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• Posted By: sharenews @ 07/24/2008 1:13:42 AM

  Comment: BELOW is a quote by Obama in regards to his beliefs about energy and the environment. Then below that is an excerpt of an article about the Coal-to-Liquid Fuel Promotion Act . Obama was part of the group of 6 who introduced this Act to the Senate in last year (Jan. 2007). If he means what he believes in, what type of judgment was this he made just last year? ? Just one more example that he talks a good talk.
  
  
  
  ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT
  
  Quote from Obamas Website:
  
  Plan For a Clean Energy Future
  
  Well, I dont believe that CLIMATE CHANGE is just an issue thats convenient to bring up during a campaign. I believe its one of the greatest MORAL CHALLENGES of our generation. Thats why Ive fought successfully in the Senate to increase our investment in renewable fuels. Thats why I reached across the aisle to come up with a plan to raise our fuel standards. . . And I didnt just give a speech about it in front of some environmental audience in California. I went to Detroit, I stood in front of a group of automakers, and I told them that when I am president, there will be no more excuses . . . we will help them retool their factories, but they will have to make cars that use less oil.
  ??? Barack Obama, Speech in Des Moines, IA, October 14, 2007
  
  
  Coal-to-Liquid Fuel Promotion Act
  
  The Coal-to-Liquid Fuel Promotion Act would establish a new massively polluting industry to convert coal into liquid transportation fuel. The bill provides a variety of incentives for liquid coal, including tax incentives, loan guarantees, expanded plant siting, and a host of other government subsidies. The bill also allows the Department of Defense to enter into fuel purchasing contracts for up to 25 years.
  
  The serious economic and environmental downsides of liquid coal prevent it from being a good option for a cleaner, healthier energy future. A liquid coal (coal-to-liquids) transportation fuels industry would DOUBLE the global warming emissions of regular gasoline and would require millions of dollars in investments. Instead of funneling those millions into a new, dirty industry, we should be investing in efficiency and renewable energy technologies that exist today and can help us solve global warming.
  http://www.sierraclub.org/legislativetracker/110HR0370.asp
  
  
  In The Senate of The United States
  110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
  S. 154
  
  Coal-to-Liquid Fuel Energy Act of 2007 (Introduced in 6 Senators, including OBAMAe)
  
  Mr. BUNNING (for himself, Mr. OBAMA, Mr. LUGAR, Mr. PRYOR, Ms. MURKOWSKI, Mr. BOND, Mr. THOMAS, Mr. MARTINEZ, Mr. ENZI, Ms. LANDRIEU, and Mr. CRAIG) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
  
  http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:s.154:
  

• Posted By: mcleodmn @ 07/23/2008 4:00:42 PM

  Comment: Part 3 - I wear a helmet in the shower...

• Posted By: HarleyisHere @ 07/23/2008 3:29:19 PM

  Comment: Eventually "sharenoise" will share an original thought, doubtful, but we Obama supporters have HOPE that share will find CHANGE, and let go of the old embrace the new, and for God sake, stop pasting, we didn't read it on the first 1000 trys...lol