Kosh's Shadow 12/18/2024 8:22:45 PM

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Being green is all about getting greenbacks

Beyond Green

Down with Al Gore once and for all! The case for a rational energy policy.

While I don't agree with everything in the article (he claims to believe AGW, but if the greenies really believed in AGW they'd be pushing nuclear power, so he might have said that just to not be labeled a climateophobe)

If progressive energy policies remain so unpopular with most voters, why do Democrats persist in promoting them? The answer is that they provide material benefits for both Democratic donors and progressive nonprofits. It’s an alliance of green and greed.

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If progressive energy policies remain so unpopular with most voters, why do Democrats persist in promoting them? The answer is that they provide material benefits for both Democratic donors and progressive nonprofits. It’s an alliance of green and greed.

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In the past several decades, many rich investors have learned that green can be gold. Investing in a new nuclear plant is risky, given regulatory obstacles, upfront costs, and well-organized left-wing opposition. And it is hard for investors who hope to get rich quick to break into the oil and gas business, dominated as it is by existing firms.

In contrast, if you are wealthy enough it is easy to set yourself up as a green investor. All you have to do is use campaign finance contributions to bribe state legislators into adopting “renewable portfolio standards,” requiring that electric utilities purchase a certain amount of “renewable energy” at otherwise non-competitive prices from solar, wind, hydro, and biomass providers—which you happen to own.

RTWT

Occasional Reader 12/19/2024 8:09:09 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 1:

Ecuador has been learning the hard way about the perils of relying on "renewables" these last several weeks.

The people who shriek about "climate chaos!!!" are the same ones who want us to be entirely dependent on predictable weather patterns in order to have energy. 

Occasional Reader 12/19/2024 9:17:38 AM

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Bombshell WSJ report: White House staff knew that Biden was in cognitive decline since the very beginning of his presidency, and of course, this was hidden from us. Although not very effectively, I should add.

https://www.wsj.com/politics/biden-white-house-age-function-diminished-3906a839?st=SJfFS4&reflink=article_copyURL_share

vxbush 12/19/2024 9:58:05 AM

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From Instapundit: 

THE SWINGINGEST OHIO FUNERAL HOME SINCE FERRYMAN’S! Columbus funeral home to be first in Ohio to operate with a liquor license.

This seems like an incredibly bad idea.

buzzsawmonkey 12/19/2024 10:11:35 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 4:

Finnegan's Wake

JCM 12/19/2024 11:46:51 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 4:

Sounds like a great idea for a reality tv show!

buzzsawmonkey 12/19/2024 12:07:57 PM

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Following Ketanji Brown Jackson's example, Joe Biden is planning his own Broadway debut. His song is expected to be a real show-stopper:

All the cash shipped to thugs is a feature, not a bug
Armageddon to be a habit with me
Millions tossed down the drain to fund the war in Ukraine
Armageddon to be a habit with me
You might have thought I was supposed work for the US when I became president,
Instead I shipped money to support terrorists, and you won't know where it went
I clipped off some as pay as I frittered it away
And showed I didn't care if you'd see
And left a smoldering heap of pardons in my wake
Armageddon to be a habit with me----can't fake it---
Armageddon to be a habit with me!

Occasional Reader 12/19/2024 1:57:55 PM

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Reply to buzzsawmonkey in 7:

++++

And I think Kamala's run for the White House has a certain The Producers quality to it. 

Kosh's Shadow 12/19/2024 6:57:50 PM

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In #8 Occasional Reader said: And I think Kamala's run for the White House has a certain The Producers quality to it. 

Springtime for Hamas