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3.20.2007

 

Neutrality Part II

Yesterday, part 1: the criticism
Today, part 2: the defense

Andrew Savage, who used to enjoy sliding down hills on flat boards but then got swept up in this whole political thing and went to D.C. to be the spokesvoice for Rep. Peter Welch, offered up these arguments in support of carbon credits:

1. They must be combined with other actions. Which he said Welch is doing by backing of the Waxman Safe Climate Act (would reduce U.S. global warming emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050 through greater reliance on clean, renewable energy and energy efficiency), other measures in the office to conserve energy such as changing to better light bulbs, and drumming up support for climate change legislation among colleagues.

2. These efforts send a message to the world that global warming matters.

3. It's a concrete step that's better than nothing.

The projects slated to be built with the help of Welch's offset contribution are a methane digester project on a Westminster dairy farm and a biomass pellet-fired boiler that will replace a fossil fuel-fired boiler at Vermont Technical College in Randolph.



- Terri Hallenbeck

Comments:
Hmmmm... a farm in Westminster?

Might this be the same "farm" that Shumlin cites as his "occupation" within his bio on the Legislature's web site?

The same "farm" that he leases out to sharecroppers?

I wonder who get's the tax write-off - Shumlin or the po' folks that actually do the farming?
 
Does this remind anyone else of the roman catholic faith?

It doesn't matter if I sin, I can say pennance, and my sins go away.

To me it would seem better to "Live simply, that others may simply live."

To me it seems like a band-aid approach to a much larger issue. Is this Welch's way of shirking responsibility later on?

Rednalsi
 
What would you expect of a millionaire like Welch that has made a fortune conning people. Are there ANY democrat/progressives in the state that have created real (that's the private sector to you liberals) jobs to keep real working people in the state?
 
Welch is going to be attacked no matter what he does.

When all is said and done, we need to invest in alternative energy sources. It's that simple.
 
bubba said...
What would you expect of a millionaire like Welch that has made a fortune conning people. Are there ANY democrat/progressives in the state that have created real (that's the private sector to you liberals) jobs to keep real working people in the state?

Ben and Jerry's
Burton Snowboards
Small Dog Electronics
Clean Yield Asset Management
Northern Woodlands Magazine
Garderner's Supply
Green Mountainn Coffee Roasters
King Arthur Flour
City Market
Hunger Mountain Coop
Earth Turbines
Vermont Teddy Bear
Solarworks

I could go on and on, but my fingers are getting tired.
 
Take that Blubba, I mean Blabber, I mean, oh F it.
 
Ummm... I think you will find that IDX (now part of GE) employs more people in Vermont than all those enterprises you you lised - combined.

And who founded IDX? none other than Rich Tarrant.
 
Tarrant founded IDX, eh? The way his campaign ads portrayed it, he jumped in on someone else's idea and used his used car salesman skills to market the idea. He was a carnival barker for a smart guy's product. I guess he did deliver those beverages early on though...
 
Everyone should modify their lifestyle and reduce energy usage -- unless you're rich (like John Edward and Al Gore) and can pay your way out of any guilt or culpability. Or, if you;'re Congress, just extract it form taxpayers. Yeah, that's a political winner. Celebs at the Academy Awards were given carbon offset gift certificates so they could assuage their enviro-consciences for free after flying in private jets to the event. Egads.
 
Wonder if Bernie Sanders has ever created a job for anyone in Vermont except for his wife and step-daughter?
 
"used his used car salesman skills to market the idea "


..while on IBM time.
 
You know the discussion has reached a low point when you start looking at celebs to make a point.

What's next, Hitler?
 
Celebs including "award-winning filmmaker" Al Gore.

It's hard to make a point about the high and mighty buying there way out of the changes they would impose on the little people without, well, pointing out what the high and mighty are doing.
 
Used car salesman=Bernie
 
Its hard to bring any validity to an argument when you base your point on scientologists.
 
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