Coal Lobby Outspending Solar Industry 25 to 1

From the web site of the Office of the Clerk of the US House of Representatives comes these interesting statistics on relative lobbying muscle.

In the first three months of 2008, the leading coal industry front group (ACCCE) dropped $1.9 million in lobbying fees, while the Solar Energy Industries Association spent a mere $75,000. (Thanks to Coal is Dirty for doing the data mining.)

Also of note is that Peabody Energy spent $1.3 million of its own during the same period, while big coal-burning utility Southern Company spent $2.8 million. That's a lobbying operation on steroids. Even though it's only 1/17th the size, Southern almost matched Exxon's $3 million lobbying spend. If Exxon spent as much as Southern relative to size, it would have spent $50 million on lobbying.

Sobering. Especially on the eve of renewed consideration of a production tax credit for renewable energy in the Senate.

The measure has failed twice already -- both times by a single vote -- the one vote a certain Senator John McCain was not there to cast. (See McCain a No-Show on Clean Energy. Again.)

Let's see what kind of straight talk comes out of Washington this time around.


Global Warming

The Truth about Global Warming -The Apocalypse: Page 1 of 7.
This report is the condense version. This report proves green house gases are not responsible for global warming. My purpose is to gain support for this report. Global warming-the apocalypse can be stopped, with your help. If not stopped the sun’s heat will dominate this planet’s weather, and generate unusual weather patterns, to the point where the only thing to eat will be other people. The real reason for global warming is the earth’s orbit around the sun is decaying, in other words the earth is moving closer to the sun. The earth is a planet that functions like a machine. In fact It’s more like a machine, than a planet. Like a car, truck, aircraft, or rocket. The earth has a fuel system, an engine, a generator, and exhaust system. A car’s engine system generates torque, an aircraft’s engine systems generates thrust, and the earth’s engine system generates a powerful magnetic field, and the earth’s magnetic field protects all life on this planet, and beneath the oceans. The earth’ magnetic field keeps the earth at a safe distance from the sun, and the core is the earth’s engine earth’s fuel system is referred to as oil wells/ crude oil reservoirs. They are actually self pressurizing fuel cells. Like any machine, if you were to shut off fuel to the engine, the engine will stop operating. The oil company’s crude oil extraction process compromises the earth’s fuel system, and shut off fuel to the earth’s engine (the core), by releasing pressure out of the earth’s fuel system (oil wells). Normally the pressure in a crude oil well/ reservoir is tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of pounds per square inch. Under normal circumstance the core (the engine) stays at a constant 5000 to 7000 degrees celsius, and that’s hot enough to melt steel, and the pressure in the core is tens of thousands to hundreds of pounds per square inch. The oil is ignited long before it reaches the core, and enters the core as flames. Crude oil a hydrocarbon is capable of generating those temperatures in the core. Hydrocarbons are used to melt, and manufacture steel. The higher the temperature in the core, and the stronger the earth’s magnetic field. The cooler the core, the weaker the earth’s magnetic field. The earth’s engine is being fuel starved, and it is slowly cooling. As the core cools the earth’s magnetic field weakens, and the earth is being pulled closer to the sun Global Warming has nothing to do with green house gases, holes in the ozone, CFC, R-12 refrigerant, and aerosol propellant, etc. The only way to reverse global warming-the apocalypse is for the oil companies to re-pressurize the earth’s fuel systems. One way this can be accomplished, by igniting the methane gas in them. The ignited gas will expand, and create the pressure need to force the remaining crude oil (fuel) into the core. This is the real cause for global warming, and the only way it can be reversed. Volcanoes are the earth’s exhaust system. Volcanoes are designed to rid the core (the earth’s engine) of spent fuel, debris, and they regulate the pressure in the core, which is generated by the combustion of crude oil. The pressure that’s release from volcanoes is provided by carbon dioxide, nitrogen, sulphur dioxide, carbon monoxide, and these are all crude oil by-product. These gases prove crude oil is being burned in the core. The earth, and conditions on it are changing, and not for the better. 12 noon use to be the hottest part of the day, now it 3 o’clock in the after noon. The winters are getting sunny, and warmer from latitude (zero) to latitude (29.0- N, and 29.0- S), during winter. Both polar ice caps are melting, and the oceans are rising. The earth has shifted on it’s axes by15 degrees. The earth is moving away from the moon 4 cm each year, and the distance have increase by 220,000 miles over the decades. Floods, and tornadoes are developing in winter, from latitude (29.0 -N) to latitude (35.28 N), and higher latitudes. Two leap seconds had to be added to the atomic clock, because the earth rotation is slowing down. It’s getting noticeably hotter every 15 to 20 years. Our grand children are in grave danger!
Written by: Willie McDonald: cdnld30@gmail.com: 832-889-2058. Copyright-2008

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