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Originally Posted by J-C  Did you know that there is more oil under the Rocky mountains than in the entire Middle East...? Oh how prices would tumble, if environmentalists weren't so keen on using fascist techniques to promote the new communism... |
meh, theirs oil everywhere, the problem is that its so incredibly expensive to make it viable that while oil is so cheap from current sources no one is going to waste money on it. A fine example of this is in Alberta Canada where they extricate bitumen from sand, at current prices its only financially viable to remove 10% of the predicted total deposits, if prices continue to rise and technology increases it will become more sustainable, much like the Rockies will.
The fact that the Bush administration is attempting to take advantage of the current high prices and sense of fear surrounding energy supply by effectively selling off leases while theirs still a huge negative impact from current technology on things such as water supplies is rightly opposed.
I'll write some more to both Daniel and yourself later but I'm running late for a lecture already and this was something I knew about off the top of my head
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I have a few questions before I start so I know exactly what the problems you have with the 'Green Movement' and to save us some time on the 'ol back and forth
Firstly, which part of accepted thought on global warming do you have a problem with? That the earth is getting warmer? that its a man made problem? that it'll have an impact on our lives?
When you refer to the 'Green movement' who do you actually mean? The political party? anyone who wants to improve air/water/noise pollution? Just those who support the need for the burning of less fossil fuels and against deforestation? People who campaign to protect animals/habits at the expense of business?
Also this bit confuses me;
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The Green movement is communism, using Marxist-Fascist techniques, and unless we put a stop to it, the minority rich will get richer, the poorer will become much poorer, and we will have our very own Stalin, or set of Stalin's, ruling the majority of the world.
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The rich getting richer and poor getting poorer is pretty much the opposite of Communism, and Marxism/Fascism are poles apart as well. So which bits in particular make you think of either of these ideologies?
I'd love a link to the petition you mention as well Daniel.
Hopefully if you could clear your stance up a bit we can get down to the nitty gritty, we may even agree on some bits! (like how terrible the policy on biofuels has been)