Obama supports clean coal. Get with it man! I wonder if he's just another politician. I'm also amazed at how bombarded I am by his advertising, i mean campaigning. When he said clean coal at the rally in missoula the life just got absolutely sucked out of the gym. "what did he just say?" people gasped. He changed the subject real quick. I'll write him a letter if he gets elected. I'll write letters to whoever gets elected.
Be strong in the environmental realm, people. Stronger than any president.
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Probably the best thing you could say about this is that he doesn't know that clean coal is a contradiction in terms. Of course, it's his business to know, so that isn't a good thing.
Still, I think it's always worth keeping in mind that there will probably never be someone with a real chance of being elected president who is really what you or I want. It's just a matter of how close can you get, and how much better is this alternative?
Here, here, John!
I remember months ago also feeling dismay at Obama's clear endorsement of corn ethanol, which seems to me a remarkable scam that's benefitting guys like Cargill and ADM while doing very little for anybody else and helping to drive up the cost of corn (which is a smallish problem in this country but can be disastrous in a place---like Mexico---where corn is such a staple that it's almost a pillar of society. (But we can knock it down in the name of "Energy Independence", as if that were even possible.
There is a nationwide campaign right now aimed at convincing the major financial backers of coal companies to divest their money from those companies that are building new coal-fired power plants, or are mining coal through mountaintop removal in Appalachia. The two main targeted banks are Bank of America and Citi Bank. Anyone who is a customer (credit card or bank account) or shareholder should write to them. Here is a sample letter:
Bank of America
PO Box 15019
Wilmington, DE 19850
To Whom It May Concern:
As a Bank of America customer with a Working Assets VISA card, I have come to appreciate the excellent service and sound advice that you routinely provide. However, I am growing increasingly concerned about the threats that climate change poses to our environment, our economy, and our country. I believe that every individual, business and government office must do its part. However, it is not clear to me that Bank of America feels the same way.
I understand that Bank of America continues to invest in new coal-fired power plant construction, and has spent billions of dollars of my and others’ money financing the construction of new coal-fired power plants. This is disturbing. Every new coal plant emits an average of 6.7 million tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere each year, which is the rough equivalent of a million new cars on the road. Moreover, these plants are the country’s leading source of mercury poisoning and emit thousands of pounds of other pollutants into our air every year.
Every dollar that is invested in a new coal-fired power plant is a dollar better spent on efficiency and clean, renewable energy. It is not a sound investment, for our country or for Bank of America, to invest in these new coal plants, which will be around for 50 years or more. Let me be clear: I do not want my dollars to finance new coal plants or coal mining and contribute to global warming.
I commend Bank of America for the pledge it made last year to support “environmentally sustainable business…. [and] to address global climate change.” However, pledging less than two percent of the company’s assets for this goal pales in comparison to the billions of dollars the company spends financing coal-fired power plants and supporting the companies that are destroying Appalachia with mountaintop-removal coal mining. These companies include Massey Energy, Arch Coal, Alpha Natural Resources and others. Mountaintop mining for coal not only fuels further coal combustion and the corresponding atmospheric carbon overload, but it also destroys millions of acres of Appalachian forests that would otherwise serve as carbon sinks to offset carbon emissions.
Global climate change is the biggest threat to economic, environmental, and political stability in the coming years. By ending financial support for coal industries, and transferring that support to non-fossil fuel industries, Bank of America will be the industry leader in combating global climate change.
Please send me information regarding Bank of America’s plan to phase out financial support for fossil fuel industries. If Bank of America is not considering taking this step, please notify me of that decision so that I may begin the process of closing my Bank of America account. Although I am completely satisfied with your service, I cannot ethically support the financing of new coal-fired power plants.
Thank you in advance for your prompt attention to this critical matter.
Sincerely,
Obama is backed by Zbigniew Brezinski, who makes his policies and gives him campaign advice. Brezinski is a wealthy elitist who has been pushing for a New World Order... scarey shit!
Just read "The True Story of the Bilderberg Group" by Daniel Estulin. I like the Ron Paul Revolution myself. Who owns the rights to the photo of the students sitting in? I want to use it for my documentary. If anyone knows, email me at kohlpariah@yahoo.com
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