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To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (47162)	1/31/2014 4:51:33 PM
From: miraje	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86363

you simply don't even have a clue as to the ramifications if you were successful The problem is, Jorj, that you're using common sense. Something that's in short supply on the left side of the spectrum. It's pretty obvious that liberals and reality underwent a divorce a long time ago..

To: Jorj X Mckie who wrote (47162)	1/31/2014 8:20:53 PM
From: Wharf Rat	1 Recommendation Recommended By Eric Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 86363

"I'd like to hear what you think the U.S. would look like in 1 year if we successfully banned coal today." (For the simple minds, very few advocate any plan to be "turn it all off today". Cal stds only hit 33% by 2020) I'd like to hear what you think we would look like if Raygun had said in '81, "I'm committed to the Nixon/Carter Energy Independence Renewable Energy Plan", to be totally implemented by 2014". (And had not killed the last dam in Cal.) Reagan’s Road to Climate Perdition January 29, 2012 Exclusive: History can be seen as crossroads where people pick paths and live with the consequences, with some paths leading to grave dangers. Election 1980 was one such crossroad as Americans made the feel-good choice of Ronald Reagan over the eat-your-peas option of Jimmy Carter — taking a path to climate catastrophe, says Sam Parry. However, after Carter was out of the White House, President Reagan not only removed the solar panels from the roof, he systematically dismantled Carter’s alternative energy and conservation initiatives. Reagan became the anti-Carter in almost every way on energy policy. Reagan slashed the National Renewable Energy Laboratory’s budget by 90 percent, halved the Energy Department’s conservation and alternative fuels budget, eliminated the wind investment tax credit, reduced spending on solar photovoltaic research by two-thirds, slashed energy tax credits for homeowners, and reduced fuel-efficiency standards for cars. Due largely to Reagan’s policy reversals on alternative energy, the United States fell far short of Carter’s goal of getting 20 percent of its energy from renewable sources by 2000, achieving about only one-quarter of that target, even less than what Carter’s policies had achieved by the early 1980s. In retrospect, it is clear that Reagan made reckless policy choices that had grave consequences for American energy security, for the environment and for the future survivability of life on planet Earth. Indeed, for those who understand the dire threat of catastrophic climate change and the curse of America’s continued addiction to fossil fuels, “A Road Not Taken” can be a painful documentary to watch. It may be even more painful for our kids and grandkids to watch this film in a world that already is on its way to 11 degrees F warming (or more) by the end of the century. Scratch that. It won’t be painful to watch a movie. It will be painful to live in such a world. consortiumnews.com