduggery, and whatever they say now won’t make any difference? Rumor has it the Koch brothers promised Romney 100M for his campaign if he chose Ryan. That’s a lot of cash, no matter how rich you are, to be throwing at buffoons, whom in any moderately sane society shouldn’t have a hope in hell of winning a federal election.