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It seems that former Al Gore pressure group CEO Cathy Zoi has been kicked upstairs from her suspicious tenure as Assistant Secretary of Energy for Energy Efficiency Renewable Energy to the No. 2 position in the Department, acting Under Secretary for Energy. This move is described by the trade press as “surprising” and “unusual”, for several reasons including those that do not typically accompany a promotion. But it isn’t surprising for this crowd. Read on.
So Zoi takes over authority for fossil energy, something her career indicates she loathes, having worked to snuff it out. It is fair to speculate that she would not get confirmed even this year to that position (or many, if any, others), after certain revelations. Let alone next year. So maybe this is a resume-builder on her way out the door. Maybe documents responsive to my Freedom of Information Act inquiries have been identified and are being processed, after all.
You see, this move apparently constitutes the administration’s adherence to ethics laws, given how some documents leaked to me show Ms. Zoi actually held on to maybe half a million dollars in “Smart Meter” stock, among other conflicts that should have been resolved just as she sold her utility stock holdings prior to taking the EERE job. After all, it is just so unseemly for a senior DoE official to hold such investments. Right? I mean, there surely is some reason she broadly divested, according to her disclosure provided me by a source who will remain anonymous. It’s just that the divestiture was rather selectively applied.
And, yes, this is the same woman whose records DoE is now actively stonewalling the release of, subject to an appeal I filed last week. It seems that, despite ritual DoE claims that she recused herself from her numerous conflicts including policies currently rewarding her husband’s company in response to the above-described revelations…no record of such recusals appeared in the sparse documents I obtained from DoE’s designated ethics officer under the Ethics in Government Act of 1978.
I also have requested her records discussing Gore, his/her former group the Alliance for Climate Protection and its affiliates, her “Smart Meter” company Landis & Gyr, Spain (documents I did obtain earlier show her involvement in the attempted smear of Spanish researchers who debunked Obama’s ‘green economy’ claims re: that country), and addressing FOIA. And for nearly half a year DoE has been refusing to respond to my requests.
In case you were wondering if the pre-election lifting — de jure only — of the moratorium on offshore oil and gas exploration and production was a sign that the Obama administration is easing up on its drive to strangle America’s energy supplies that work as part of an ideological agenda to force you into a more expensive, less safe, les free lifestyle. Which, their admissions and actions compiled in “Power Grab” make quite clear, is in fact their objective.
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Ken (Old Texican)| 10.13.10 @ 9:22AM
Chris,
I just had to paste this article from TEAM America
www.myteamusa.org to compliment your blog above.
ENERGY SLAVERY
Climate Change? Mothball Your Car!
If you have been "dropping in" on "The American Spectator" or our other recommended news sources, you pretty well understand the parameters of the Climate Change Lie . So Let's cut to the chase.
Many in our federal government demand that you put your automobile on blocks. That is precisely their end-game...their goal, and make no mistake about it.
They want you on a bicycle, a bus, or a train, so they know where you are, and where you are going! Oh! they also think it will be pretty neat to know why you are going where you are going as well!
In Fact, they would rather you go nowhere, except if they herd you there. Nice thought isn't it?
Ladies and gentlemen, "Cap and Trade" or any other energy rationing scheme, is merely a method of curtailing your freedom, and it is a multiple "whammy". For instance, if you live in the South, boy o boy do you thank goodness for air-conditioning. What happens when you cannot afford to turn it on? If you live in the North, the lack of heating can be actually life-threatening!
So! What if you are forced, due to the cost, to choose between driving your car or cooling or heating your home and work-place? Some choice, right?
Okay, now let's consider for just a moment the "ripple effects" of energy rationing across our entire economy. Well first, coal miners and oil-drilling personnel are out of a job. Heck, I don't know if coal miners appreciate their jobs or not, but I worked on oil-drilling rigs as a young man, and I can tell you that those men are some of the proudest, bravest men I have ever worked with. WOW! do I respect them, and not a union member in the bunch!
Many in our federal government simply want to change "supply and demand" with "No supply without begging the government" .
Oh! your grocery bill will explode. A huge percentage of our groceries are transported ...by trucks...burning diesel or natural gas. OOPS! I am sure many of you have additional insights into the ripple effects of energy rationing. Drop us a line.
We here at T.E.A.M. AMERICA can come to only one conclusion. Government imposed energy rationing is either insane, or it is purely evil.
Our country is blessed with a 300 years supply of clean energy in the ground beneath our feet. We also have the "now idle" manufacturing infrastructure to begin Today pursuing one of my favorite energy options i.e. "Modular Nuclear Plants".
One of the huge "bugaboos" the Greenies throw at us is quite simply the "China Syndrome"; the fear of a catastrophic failure of a conventional nuclear plant even worse than the Chernobyl disaster.
Okay, let's pursue this line of reasoning a little. The single biggest obstacle in building a completely safe conventional nuclear plant is pouring a gazillion tons of concrete properly for the "containment vessel", (the huge dome you see in the distance). Everything is just so huge in a conventional plant, that honest human mistakes might multiply and cause a catastrophic failure.
So let's build little ones...in our factories...with manageable quality controls. Then we line those suckers up like "D-cell batteries" and boil some water. (Think about nuclear submarine sized units.)
Please, let us remember that is how electric power is generated...always !
You boil some water, make some steam, and spin a turbine generator!
We have proven how to do this safely with nuclear power for over 40 years in our submarine fleet!
OH BUT WHAT ABOUT A FAILURE?????
We simply shut two valves...drag the unit off line...dump the fuel rods in a pre-prepared underground glass vault filled with water...and we lose a few kilowatts of electricity until we slide a replacement unit on line.
(Huh? Glass vaults? You betcha!) Glass is very stable, lasts virtually forever, is very strong, and does not corrode. Those individual vaults will have very thick walls and cap. (think of the glass 'bricks' you have seen in homes you have visited. They are hollow...and stronger than the whole wall around them.)
Okay, Okay, Okay. We have had forty years to educate our population as to the safety of this method...if anybody wanted to do so!
Instead, our lying government, and our lying media want to turn us into beggars.
Best regards, all
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JimH| 10.13.10 @ 1:01PM
Toshiba, Babcock and Wilcox and others have quite practical designs of small reactors reay to go. Smaller then a garage.
Jim Woodward| 10.13.10 @ 11:41AM
Thanks for the posting Ken.
I've discussed this with people for sometime and I believe commented on it here at one time. I was thinking more along the line of aircraft carrier size units.
Ken (Old Texican)| 10.13.10 @ 12:06PM
Jim...
honestly, the aircraft carrier units never crossed our minds...duh. (smile)
i have a picture in my mind of a unit that can fit on a low-boy trailer perhaps the size of a shipping container.
How big physically are carrier reactors?
Jim Woodward| 10.13.10 @ 1:04PM
I cannot find any physical dimensions, however there is a wealth of information on various sites if you search under "naval reactors", giving power output for subs, cruisers and carriers. There are also links to sites dicussing small land reactors.
Apparently we had one in operation at McMurdo Sound in the seventies providing the electicity. Russians and French are exploring this avenue as well.
I also read an article several months ago about,wish I could remember where, a unit small enough for a home. Popular Mechanics?