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The Spectacle Blog
“I want to invest that money in clean, affordable, renewable
sources of energy like wind power, and solar power, and biofuels,
so that we’re not here talking about
high gas prices next summer, and the
summer after that, and five summers after that. That’s the change
we need.”
— April 29, 2008 Obama
speech in Winston-Salem, “Obama on Gas Tax Holiday: A
Gimmick Instead of a Real Solution”
OK. More money on windmills and solar would mean lower gas prices next summer. Risky, but his political calculation. And of course, an odd idea to bring down gas prices for those of us who don’t drive wind- or solar-powered cars, but don’t stop him, he’s on a roll.
And, as you may have heard, he won and “invested” billions on windmills and solar. Oh yes, and biofuels (fill ‘er up with algae!).
Agreed.
Now, it’s the summer after the summer after the summer after the summer after that.
Are we here talking about high gas prices? Well, yes, one could reasonably conclude that.
Verdict on this gimmi…er, approach to energy policy?
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Rick V.| 3.31.12 @ 5:22PM
C'mon, Mr. Horner - he won, we lost. That's the deal. Get used to it, pal. The fix is in. He'll have a lot more flexibility after the election. It's his last, you know.
Clint| 3.31.12 @ 5:25PM
" President Obama's approval numbers have dropped to an all-time low, plummeting to 41 percent in a new CBS/New York Times survey. (Last month, that poll had Obama at 50 percent.) At the same time, an increasing number of voters disapprove of Obama's approach to rising gas prices. According to a new Washington Post/ABC News poll, 65 percent of Americans disapprove of Obama's handling of America's pain at the pump, compared to just 26 percent who give him a passing grade. These polls seem to reverse a trend that had seen Obama's numbers climb thanks to steadily improving employment figures and other indications of economic recovery."
Floyd Looney | 3.31.12 @ 6:35PM
They shut down several coal power plants in Texas, we now have less generating capacity than we needed last August. Last year we had a 10,000 megawatt buffer, now we are in the hole by almost that amount.
We are guaranteed blackouts. Despite the fact that Texas has spent a ton of money, billions and billions, on wind power. The wind don't blow much in Texas in August.
Floyd Looney | 4.1.12 @ 1:01AM
The man is an economic illiterate or he is trying to crush this country on purpose.
RJ| 4.1.12 @ 2:37AM
Obama campaigned on change and he has brought change. Away from personal choice and towards a command society, where government decides what you should do and what you get. In the 2008 campaign he said he thinks it is better to spread the wealth around, which he has done with the "stimulus" bill, green energy funding, Obama Care, and $1 trillion plus deficits, which will lead to inflation. He doesn't believe in personal freedom, he believes in socialism. In November, we will learn if the majority of Americans favor freedom or socialism.
What Barry has in mind| 4.1.12 @ 2:49AM
Mr. Looney, I firmly believe that the Zero Man (notice how everyone now spells it 0bama? Note the "0" is the number not the letter on the keyboard) is purposely crushing the country every which way possible. He's not necessarily literate on anything as he cannot even simply read what others place up there on the teleprompter for him. Daily he uses his surrogates to undermine: Military, economy, banking, social strife, lack of meaningful jobs, immigrants that add nothing to our strengths and increase our welfare rolls, less Christian faith, more marxist and muslim apologies.
When people are grinding out an existence 10 - 11 hours of every waking day and on the weekends, when people have lost their core values, they are vulnerable to capitulations. That is precisely what he has in mind.
Occam's Tool| 4.1.12 @ 4:38AM
Floyd: the answer is: both. Like all Lefties.
Not sure how the pricing works| 4.1.12 @ 2:42AM
Shortly before Christmas I read the automobile club AAA's printed consumer literature, a short article from November 2011 (probably put together in late October) that stated for a fact that we'd be staring at $4.50 per gallon regular by Easter.
How did AAA know this in late October 2011?