Posted on 08/24/2008 3:22:31 PM PDT by DallasBiff
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s message on energy, already evolving in recent weeks, might have to evolve a little more.
On NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday, the speaker twice seemed to suggest that natural gas – an energy source she favors – is not a fossil fuel.
“I believe in natural gas as a clean, cheap alternative to fossil fuels,” she said at one point. Natural gas “is cheap, abundant and clean compared to fossil fuels,” she said at another.
The speaker apparently was trying to contrast her support for expanded use of natural gas as a motor-vehicle fuel, and many Republicans’ preference for more domestic oil drilling — particularly through opening up more of the Outer Continental Shelf for exploration.
But according to naturalgas.org, an educational Web site maintained by the Natural Gas Supply Association, “natural gas is the cleanest of all the fossil fuels.”
Pelosi and her husband drew attention recently for their investment in T. Boone Pickens’s Clean Energy Fuels Corp., which markets compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas as a fuel for motor vehicles. Some leading Democrats, including Pelosi, have been eying legislation to encourage such uses of natural gas, as soaring gasoline prices have put pressure on Congress to do something. Amid steady pressure from Republicans, both Pelosi and Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama also have signaled that they’re open to expanding offshore oil drilling, as long as it’s part of a comprehensive package that includes other energy alternatives.
Pelosi’s investment in Clean Energy – between $50,000 and $100,000 – is a tiny fraction of the speaker’s assets, as she pointed out on Sunday. “That’s not the point,” she added. “I’m investing in something I believe in.”
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Conclusive proof, that Botox destroys brain cells.
What is really scary here, is that someone THIS FREAKIN’ STUPID, dangerous and arrogant, can be in succession for the White House. God, let us hope the 2006 voters learned their lesson.
Pelosi - A fossil full of natural gas. There, fixed the title.
Well, she should know about fossils.
Her face has been one for years.
This is a “special” sort of stupid that one must be born to. Nancy clearly was.
When you pass it Nan, it is...
She is against exploration of natural gas. Many of the same areas with oil also contain natural gas.
I cannot understand this propensity for natural gas. I have nothing against natural gas or any other energy source. Natural gas prices have fluctuated wildingly. There is not world market for natural gas. Natural gas is used for electricity generation, a poor usage of a vital resource. The rats and NIMBY supporters are fighting against importing natural gas. We are going to replace high oil prices with high natural gas prices if Pelosi and TBone get their way.
So what was her answer to the follow-up question regarding the blatant conflict of interest?
(Will somebody quiet those crickets?)
Pelosi - A fossil full of natural gas. There, fixed the title.
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Excellent! Much more appropriate. Yes, stretch is out of her freakin’ mind. Another mindless limo-liberal who cares only about POWER and CONTROL. Just think how dangerous she could be if she did know what fossil fuels are....
Destruction of brain cells and impaired memory is not her problem. Thw woman is just plain ignorant.
It is not just in this instance,
but I see many examples every day:
at work;
in my business dealings;
and in my personal life;
where people are put in charge of things
that they know absolutely nothing about.
It is actually quite strange.
I guess it resluts from
social promotions;
that “good ol’ boy” network;
and “affirmative action”
that causes it.
Nasty Pellagra!*
*”pel·la·gra Audio Help [puh-lag-ruh, -ley-gruh, -lah-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun Pathology.
a disease caused by a deficiency of neurons in the brain, characterized by skin changes(botox), severe nerve dysfunction, mental symptoms, and diarrhea(of the mouth).
I don’t think that Pelosi even functions at the high school level. She is beyond laughing at.
i don’t understand why every u.s. congressional republican is not out there on the war path
nailing her with her energy policies.
...and can funnel taxpayer money into.
I agree with that.
You ‘shore’ do talk ‘purtier’ than I do, though.
Read on, from Wikipedia:
The Peter Principle is the principle that "In a Hierarchy Every Employee Tends to Rise to His Level of Incompetence." While formulated by Dr. Laurence J. Peter and Raymond Hull in their 1968 book The Peter Principle, a humorous treatise which also introduced the "salutary science of Hierarchiology", "inadvertently founded" by Peter, the principle has real validity. It holds that in a hierarchy, members are promoted so long as they work competently. Sooner or later they are promoted to a position at which they are no longer competent (their "level of incompetence"), and there they remain. Peter's Corollary states that "in time, every post tends to be occupied by an employee who is incompetent to carry out his duties" and adds that "work is accomplished by those employees who have not yet reached their level of incompetence".
Russert, (God rest his Soul) is spinning in his grave that no one had a comeback on the fact that it is a fossil fuel, he would have caught that.
For years were heard about Cheney and Bush and being tied to Big Oil.
Da, sometimes the Gas is found with the oil, does this now make San-Fran-Nan a tool of "Big Gas"?
The 50k or 100K is just a small part of their net worth, Oh really, if so then how does that make able to relate to the little people and champion them.
I do not know about you by my Hypocrisy and Inconsistency meter is pegged....
My God, that woman is STUPID!
“Pelosi and her husband drew attention recently for their investment in T. Boone Pickens’s Clean Energy Fuels Corp., which markets compressed natural gas and liquefied natural gas as a fuel for motor vehicles...”
Imagine the uproar if this was a conservative Republican!
I believe that to be true.
I see it every day.
Natural gas is from multiple sources.
Some of them are fossil, such as coal, but it also comes from deep within the core of the earth, where its production is not yet fully understood.
Now we're getting down to the real issue!
Contact your Congress critters to let them know that you are tired of high gas and winter heating prices.
“Pelosi’s investment in Clean Energy – between $50,000 and $100,000 – is a tiny fraction of the speaker’s assets, as she pointed out on Sunday”
She did! This is clearly a ethics violation. She’s investing in energy generation she has direct power to enrich herself. This should be a huge issue.
Gee queen bee, have any futures in natural gas by any chance?
It is my understanding that this is not improper.
Congressmen are allowed to call hearings, interview company officials for otherwise private insider trading information, and then place stock and/or bond trades based on that information.
That all is something that isn't bandied about too much. Wonder why?
I saw that too. She’s worth $100 million. Google up “Isolep” and start the fun. All the San Fran names are entwined in this stuff. Newsom is mentioned often as well.
“It is my understanding that this is not improper”
I think it is an ethics issue. It looks bad.
The fact that the investment is a small percentage of her assets is irrelevant.
I believe it's based on the fact that the combustion of CH4 produces somewhat less CO2 per evolved BTU than the combustion of other hydrocarbons. ( 117,00 lbs/billion BTU versus 164,000 lbs for "oil" : NaturalGas.org )
This leads to the doctrine that it is a "cleaner alternative", and hence an "alternative fuel".
Well, I knew she was on something!
I guess the lady doesn’t understand that natural gas is often a by-product of drilling for oil.
This fact is in the news.
You know, Nancy is not very bright. At least not swift enough to run with high class crooks. Nancy is fast becoming a political liability to the Dems, and her career is almost KAPUT.
Turn out the lights Nine Per Cent Nancy, mop the floor and just go home to daddy.
I had to shake my head when I heard her say that; what a dumb person. Natural gas here in SE NM almost always occurs with oil and is called casing-head gas. It used to be flared but now is captured and processed for pipeline transport or conversion into natural gas liquids. Power plants in the area operate completely on natural gas.
Just out of curiosity, how did the interviewer react to that answer? Anyone?
Yes I agree that combustion generates somewhat less CO2. Natural gas is in short supply however. Severe restrictions on oil extraction are also restrictions on natural gas exploration. Even in places where natural gas is extracted without oil extraction, the left tries to stop natural gas exploration.
My point is that natural gas should be used for its most efficient usages (heating) rather than promoted as an alternative to oil and coal. If natural gas was abundant, inexpensive, and easy to extract, oil and coal substitution would make sense. The left hates natural gas almost as much as oil and coal. If oil and coal are abandoned, the left will find plenty of reasons to dislike natural gas.
The whole thing of CO2 is a straw man. Just a diversion from the fact that we will be a society based on fossil fuels for some time to come. Or we will retreat to the dark ages. The latter of course the true goal of the loony left.
That makes her an EVIL speculator - no?
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