Inhofe: Oil And Gas Usage Doesn’t Create Any Pollution
Inhofe: Oil And Gas Usage Doesn’t Create Any Pollution
This afternoon, Sen. James Inhofe (R-OK) took to the Senate floor and basically made a pitch for the oil and gas industry. He said that to ensure “energy security,” the United States should increasingly “extract our own resources.” According to Inhofe, this solution would not only achieve energy independence, but it would also be pollution-free:
People complain that we are buying — importing from the Middle East — oil and gas. And then they find out that we have it all right here. We don’t have to do that. If their argument there is “Well, we don’t want to use oil and gas because we think it pollutes” — which it doesn’t — but if that’s their argument, then why are we willing to import it from Saudi Arabia and other countries in the Middle East?
Watch it:
Inhofe is an anti-science senator who thinks that global warming is “the greatest hoax ever perpetrated on the American people.” Not only does oil and gas drilling release greenhouse gas emissions that contribute to climate change, but they also release other dangerous pollutants that endanger American health. As the Natural Resources Defense Council wrote in a 2008 report:
Oil and gas drilling operations can release a number of hazardous pollutants, including hydrogen sulfide, benzene, toluene, formaldehyde, and diesel exhaust. Exposure is known to lead to short-term illnesses, cancer, or even death. For example, benzene and formaldehyde are both known to cause cancer, and diesel exhaust contains a number of compounds known to cause cancer. Emissions can come from oil and gas itself, chemical additives used in drilling, or fuel combustion.
Additionally, a 2003 University of California at Irvine study found that “oil and natural gas wells and refineries create regional air pollution levels in excess of some of the nation’s smoggiest urban areas.” In states like Wyoming and New Mexico, “oil and gas drilling operations are the second largest source of statewide carbon dioxide and methane emissions,” two key greenhouse gases.
Of course there are also oil spills; big oil spills put approximately 37 million gallons of oil into the world’s oceans each year. Several hundred million more gallons wind up in the waterways through other means, such as air pollution.
More drilling is Inhofe’s solution to all the nation’s economic problems. He even thought it would help low-income families pay their heating bills. Of course, actual solutions to achieving energy independence and creating jobs are ones that Inhofe is unwilling to even consider because they won’t benefit his friends in the gas and oil industry.
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LOL! Yeah! And I’m a virgin and pee rainbows!
July 27th, 2009 at 7:02 pmReally, I’m not a violent person. At all.
But someone needs to seriously consider euthanasia as an option for Inhofe.
Just what the fcuk is wrong with this dooshbag and why do the people of Oklahoma keep electing him?
PEACE
July 27th, 2009 at 7:03 pmKyron is wrong, it should read: James Inohofe, R-Exxon-Mobil
July 27th, 2009 at 7:05 pmInhofe should put his lungs where his mouth is. Perhaps he should be invited to choose whether to sit in a closed garage with a running, “non-polluting” internal combusting car for an hour, or with an electric car. See, choice is good!
July 27th, 2009 at 7:06 pmThe noise pollution in the Oklahoma gas fields is quite bad. It requires house sized compressors to pump the natural gas, and they scream 24/7, 365.4 days a year.
July 27th, 2009 at 7:08 pmSpencer’s mom says:
Really, I’m not a violent person. At all.
But someone needs to seriously consider euthanasia as an option for Inhofe.
Just what the fcuk is wrong with this dooshbag and why do the people of Oklahoma keep electing him?
PEACE
Because oil and gas production are big in Oklahoma and these companies pay him big bucks to say these lies.
July 27th, 2009 at 7:08 pmspencer’s mom says:
It’s an article of faith with the facts-of-life deniars. It’s all those damn trees that cause all that pollution, because Bonzo the Gipper told them so.
snark
July 27th, 2009 at 7:08 pmSpencers mom: they keep electing him because the ones who vote for him are doosh-bags too.
July 27th, 2009 at 7:08 pmWha?
Using oil and gas doesn’t pollute? Seriously?
Inhofe just went from being your run-of-the-mill anti-science cook to an open, blatant, unapologetic stupidity.
I suppose that in his alternate version of reality, coal-mining does not negative effects, either.
July 27th, 2009 at 7:12 pmAs a former resident of Tulsa, I know he’s lying. There have been several “accidental” releases of toxic chemicals from the refinery in west Tulsa in recent years, which caused city officials to issue city-wide health warnings and to suggest that those with respiratory problems stay indoors. I can’t believe the local TV stations aren’t pointing out his lie, knowing what they do.
July 27th, 2009 at 7:12 pmThe local TV stations are owned by the same “people” who own Inhofe.
July 27th, 2009 at 7:16 pmInhofe: Oil And Gas Usage Doesn’t Create Any Pollution
And your pointless and nonsensical speeches don’t create pollution either , right Jerkofe …………
July 27th, 2009 at 7:17 pmInhofe: Oil And Gas Usage Doesn’t Create Any Pollution
– - By the way, Inhofe is widely considered the ultimate brainiac in the state of Oklahoma.
July 27th, 2009 at 7:18 pmAh, the trolls – the is a-playin’ with the votes a’gin! I vote someone up, then the vote returns to zero.
Oh, what a delicious life to have nothing better to do than prank the blogs!
PEACE
July 27th, 2009 at 7:19 pmSeriously, though, folks, what’s the downside for Inhofe in saying this? His credibility is already completely shot with people who, y’know, pay attention to the world around them, and the folks who already think he’s the only one who has the courage to say this shit will only admire him more.
It’s really a no-brainer for the good Senator.
… which incidentally might make a good personalized license plate for his limo.
July 27th, 2009 at 7:22 pmThis comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Inhofe is a science fiction writer as well as a Senator.
July 27th, 2009 at 7:26 pmSeems to me the only reason to “drill often” is if you keep sinking dry wells.
July 27th, 2009 at 7:28 pm“Drill now and drill often.”
Doesn’t sound very conservative to me…
July 27th, 2009 at 7:29 pmInhofe’s hot air is toxic. I hear some of the lobbying groups call him Inho.
July 27th, 2009 at 7:30 pmconservative Moron says:
You are stupid now and you are stupid always
July 27th, 2009 at 7:33 pmApparently this guy has never been to Mexico City, Hong Kong or any other city in a developing nation. Maybe we should send him away for a while on a fact finding mission.
July 27th, 2009 at 7:33 pmOK Inhofe has taken being brainwashed into the realm of pure dementia
July 27th, 2009 at 7:35 pmOil pollutes at every turn—during extraction, shipping, refining, storing, burning.
Acid rain, oil spills, asthma…
July 27th, 2009 at 7:35 pmYou almost have to study to be that stupid….
July 27th, 2009 at 7:38 pmThat performance should earn Inhofe dinner for two and a night out at the Petroleum Club!
July 27th, 2009 at 7:40 pmWaiter, I’ll have the spare ribs with the light sweet crude sauce…
July 27th, 2009 at 7:45 pm“Fossil” fuels were created and put into the ground by God 6000 years ago. How can something created by God possibly be hazardous to our health!?
Seriously thank God this moron is no longer chairman of the Environment and Public works committee
July 27th, 2009 at 7:47 pmJesus! Why can’t we switch to alternative fuels!I’m tired of the same OLD senators shilling the same OLD ideas so that their same OLD Big Business buddies can make an obscene amount of money polluting our Earth! The technology is there! The only way to move on is to vote out all of these Bums. Unfortunately these are OLD white senators from the South. They will never get voted out unless their districts do it. They won’t.
July 27th, 2009 at 7:48 pmnoseeum says:
Waiter, I’ll have the spare ribs with the light sweet crude sauce…
And some spicy toluene tea?
July 27th, 2009 at 7:49 pmSenate Finance Committee To Drop Public Option
July 27th, 2009 at 7:50 pmhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/27/senate-group-dropping-dem_n_245839.html
Apologies for being brief on this one, Inhofe is just plan “dumb.” Cause what I really want to say will not post to TP.
Had enough G(nO)P stupidity for one day, Bachmann was enough. LOL
July 27th, 2009 at 7:53 pmSomebody’s been inhaling too many fumes …
July 27th, 2009 at 7:58 pmMore noise from the Repnuttycan Party! I guess Inhofe and Bachmann have an agreement to keep polluting the airwaves with their BS lies on global warming and pollution.
Inhofe should go ask the poor folks in TN whether they think oil and gas pollutes. Have a hot cup of coal ash Inhofe!
I declare these Repnuttycans are too stupid for words! It’s just stupifying!
July 27th, 2009 at 8:03 pmAlright, I am convinced. It is all things crazy day. WTH?
July 27th, 2009 at 8:04 pmThe only reason Inhofe says oil doesn’t pollute is because he is taking bribe money from big oil. Of course, accepting bribes is a crime, and accepting bribes while in an elected position is treason.
Let’s just end the charade and start enforcing the law.
July 27th, 2009 at 8:08 pmrodstewart says:
If I listen long enough to you
I’ll find a way to believe that it’s all true,
Knowing, that you lied, straight-faced, while I cried.
Still I search to find a reason to believe….
Rod Stewart will perform in Tulsa August 20th, according to the Petroleum Club website….
July 27th, 2009 at 8:08 pmThis guy is batsh*t crazy. What else can be wrong with him?
July 27th, 2009 at 8:11 pmwhy would they care, they will be dead by the time all this happens.
July 27th, 2009 at 8:14 pmCan you imagine what would happen if Bachmann and Inhofe were to breed?
At least it would have free healthcare for life…
PEACE
July 27th, 2009 at 8:17 pmSpencer’s mom:
July 27th, 2009 at 8:19 pmWouldn’t that be akin to crossing the streams ala Ghostbusters?
Somehow the People of America need to educate the people that would vote for politicians like Inhofe. We have to use our brains to find a way to make sure they understand not to vote for someone this stupid.
This man is a traitor to his country. We must find a way to contact everyone that could vote for him, and make sure they understand what he is doing. I have no idea how we can do this, but it is our duty to our country to find a way.
July 27th, 2009 at 8:19 pmI wonder what color the sky is in Inhofe’s world. In my world, it’s blue with brown edges on a good day.
July 27th, 2009 at 8:22 pmWhore.
July 27th, 2009 at 8:25 pmWhat does he care. By the time we can say we told you so he’ll be a rich dead person due to oil pollution! Like Perry of Texas, he’ll be the first Okie to demand help if something goes wrong in Oklahoma. Does he really think he can fool any of the people any of the time?
July 27th, 2009 at 8:27 pmconservative guy says:
This comment has been voted down. Click to read.
Drill now and drill often.
SHUT UP AND SHUT UP OFTEN!
looks like another one of your trollturds has been flushed. You seem to enjoy it.
July 27th, 2009 at 8:30 pmHonestly, it is increasingly difficult by the day to read the latest episode in the republican party. They are growing more obstinate, more ignorant, more angry, more petulant, more racist, more disagreeable, more uncooperative, more outspoken and more backward as time goes by.
July 27th, 2009 at 8:33 pmSome of them, like the idiot in this thread, are just too obnoxious. They must have had to lie and bribe their way into office — I can’t believe that their constituents are as stupid as these officials.
I got a questioner poll call yesterday and the woman was asking all the right question that warmed the cockles of my liberal heart and then, the nuclear energy question. I had asked her who was funding this and she said she didn’t know but I knew after she asked that question. I said yes to nuclear energy, as bad as I hate it.
July 27th, 2009 at 8:41 pmI’m not sure what it’s going to take for the Repnuttycans to see that global warming is real. I guess more flooding, tornados, hurricanes, drought, poisoning from coal ash and oil spills, etc.
July 27th, 2009 at 8:45 pmI’m glad I don’t have kids and don’t have to worry about that angle of it.
July 27th, 2009 at 8:47 pmInhofe: Oil And Gas Usage Doesn’t Create Any Pollution
???????WTF???????
This insane moron has got to be removed from office immediately…
….NO ONE this stupid and ignorant should be allowed to be anywhere outside of a loonie bin.
July 27th, 2009 at 8:58 pmSay… here’s an idea, Inhofe…
Let’s tie you to a crane, lift you up, and dunk your head down one of the smokestacks at a fossil fuel plant, or tape your mouth around the tailpipe of your fancy car, and see how long it takes for you to recant your statement.
What’s that, Mr. Inhofe? I don’t understand your screaming and flailing. Is it or is it not polluting the air you breathe? Your coughing and wheezing aren’t giving me a definitive answer. A simple yes or no will suffice.
God, this is ridiculous. If Texas secedes from the union, it has to take Oklahoma, the rest of the south, and the plane states with it, because I for one am tired of having republican politicians like Inhofe make statements that not only fly in the face of logic, but they vomit in it as well.
Stick your empty head into a smokestack and tell me that the air is as clean as spring in the mountains. Drink a cup of water just downstream from a factory runoff pipe and tell me that you feel fine and dandy.
July 27th, 2009 at 9:02 pmAnd if he were bought off by the tobacco companies, I’d bet he would say that smoking doesn’t cause lung cancer…
There is stupid, and then there is Senator Inhofe. He’s the Senate’s version of Crazy Shelly from MN.
July 27th, 2009 at 9:06 pmI’m afraid it’s going to continue to get worse. The question now isn’t so much about what to do about global warming but preparing for its eventuality. The wingnuts are going to prevent anything from being done.
July 27th, 2009 at 9:21 pmconservative guy says:
Drill now and drill often.
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Funny… that’s what yer wife kept saying…
July 27th, 2009 at 9:21 pmI want to move to Candyland, or wherever Inhofe is from – gas doesn’t pollute, global warming isn’t happening, and even the retarded can get elected to Congress. It’s Utopia…
July 27th, 2009 at 9:22 pmYou have to give credit where it is due: Oklahoma elected this freak along with Coburn and not one county carried Obama in the last election.
July 27th, 2009 at 9:36 pmInhofe might be stupid and he might be crazy. But he’s saying these things here because he is a liar. A U.S. senator, even one from Oklahoma, has power, and he will lie till the cows come home to continue receiving the largess of his political supporters and retain his seat.
July 27th, 2009 at 9:42 pmApparently ignorance is still highly prized in the G.O.P.
July 27th, 2009 at 9:56 pmI think Miss Terkel is playing a joke on us, seriously can anyone (Inhofe) be that stupid to say such a thing? Sht, I almost forgot hes a repug. I apologize Miss Terkel. Sometimes its really hard for me to comprehend how the repugs can make such ridiculous claims.
July 27th, 2009 at 10:00 pmCarbon monoxide has 210 times the affinity for hemoglobin than oxygen. I can only assume that Inhofe is sucking on the tailpipe of his taxpayer funded black Suburban.
July 27th, 2009 at 10:03 pmPlease, please, please lets just cut these rubes loose. Lets pry Oklahoma’s lips from the fed teet (they lap up 50% more than they kick in) and lets see where they are. My guess is they would like Sierra Leone by Christmas.
July 27th, 2009 at 10:08 pmIs there some way — legal would be nice, but, well, you know. any port in a storm — to reverse the outcome of the Civil War and IMPOSE secession on, say, everything south of Mason-Dixon plus at least (and especially!) Oklahoma and Tejas?
Just sayin’.
July 27th, 2009 at 10:09 pmOT – but quite interesting…
U.S. charges seven with plotting attacks overseas
Mon Jul 27, 2009 6:02pm EDT
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. authorities on Monday arrested seven people from North Carolina who have been charged with plotting to carry out terrorist attacks overseas, including in Kosovo, Jordan and the Gaza Strip.
U.S. prosecutors said the ringleader of the group, Daniel Patrick Boyd, trained in Afghanistan and Pakistan from 1989 to 1992 and used that experience to set up his own organization to train fighters, raise money and carry out attacks abroad.
A U.S. official told reporters that there was no indication that Boyd’s group was connected with an international militant organization or that they were planning attacks in the United States.
In the seven-count indictment unsealed on Monday in Raleigh, North Carolina, authorities accused Boyd and others, including his two sons, of traveling to Gaza, Israel, Jordan, Pakistan and Kosovo to plan or engage in attacks.
“These charges hammer home the point that terrorists and their supporters are not confined to the remote regions of some far away land but can grow and fester right here at home,” said George E.B. Holding, the U.S. attorney for eastern North Carolina.
July 27th, 2009 at 10:14 pm[...]
http://www.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/idUSTRE56Q5NG20090727
Levi the Dungbeetle says:
Somehow the People of America need to educate the people that would vote for politicians like Inhofe. [...]
that education USED to be the responsibility of the “fourth estate”… too much trouble these days… takes effort…
i’ll re-post this most interesting information here:
heard about earlier on RANDI RHODES:
Health Care Not Healthy For Ratings
By Liz Cox Barrett
Assorted people in journalism explain to Politico’s Michael Calderone that health care reportage, in addition to being a challenge for reporters, does not hold people’s attention.
http://www.cjr.org/the_kicker/health_care_not_healthy_for_ra.php
(the first, most respectful link i found on the search – politico is linked)
July 27th, 2009 at 10:21 pm.
Inhofe is soooo Outhofe his mind!
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July 27th, 2009 at 10:22 pmChange starts with you.
Do you have an electric car?
July 27th, 2009 at 10:36 pmkaty Says:
Health Care Not Healthy For Ratings
By Liz Cox Barrett
Assorted people in journalism explain to Politico’s Michael Calderone that health care reportage, in addition to being a challenge for reporters, does not hold people’s attention.
It’s f’ing well holding my attention tonight as I’ve wasted 2 hours trying to get my new insurance provider to cover the high blood pressure med I’ve taken for five years. I’ve got seven days worth left and am required to use a crappy mail-order service to get my meds. If you notice an uptick in global temps, don’t blame that non-polluting oil stuff, it’s caused by an angry hot woman exploding in Virginia.
July 27th, 2009 at 10:40 pmObviously Inhofe has never been at Exit 13A on the New Jersey Turnpike or road past the Linden and Bayway refineries. He is really a stupid man. Now, I am willing to jump in on the logical debate of whether Global Warming will eventually cause drought or increased CO2 levels are a precursor to an Ice Age, but gas and oil not causing pollution?!
July 27th, 2009 at 10:40 pmmarwick says:
Change starts with you.
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Gosh, marwick… you sure are clever…
July 27th, 2009 at 10:41 pmAccording to opensecrets.org:
For the 2008 Oklahoma senatorial election:
Jim Inhofe raised $6,445,999 Inhofe won with 57%
PAC contribution..$1,973,152 (31%)
Individual……..$4,173,816 (65%)
Other……………$299,031 (5%)
Andrew Rice raised $2,869,433 Rice lost with 39%
PAC contributions….$231,426 (8%)
Individual………$2,609,723 (91%)
Other……………..$28,284 (1%)
Any more questions about how Inhofe keeps being re-elected?
(Not to mention the scary, slanderous ad campaign)
Until we have campaign reform in America, we only get what we pay for.
July 27th, 2009 at 10:43 pmconservative guy says:
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Drill now and drill often.
July 27th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
I do …….But there’s only so much your mother and sister can take ………….
July 27th, 2009 at 10:45 pmMCMetal says:
I do …….But there’s only so much your mother and sister can take ………….
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Sorry, but I got there first w/ that one… see #55.
July 27th, 2009 at 11:04 pmOkay,Inhofe may even be smarter than we’re giving him credit for. This guy is playing to his Repugnican base. Unfortunately these people who keep electing him lack the capacity to understand that they are being used and talked down to.
July 27th, 2009 at 11:08 pmThis man could not be more ignorant, dishonest, & stupid if he really worked at it, which I think he must do.
July 27th, 2009 at 11:21 pmoutstanding – please! your blood pressure!
deep breaths… slow, not too deep…
turn on the daily show and watch what jon stewart does to
bill kristol… you’ll love it!
take care… you’ll make it work out.
July 27th, 2009 at 11:33 pm… and thank the gods for colbert…
l o l …
July 27th, 2009 at 11:35 pmInhofe is just terminally stupid.
That’s all there is to it.
July 27th, 2009 at 11:37 pmummmm…so what is his argument? If oil and gas polluted, we wouldn’t buy it from the middle east?
Really – aside from the stupidity of his claims, I can’t even find a coherent argument in his rambling.
Is he trying to say because we import oil and gas it can’t pollute? On some level that is ingenious.
July 27th, 2009 at 11:41 pmChange begins with YOU Marwick. Are you EVER going to get a functional cerebral cortex?
July 27th, 2009 at 11:42 pmkaty says:
… and thank the gods for colbert…
Thanks katy, and the gods..the pulling the Palin phrase out of a hat bit calmed me down considerably.
July 27th, 2009 at 11:43 pmYes and Santa Claus delivers presents on unicorns, and the Easter Bunny uses the Tooth Fairy to fly around the world on Easter.
July 27th, 2009 at 11:45 pmHey Mcmetal & Repub of stupidity #55,#72 Thanks for the good laugh. Its not to often that I laugh out loud when im in front of my PC.
July 27th, 2009 at 11:56 pmthat was HI-larious, outstanding…
and the band is a hoot! i love it! but i have no idea what he is saying…
MOVITS!
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zooey – i dunno… i tend to agree with Pelotonpro 048 on this one…
the repugs are just lying and bullshitting and lying some more,
and getting away with it…
thanks to the corporate media…
…
g’nite all…
July 28th, 2009 at 12:07 amDo you have an electric car?
July 28th, 2009 at 12:10 am—
No but I do have a bike…
O.K. TWELVE YEARS OF PUBLIC EDUCATION. This could be turned around with one room school houses in every neighborhood with a good teacher, and high-speed internet. Bus-ing our children to crowded schools where they enter through metal detectors, are treated like criminals, and are tazed by the local police is totally unnecessary and anathema to free-thinking and democracy.
Some people actually think that people like Inhofe keep them safe. Perish the thought.
July 28th, 2009 at 12:21 amI have no problem with us drilling for oil on our own soil on one condition. Every drop of oil found must remain to be used in the USA and not sold on the world market.
July 28th, 2009 at 12:41 amokie dokie says:
Any more questions about how Inhofe keeps being re-elected?
(Not to mention the scary, slanderous ad campaign)
Until we have campaign reform in America, we only get what we pay for
July 28th, 2009 at 12:44 am“““““““““““““““““““““““““““““““`
I agree but you should have said “We only get what the lobbyists and special interests pay for.
Divided @88
Yes.
That would be the PAC and “other” contributions.
Which for Inhofe is oil and gas.
Surprise.
July 28th, 2009 at 1:03 amToo bad Inhofe is old enough that he probably won’t live to choke on the pollution he’s denying. Maybe he’ll end up with mesothelioma or some other nice thingie chewing up his lungs though. One can hope.
July 28th, 2009 at 1:15 amhmmm “drill”??? . . . no mention of the FACT that the North Slope Oil was tankered from Valdez to Japan to be refined and “marketed” because “the West Coast had no capacity to refine” (after closing down refineries in the Bay area, Los Angeles and Bakersfield) . . . and “over production” was flooding the market with cheap gas . . remember fondly a “Cheap Ass Gas Station” at every corner and quickie mart??? . . . all that and “no pollution” . . . .
July 28th, 2009 at 1:43 amWell of course its gas use doesn’t “create” pollution.
It is what from the Gas and oil is not used is which pollutes. It doesn’t create pollution. Its remains that is not used pollutes.
Inhofe thinks playing with words as a grown man is being serious.
July 28th, 2009 at 3:34 amOk Inhofe – I live near the intersection of 2 major freeways and an airport in Burbank – do you have any other reason why I have to wash my car every couple of days just to see out the windows???
July 28th, 2009 at 8:55 amoh wait – he did say something that makes total sense… “to ensure “energy security,” the United States should increasingly “extract our own resources.””
We need to extract all the energy we can from the sun and the wind – It is ALL over this country and we are just ignoring it! Why won’t the corporations let us extract these resources? Is it because they can not monopolize the energy? is it that once we all have solar panels and turbines to power our homes and cars we won’t need them?
July 28th, 2009 at 8:58 amWell, it is true that oil and gas usage does not cause as much pollution as Senator In-hoax’s bloviations.
July 28th, 2009 at 10:07 amBingo – you are right. In addition to not needing them, it is a national security improvement because we won’t have single points of fail (power plants) that can take out entire cities of power. It will be a distributed power system. Not even considering the target on potential nuclear plants (and the deliciously toxic waste).
July 28th, 2009 at 10:56 amSo in the last 100 years the earth’s temp has risen .06 degrees, I’m not really too concerned about “Climate change”.
If all the Ice caps are melting then why isn’t the sea rising-I live in Florida so I should know.
July 28th, 2009 at 12:51 pmIt seems like when something doesn’t work for you lefties, just change it around to see if something else will stick, like Carbon.
Carbon is a substance naturally accruing since time began-have you heard of carbon dating.
Did you know that more oil seeps up through the ocean floor naturally then any oil spill.
Did you ever think about how much pollution Volcanoes spew out ever year, they pollute more in one year than anything that man has created since man can remember.
Also scientist are saying that the earth is now starting to cool, what are we going to now-let’s put a hole in the ozone again, that will help keep the earth warm. lol
So is Inhofe gonna introduce a bill that means I don’t have to get my car emissions tested ?
And is Inhofe gonna use an exhaust pipe as his sole source of clean air ?
July 28th, 2009 at 2:36 pmkevin1 says:
I am tired of slapping down you hate science luddites on Global Warming. That isnt the topic of this thread. Moron Inhofe says oil and gas use dont create any pollution. So do you agree or are you just trying to change the subject because you hate it when a rightwinger like Inhofe shows what a moron he is?
July 28th, 2009 at 3:05 pmA little basic chemistry here: Even if oil / gas were a perfect hydrocarbon (and there aren’t. There are many other compounds in small amounts) and we assume total combustion (and no engine comes anywhere close)
In this contrived, ideal example, the products would be water and carbon dioxide. So even then, we’re adding carbon dioxide to the atmosphere.
July 28th, 2009 at 9:40 pm