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Politics : Arnold for Governor! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?


To: richardred who wrote (674)11/1/2003 12:15:30 AM
From: Raymond Duray  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 773
 
richardred,

Re: think of it, Arnold driving a hydrogen powered Hummer-Exploration

I have, and this is a completely ridiculous vehicular choice. Perhaps you don't understand how cynical all this Bush chatter about hydrogen powered vehicles is? The whole idea was to distract the public from sensible solutions like the hybrid vehicles such as the Toyota Prius, and present the public with pie-in-the-sky solution that can't possibly be made practical.

Bush's cynicism is only matched by your naivete about the fact that he was trying to hoodwink you (no pun intended) with his disingenuous enthusiasm for hydrogen powered vehicles.

Re: At least sell the leases (fresh cash).

Again, I think you are naive about the situation in the California off-shore waters. There are currently thousands of acres upon which leases have been paid for, which unlike Jeb Bush's Florida, have become stranded costs for oil and gas exploration companies that are precluded from drilling on existing leaseholds.



To: richardred who wrote (674)11/1/2003 12:26:01 AM
From: richardred  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 773
 
Schwarzenegger said that he supports big government programs to buy back leases as a measure to protect the environment. He said, "I think that our state government and our federal government should negotiate to buy back the leases [from the oil companies.]"


Maybe George can buy them back and take the issue out of Arnolds hands