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In reply to the discussion: Take a moment to thank Alberto Gonzales. [View all]Dragonfli
(10,622 posts)What about coal? the cleanest choice to power any Express leaving on track 1%! Not to mention the good clean 1%er cash profit from fracking fluid?
Luckily our man chose a pro "clean energy" Energy Secretary (well liked by our Republican betters), really, I can't praise this guy enough.
Ernest Moniz, a physicist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, during his confirmation, praised the U.S. natural gas revolution brought about by widespread use of fracking and said it must continue. The Republicans loved the guy and he sailed through senate confirmations with something for every industry. The vote was 97-0
Mr. Moniz even had kind words for coal, saying the fuel public enemy No. 1 in the environmental treehugger loser community and among many weak ass liberals in Congress is likely to remain a part of the American energy portfolio, though he stipulated that clean coal technologies are an essential part of that equation.
Mr. Moniz reassured coal-state senators that he believes the fuel wont be shoved aside.
We see coal as being a continuing, major part of the energy supply in the U.S., and certainly in the world,
That professor, nuclear physicist Ernest Moniz, was director of the MIT Energy Initiative, a research arm that had received more than $125 million in pledges from the oil and gas industry since 2006, according to the Public Accountability Initiative, a non-profit that blew the whistle on UBuffalo.
The four founding members of MITEI BP, Shell, Italys ENI and Saudi Aramco each agreed to pay $25 million over five years for the right to help manage research projects, maintain an office at MITEI headquarters and place a researcher in a participating MIT faculty members lab, according to the MITEI website. Ten sustaining members commit $5 million each for fewer rights, but still get seats on MITEIs executive committee and governing board.
The Republicans and Democrats, judging by his confirmation votes, are rabidly into "clean energy" Yippii! Coal clean skies and pristine fractured ground are all that lie ahead, blue skies, nothing but blue skies and fountain fresh proprietary fracking fluid in every glass!
This, all this, will help lead to future Grand Bargain victories that our glorious third way has envisioned, I don't feel you are giving him enough credit on this brilliant appointment.
Even If I do agree with you that Comey is the best choice since Gonzo is not an option.