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Politics : Mainstream Politics and Economics
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To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (1653)9/12/2011 11:24:06 AM
From: Jorj X Mckie4 Recommendations  Read Replies (1) of 85487
 
Why does the right, in general, want to do this? I don't know for sure, but probably because of the economic inferences to be drawn out of Hansen's recommendations--which I admit would be drastic if implemented (shut down coal mining).

Drastic? C'mon! it would cripple our economy. Millions of people would die. Eliminating coal from the energy equation is a death sentence for millions of people. We get 50% of our power from coal, do you really think we can support our infrastructure and population with wind turbines and solar?

Jim Hansen can prove that the oceans are going to rise 5 ft in two years and we would still have coal power. Why? because we don't have a choice. This whole thing is a kabuki dance.
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