Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"Thou Shalt Get Sidetracked by Bullshit, Every Goddamned Time." -- The Ghoul

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck,
"FOFF" = Felonious Old Fat Fuck,
"COFF" = Convicted Old Felonious Fool,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset,
A/K/A P01135809, A/K/A Dementia Donnie, A/K/A Felon^34,
A/K/A Dolt-45, A/K/A Don Snoreleone

Friday, July 3, 2009

Alternative Energy

While the British are pursuing wind and wave power on a large scale and while China ramps up its capabilities to produce wind turbines and solar plants, we dither and bicker and the Republicans keep trying to throw sand in the gears. Part of the argument put forth by the GOP ("because the “biblical worldview sees the world and ecosystems as the work of a wise God,” humankind couldn’t possibly be affecting the climate" and "Wind is God’s way of balancing heat. Wind is the way you shift heat from areas where it’s hotter to areas where it’s cooler.") has been nothing more than propounding the notions of whackjobs and morons as scientific counterweights.

Note that China is planning to reach its 2020 goal of producing 30 gigawatts of electricity from wind turbines before next year is out. China is exceeding its own targets while our politicians keep watering down our targets. In this country, with the party of Hoover expounding on the latest version of a flat Earth theory, don't expect much to happen.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

There's a lot of NIMBY going on, as well. Wasn't it that fat fucker Kennedy who objected to a major wind farm off of MA, because it would have spoiled the views from the compound?

Comrade Misfit said...

I think it was the skinny fucker, RFK, Jr., who was leading the charge against Cape Wind. Which set almost new heights of hypocrisy, considering that ol' Jr. has a career of being an environmental crusader.

Anonymous said...

You'd think it would be a wise bet to set up a wind farm wherever there are Kennedys -- or politicians, for that matter.

Hell, DC would be an excellent place for a wind farm.