Posted on 10/08/2012 9:09:14 AM PDT by Sub-Driver
Obama: Green energy not ‘socialist plot’ By Ben Geman - 10/08/12 09:59 AM ET
President Obama quipped Sunday night that energy efficiency initiatives are not a “socialist plot” in remarks that contrasted his energy policies with rival Mitt Romney’s.
The president, fundraising in Los Angeles, addressed energy during a $25,000-per-plate dinner with backers that included actor George Clooney.
“On energy, I’m big on oil and gas, and developing clean coal technology, but I also believe that if we’re ever going to have control of our energy future, then we’ve got to invest in solar and wind and biofuels, and that it does make sense for us to double our fuel-efficiency standards on cars,” Obama said, according to a White House transcript.
“And that's not a socialist plot for us to reduce our energy usage,” Obama said to laughter, according to the transcript. “It’s the smart thing to do. It’s right for our national energy. It’s right for our economy. It’s right for the environment. [Romney] disagrees.”
Obama didn’t get specific about Romney's alleged disagreement.
But the GOP nominee in late August bashed new auto mileage rules for model years 2017-2025 that will ultimately require automakers to build cars and light trucks with a fleet-wide average of 54.5 miles-per-gallon.
Romney, through a spokeswoman, called the standards “extreme,” and said they will “limit the choices available to American families.”
The Romney campaign also emphasized the higher up-front costs of the vehicles, while the Obama administration touted savings in fuel costs over time and reduced oil consumption. (Click here for much more on the rules.)
While energy efficiency programs often have bipartisan support, various federal standards have drawn pushback from some Republicans who call them undue federal intrusion into consumer choices.
House Republicans, over the last two years, have sought to roll back lightbulb efficiency standards contained in a bipartisan 2007 energy law.
That is ALL that “green energy” is!
Did you see the Fox special last night that addressed the meaning of “Sustainable”?
Amazingly, since 2007, there are now 600 colleges and universities, across America, that have “sustainability” as the most recent incarnation of COMMUNISM, as their top indoctrination priority.
It includes intimidation to accept gay “marriage” and a requirement that white students admit that they are racist.
Obama says ““On energy, I’m big on oil and gas, and developing clean coal technology...”
HE IS A LIAR.
LIES, LIES and MORE LIES.
“On energy, I’m big on oil and gas, and developing clean coal technology****
We’ve had clean coal technology for some time, but that has never been the shape shifter’s goal. He was much more honest back in 2008 when he stated, “so if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can. It’s just that it will bankrupt them because they’re going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that’s being emitted.”
The man has declared war on oil, natgas and coal and his EPA has become the major impediment to our achieving energy independence.
“On energy, I’m big on oil and gas, and developing clean coal technology****
We’ve had clean coal technology for some time, but that has never been the shape shifter’s goal. He was much more honest back in 2008 when he stated, “so if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can. It’s just that it will bankrupt them because they’re going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that’s being emitted.”
The man has declared war on oil, natgas and coal and his EPA has become the major impediment to our achieving energy independence.
Liar!
Of course not! At least not to a marxist!
I tell I’ve no doubt that the N.A.Z.I. party is now rising in the United States, and it will be up to Americans to defeat it again.
No one ever said "Green Energy" was a socialist plot. It is a gargantuan waste of taxpayer money, however. And it's not an "investment", either. The government has no money to invest. It can only spend what it taxes away from producers or prints out of thin air.
Twenty-nine days until we're rid of this Marxist, quasi-Kenyan prick, people. Just twenty-nine days. Pray.
The rhetoric now is all a lie...even though they're still scaring island nations to death by claiming they will soon be swamped by the seas they don't even have the junk science anymore to support it.
Yes, this is definitely all a socialist plot to get control of the wealth created from energy...nothing more.
Take away the Tax Credit that Wind Generators make and watch how fast they shut down.
It's also a Punishment Plot against all American "resourse extractors" for their rape of Giaia!!!
It is a plot to take money from rich people and give it to richer people. It's a scam.
No, actual green energy in of itself is not a “socialist plot”...however, the way Obama wants to go about it most certainly is - if not socialist definitely tyrannical.
Fine, if it isn’t then it is a banana republic plot. IS that better Babmi, your choom-smoking highness?
“I am not a crook”.
Oh, well, if obama says so, it’s got to be...uhm...
Ladies and gentlemen, please give it up for the comedic stylings of Barack Hussein Obama, hmmm, hmmm, hmmm!!!
It’s all about control.
“Green Energy” is a criminal plot to loot the treasury, enrich cronies, and launder tax money back into Democrat coffers.
A criminal plot to loot the treasury, enrich cronies, and launder tax money back into Democrat coffers is a form of crony socialism.
Cordially,
Well, I’ve always figured that socialism is type of criminal enterprise, anyway.
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