Obama on the future of coal and nuclear energy

January 2, 2008
Interview with San Francisco Chronicle about bankrupting coal, but take it off completely.
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BARRY: Every unit of carbon or greenhouse gases will be charged to the polluter.

If somebody wants to build a coal power plant they can - but it just that it will bankrupt them because they're gonna be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that is being emitted. That will also generate billions of dollars that we can invest in solar, wind, biodiesel and other energy approaches. If technology allows for clean coal technology than we should pursue it.

Shouldn't he know this? What is clean coal technology for? Stimulating the economy and building jobs? What hasn't this dude obamanated on? Just shut it down?

"The same in respect to nuclear. Right now, we don't know how to store nuclear waste wisely and we don't know how to deal with some of the safety issues. So it's wildly expensive to pursue nuclear energy. But I tell you what, if we could store it save MOST OF US MIGHT THINK it's a pretty good deal.

He tried this in Illinois as far as nuclear contamination and notification of the community. He kept obamanating and ended up passing a bill that says it not mandatory - it's voluntary. Meaning they don't have to do anything. It did nothing. People think he's steady and consistent. I agree - he is consistent in his non action. Why do people buy this fraud?

The point is, if we set rigorous standards for the allowable emissions, then WE CAN LET the market determine and technology and entrepreneurs to pursue what's the best approach to take, as opposed to us saying at the outset - here are the winners that we're picking. And maybe we pick wrong and maybe we pick right.

Never any action verbs and it's always we or maybe or if or if it turns out. Never a decision on anything. Seems everything is above his paygrade. How is he going to handle the economy? Energy? Anything that require specifics, actions and consequences? Who is "we"? It's we when he can't answer or it has consequences - otherwise it's "I" or "me".