Posted on 09/14/2004 2:00:51 PM PDT by Angry Republican
"If you ask me, it'd be little short of disastrous for us to discover a source of clean, cheap, abundant energy because of what we would do with it."
That very bizarre statement was said by Amory Lovins, who received a quarter of a million dollar Heinz Award for the Environment from the $1.24 billion war chest of foundation money that is controlled by Teresa Heinz Kerry. Such statements illustrate the irrational mindset of environmental extremists.
The Capital Research Center watchdog group reports that Heinz Kerry has been active in funding radical groups that have blocked U.S. efforts to achieve energy independence. In fact, Heinz Kerry has been a trustee of the extremist group Environmental Defense for 20 years and has served as vice-chair for the last 12. She has suspended her activities during her husband's presidential race.
Heinz Kerry has said she will not give up her activities even if her husband is elected President. Imagine the implications. Heinz Kerry who is the source of the Massachusetts Senator's hundreds of millions of dollars has been actively fighting efforts to reduce reliance on foreign oil. For example, 99 in the U.S. and the rest from Canada. Yet Environmental Defense has successfully blocked and delayed increasing natural gas production.
This has wide implications considering the growing worldwide pressure placed on foreign energy sources. This year, China has increased oil imports by more than 40% over last year. And American consumers will face steeply rising energy costs as long as radical groups like Environmental Defense - funded by Heinz Kerry -- continue to block reasonable energy alternatives.
And that's the Point.
I'm Mark Hyman.
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