Politics

[Doug Hamilton]

I would say there is also a good deal of inherent optimism that we can invent ourselves out of any bind given enough resources, and substantial enough government interventions can soften the blow in the meantime. Personally, I take a quite dismal view toward this sort of problem solving.

In Washington (state) the liberal left is trying to ban the use of natural gas and is insisting on electric heating and cooking stoves. They are also trying to demand electric cars in order to phase out gas engines. Same with lawn movers and chain saws. Meanwhile, the same people are demanding that the dams that provide hydroelectric power be removed from the rivers. No coal is allowed to be transported through the state by rail, so there can not be any coal powered plants. Certainly no nuclear power will be allowed. There are probably some things that I'm forgetting.

They do have some wind farms but so far the equipment uses more energy to build than the equipment can produce during its lifespan.

Where is the "clean" electric energy supposed to come from? We'll just pass the laws to require the technology to be created, then invent our way out of the issues.

I think I see a little problem here.

 

[Dirtdart]

Let's not forget...a true Liberal is still a Capitalist.

A leftist is a Communist/Socialist.

We often use the terms interchangeably, but we should not.

A democrat is a liberal is a progressive is a socialist is a communist all in training.