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America is desperate but not stupid, Mr. Akin - Click!
Senator Todd Akin (R-MO) proposed this morning the $150 Barrel Energy Extortion Act of 2008, a bill that will continue to keep the status quo as far as energy standards go.Pretty much it calls for what every Republican-based energy bill proposes.
- Open Antarctic National Wilderness Refuge (ANWR) to oil and gas exploration. (Something we should not be doing.)
- Open the Continental shelf to Oil and Gas exploration. (If you are a beach-goer, this potentially means oil dericks in view of the beach.)
- Expand the refinery capacity of the U.S.- no refinery has been built in 30 years. (There is a new refinery being built in Omaha, Nebraska. Living down stream, especially after a tugboat accident spilled 30,000 of oil into the Missouri river just a few miles from where I a writing this post, I'm not very keen about the idea.)
- Promote the creation of fuel from shale reserves. (Strip mining)
- Promote the safe construction of new nuclear power plants. (Again, a step backwards.)
If this bill sounds familar, like it has been done before, it has.
Akin's bill continues to ignore alternative energy and only continues to support the oil industry.
Does he really think that we are going to buy into this? It's about as foolish as that "gas tax holiday idea". Do we really believe that the oil indsutry is going to lower the price for oil if we cut out the tax for oil? HELL NO! They're going to jack up the price and make money off of what the federal, state, and local governemnts charge for oil.
And that is what this bill is. It says "When oil hits $150 per barrel, GIVE THEM MORE MONEY!"
Akin says he saw this coming since 2001. If that is so, why didn't he stop the oil barons when oil hit $50 per barrel? Or $75? Or $90? Or $100? Or $125?!
We are already being extorted and forced into coercive complaciency! It's like tossing a lobster into tepid water then slowly turning up the heat. Eventually the lobster boils to death.
This bill's only purpose is to stear people away from alternative energy--which is gaining momentum--and put keep the oil, coal, and nuclear industries in control. Just because they are losing customers (like a very small fraction) they make a big stink about it with the government but tell everyone that it means nothing. Well if it means nothing, why the hell are they so afraid that that small fraction is breaking away? "Oh no! We lost 0.001% of our customers! Quick call the government! We might not make $40.8 billion dollars this year! We'll only make slightly less than that! Save us, Senator Akin!"
This bill does not stop the oil industry from extorting customers. IT PROMOTES EXTORTION!
Labels: America, energy, environment, fud, government
posted by Bushido Hacks 6/09/2008 08:13:00 AM
