cuz giving oil companies subsidies was so last year..

[Guest guest]

lets make it 1880 instead...

 

Congress considers legislation that would give coal a boost

 

What if there was a liquid fuel with the potential to produce nearly twice as

many greenhouse gases as petroleum? And it would cost nearly four times as much

to build a processing plant for this fuel as for petroleum? You'd say no thanks.

But Congress is saying yes please to this flawed fuel, commonly known as " coal. "

Legislation currently making its way through House and Senate committees

includes federal tax credits, subsidies, and loan guarantees to the tune of

billions of dollars, as well as a plan for 25-year military contracts for

coal-to-liquid fuels. " For so many, filthy coal is a dirty four-letter word, "

says Rep Nick V. Rahall (D-W.Va.), chair of the House Natural Resources

Committee and coal captive. " These individuals, I tell you, have their heads

buried in the sand. " Because coal is from Middle America, not the Middle East!

And the industry is figuring out how to separate and bury carbon emissions! And

coal is the magic solution! Oh wait, no, it's still the enemy of the human race.

 

 

 

 

 

straight to the source: The New York Times, Edmund L. Andrews, 29 May 2007

 

 

“The Earth is not dying - she is being killed. And those who are killing her

have names and addresses.†— Utah Phillips