A little bit ominous given the discussion here since I was reading this thread when the power dropped out. A harbinger of things to come. But I fear they’ll last a lot longer than 90 minutes.

It’s gonna get damn cold…

That’s The One’s “All Of The Above” energy plan in a nutshell.

Only Holy Wind and Holy Sun will be allowed, anywhere, ever.

Here’s a good take on that;

Among the world’s physicists there was a feeling that usable atomic energy was perhaps the acme of all the practical gifts their profession could give to man. To have a part in making this gift a reality had been a hidden hope in many hearts. In this hope there had been no thought of atomic explosions except as one of the hazards to be avoided. We had been told that the earth’s supplies of petroleum could not last for many decades, and that the supplies of coal were diminishing. Where then would men find the source of power for an industry that over the centuries would demand an ever-increasing supply? Could it be from the sun or the wind? These were too fickle in most parts of the world. If only we could tap the energy of the atomic nucleus!

- Dr. Arthur Holly Compton, Atomic Quest, Oxford Univ. press, 1956, p.12.

Dr. Compton was speaking of the situation in advanced physics circles in 1939.

The physicists had already “crunched the numbers”, and knew that no matter how many illustrated articles were run in Everyday Science & Mechanics, wind and solar power were both non-starters. And they, too, were being told the “peak oil” story- it’s a lot older than its present advocates want to admit. Add in the tales of coal exhaustion being imminent (before World War Two!), and if atomic energy could be released, it would solve most of the problems.

They never dreamed that the “concerned friends of the earth” would smash it as thoroughly as they have, with scare tactics, propaganda ploys, and political maneuvers that would make Huey Long proud.

With The One in charge for another four years, the deep-ecos are sure to get just about everything they want. And they’ll get things they don’t want, too. Like rolling blackouts and being unable to use their IPads or recharge their Chevy Volts. Not to mention freezing their arses off in those hard winters they claim are a thing of the past. (It was 28 here this AM, and we’ve been having temps in that range overnight since early October- far earlier than normal.)

I hope they like it. Because the rest of us, especially here in the MidWest, will have to suffer right along with the stupid bastards.

Oh, who am I kidding. They’ll all just jet off to Cancun’ for another Global Warming Conference.

I hope they get ten feet of snow when Al Gore shows up.

clear ether

eon

We need to mobilize and promote counter-culture icons. We need a media that can reach the low-information voters with a message they can relate to.
What’s the point? They won’t listen to us. That much has been made clear. We are dinosaurs.

Hoard your possessions, those they can’t tax or regulate away from you, and move somewhere warm. And let them spend their way to extinction.

Ozwitch on November 7, 2012 at 5:10 PM

Except don’t come to CA because we just became the highest taxed state in the nation, thanks to the morons who voted in yet more taxes because its on “the rich”! (and also more sales tax for all)

RadioAngel on November 7, 2012 at 6:01 PM

I’m in CA. And I voted against 30, because I’m a racist.

I actually think California might be a great place to start. There are better examples of the state’s failures here. There are more open-minded libertarian types here, per capita. The Hispanics here more or less have a direct experience with government that’s even worse than America. And you still get a sense that Californians can appreciate some rugged individualism. Breitbart lived here!

I know it seems counter-intuitive, but like Rush said this morning, liberalism CANNOT withstand intellectual scrutiny.

The left has won because of the youth vote, who are fresh out of indoctrination camp. It’s a long slog but that’s the level that we have to get down to. And, fortunately for us, the left’s unhinged true-to-form MO will be to advance every liberal policy they have. Won’t be long now before they’re rolling out the food police, the health police, the religion police…it’s all coming.

And they’re all great examples of “the man”, the out-of-touch ruling class that picks the winners and losers. It’s hard to be for the little guy when you’re the one with the billy club. The left must, I think by definition, embrace a hypocritical fascism that will inevitably be seen as an authority that has no legitimacy. And we must be there with megaphones to point it out, to sing about it, to fight against it as the little guys.

I don’t know. I’m just trying to find the victory in defeat.

so,I’m in Canada,

were waiting for that phone call,but,don’t wait too long!!!

But we do have to do that. You have no idea how scared liberals are of conservatives. That’s why women voted against Romney–those two senators talking about abortion just reaffirmed what they thought.

Liberals took over the culture and made everybody comfortable with Marxism. Now we have to do the reverse.

I should know. I used to be a liberal.

BTW, no oil sands are being shipped and production increases will be from wells rather than strip mining.

Just in case you want to know something about the subject.

We need to mobilize and promote counter-culture icons. We need a media that can reach the low-information voters with a message they can relate to.
What’s the point? They won’t listen to us. That much has been made clear. We are dinosaurs.

Hoard your possessions, those they can’t tax or regulate away from you, and move somewhere warm. And let them spend their way to extinction.

Ozwitch on November 7, 2012 at 5:10 PM

Except don’t come to CA because we just became the highest taxed state in the nation, thanks to the morons who voted in yet more taxes because its on “the rich”! (and also more sales tax for all)

We need to mobilize and promote counter-culture icons. We need a media that can reach the low-information voters with a message they can relate to.

What’s the point? They won’t listen to us. That much has been made clear. We are dinosaurs.

Hoard your possessions, those they can’t tax or regulate away from you, and move somewhere warm. And let them spend their way to extinction.

No worries about the 10 buck gas – can you say Gas Stamps?

Gotta get with the Brave New World, Bish.

Bruno Strozek on November 7, 2012 at 3:32 PM

Will they be tradable as the no-work-required food stamps?

ROFL

Enjoy your $10 gas and skyrocketing electric bills, Barky voters.

Now now, no whining, the Dog Eater told you this was going to happen and you voted for him anyway. Maybe you can start a garden on the roof of your brownstone or something, supplement the dwindling contents of your fridge since grocery prices will also skyrocket accordingly.

Bishop on November 7, 2012 at 3:13 PM

What fridge? What little electricity you’ll be able to afford after electricity rates “necessarily skyrocket” will go to your government-issued TV so you can be told what to do next.

I wish environmentalists would drop dead… with all the Obama voters. Seriously, I’m just done being civil. My livelihood is being threatened, my kids’ lives being threatened to support lazy, entitled, pieces of crap.
Give us the damn oil you big eared socialist scumbag.

tyketto on November 7, 2012 at 3:10 PM

I’m feeling pretty hateful too. I just picked up my kids from the school, which is the only employer I know of in my small town that doesn’t have to comply with the Obamacare BS. I’m sure their benefits are better than most (NY State would do no less by their lazy, incompetent, failing, teachers) and they are over paid for their part time jobs. Frankly, if I had to talk to one of them I would punch them in the mouth. These union people better watch out if more people lose jobs while they live high off the blood of their neighbors.

Any bets on how second-term Obama is going to play it?

Barry will do what he always does with difficult decisions. He’ll have it “studied”. Then put the “study” on the shelf, along with the results of “investigations”.

Just building up his future “library”.