Comments for Obama's Big Lie: 'Green' Jobs at http://www.rightsidenews.com , comment 1 to 1 out of 1 comments http://www.rightsidenews.com Sun, 21 Mar 2010 14:48:44 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.rightsidenews.com/200908155986/energy-and-environment/obamas-big-lie-green-jobs.html#comment-3427 Mr. Caruba, The facts are the oil, gas, coal, nuclear and electric utiities receive federal government incentives in the form of tax credits and exemptions, relaxed enviromental regulations, grants, loans and federal/state business contracts year after year worth billions. This has been true for years because it is impossible to be in the energy business, fossil or renewable, without some form of government incentives and this has been true for more then 100 years. One should really give some thought to the following: In 1950, there were 2.5 billion people on the planet; today, there are 6.7 billion on the planet. America has 300 million plus people, roughly 5% of the world's populaton yet we use more then 26% of the world's energy. Where does one think all the energy is going to come from? Do Americans think they can sit back and do business as usual and have access to more then 5 times the energy to the size of the population while China sits back with 1.3 billion people and does nothing? Are you aware China is aggressively pursuing both oil & gas international supply contracts while investing billions in an emerging solar manufacturing industry? They think in terms of real energy security, not in strict terms of vested financial interests who can buy their way to the top. Why is it in this country everything is a zero sum game where one can only win if another is demonized and must lose? Did we learn anything from the Japanese and the US Auto Industry debacle? Reality dictates this country is going to need every single energy source it can put its hands on, renewables and fossil fuels in order to survive. If you are going to talk about Marcellus Shale gas in the Northeast, then talk about how the industry has refused to pay taxes on the gas production, or the massive amounts of water needed to crack open the shale to get the gas and how this water becomes filled with heavy metals which spoils drinking water systems. Or down in Texas with its vaunted Barnett Shale gas where they are just starting to wake up to the fact the millions of gallons of water used in the gas production is now coming at the expense of the 4.5 million people who depend on that water who live in the greater Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex area. Or talk about the thousands upon thousand of acres of land in Alberta, Canada now sited with millions of gallons of heavy metal laden water used in the production of tar sands gas which the oil/gas industry is playing the typical game of dragging its feet on regarding clean up it promised the government of Canada in writing in order to gain access to the land, commitments for the most part it now ignores. Don't take my word for this, its all out there for anyone to see if they care to. Put another way, how about talking about all the costs and damage associated with the energy this country needs to survive and refrain from theold habit of disconnecting those fossil fuel costs and enviromental damage which mgiht not fit a given view or agenda. Best regards, Bob Magyar - Bob Magyar Sun, 16 Aug 2009 22:28:19 +0100