12/17/2011 1:51:02 PM PST
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to Mustang Driver
As opposed to most environmental groups, which lobby for government restrictions on the use of private property, The Nature Conservancy purchases properties for conservation. If that isn’t the right way to go about preserving species which are at risk, I don’t know what is. I guess if Don Surber wants a world where the only lions are in zoos, that’s his right, but I think that wilderness should be preserved in Africa.
10/01/2011 9:54:19 AM PDT
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Money quote:
“When it was Mr. Hamm’s turn to talk briefly with President Obama, “I told him of the revolution in the oil and gas industry and how we have the capacity to produce enough oil to enable America to replace OPEC. I wanted to make sure he knew about this.”
The president’s reaction? “He turned to me and said, ‘Oil and gas will be important for the next few years. But we need to go on to green and alternative energy. [Energy] Secretary [Steven] Chu has assured me that within five years, we can have a battery developed that will make a car with the equivalent of 130 miles per gallon.’” Mr. Hamm holds his head in his hands and says, “Even if you believed that, why would you want to stop oil and gas development? It was pretty disappointing.””