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2010-03-28 India-Pakistan

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Posted by john frum 2010-03-28 10:57|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 India is building a bunch of coal-fired power plants. China is building new coal and nuclear plants. The US is building nothing but talking about "green jobs".

I always wondered what it would be like to live in a third world country. I guess I'm about to find out. And I won't even have to move out of the US. Thanks a lot Barry.

Posted by DMFD 2010-03-28 11:58|| 2010-03-28 11:58|| Front Page Top

#2 Let's hear it for capitalism!

Posted by DarthVader 2010-03-28 12:11|| 2010-03-28 12:11|| Front Page Top

#3 You can just hear them now...

"But... capitalism isn't supposed to be able to build big useful stuff! You need the government to do that!"

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-03-28 12:23|| 2010-03-28 12:23|| Front Page Top

#4 They spent the last forty or so years nickel-and-diming away the ability to get stuff done by private industry and they think they've proven that private industry can't do stuff. And they stand around looking suprised when they find out the Indians or Chinese don't know that.

Posted by Thing From Snowy Mountain 2010-03-28 12:24|| 2010-03-28 12:24|| Front Page Top

#5 Jobs for West Virginia coal miners! See? President Obama is providing green (or black at least) jobs as promised.

/sarcasm

Posted by trailing wife on the other computer 2010-03-28 13:54|| 2010-03-28 13:54|| Front Page Top

#6 How strange! A developing country builds the infrastructure to exploit a cheap, available energy supply. In other news, some guy was bitten by a dog.

Posted by SteveS 2010-03-28 14:31|| 2010-03-28 14:31|| Front Page Top

#7 The US is building nothing but talking about "green jobs

Better: Here in Oregon, the State has publicly announced an energy policy that has NO plans for new power plants through 2050. With projected power needs far exceeding current capacity, the stated aim is to "achieve 80% of the shortfall through conservation"...

Yeah, you can guess where that's going to lead. There's a pilot program right now that residences can 'opt-in' for that permits the utility to 'throttle-back' a home's electricity by cutting major consuming appliances/devices.

Coming soon: Mandatory 'big brother' utilities.

In other news: No word on what our State plans on doing for the other '20%'...but you can bet it's rooted in wind & solar which, paradoxically, require conventional electricity production to back them up. Idiots.

Posted by logi_cal 2010-03-28 21:37|| 2010-03-28 21:37|| Front Page Top

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