US to Cut Funds For Two Renewable Energy Sources
If the technology is good and might siphon cash off the richer guys, cripple it. If the policy raises up competitors, squash it. If the legislation levels the playing field, gut it.
I'm used to the sense of mental whiplash I feel every day now, because every day I read about some policy dump that I know is setting back progress on every front average Joe and Jane Six-Pack depends on. I understand now why that happens daily; because the adminsitration from top to the lowest level dog-catcher is dotted with Christian Dominionists who generally believe that helping the little guy is a sin (or that person would have been born rich--which BTW is the justification for why the kids of the rich should never have to work a day in their lives and still deserve 100% of their inheritance untaxed). You see, generally Christian Dominionists are comprised of a variety of sects that dovetail on a few issues, one being a belief in destiny--the good are born rich, and therefore to help the poor or the less than rich is to challenge God, and nobody so squirelly to believe in the good being born rich in the first place, would have the nads to challenge God.
Although I'm getting used to looking at the policy through that prism (and I might add that it is the first time any of the policy makes sense--in fact so much sense--I am developing an ability to see it coming) I am not feeling any less stressed. In fact I am feeling more. As Max Blumenthal said to me, it's like finding out your government is being run by Scientologists.
C-R-E-E-P-Y.
I'm used to the sense of mental whiplash I feel every day now, because every day I read about some policy dump that I know is setting back progress on every front average Joe and Jane Six-Pack depends on. I understand now why that happens daily; because the adminsitration from top to the lowest level dog-catcher is dotted with Christian Dominionists who generally believe that helping the little guy is a sin (or that person would have been born rich--which BTW is the justification for why the kids of the rich should never have to work a day in their lives and still deserve 100% of their inheritance untaxed). You see, generally Christian Dominionists are comprised of a variety of sects that dovetail on a few issues, one being a belief in destiny--the good are born rich, and therefore to help the poor or the less than rich is to challenge God, and nobody so squirelly to believe in the good being born rich in the first place, would have the nads to challenge God.
Although I'm getting used to looking at the policy through that prism (and I might add that it is the first time any of the policy makes sense--in fact so much sense--I am developing an ability to see it coming) I am not feeling any less stressed. In fact I am feeling more. As Max Blumenthal said to me, it's like finding out your government is being run by Scientologists.
C-R-E-E-P-Y.
US to cut funds for two renewable energy sources: "Out at the Wanapum Dam on the Columbia River, a new turbine is being tested that generates more electricity, but won't kill so many fish - thanks to research dollars from Uncle Sam.
Down in California's Long Valley, on the Sierra Nevada range, federal researchers are working to boost efficiency of geothermal energy, which uses the earth's natural heat to generate power.
But renewable energy advocates may have to kiss goodbye those and other research projects. The US Department of Energy (DOE) is quitting the hydropower and geothermal power research business - if Congress will let it."
posted by CLB at 8:29 PM
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