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| It is impossible to keep up with all the Bush regime's lies. There are simply too many. Among the recent crop, one of the biggest is that the "surge" is working. Launched last year, the "surge" was the extra 20,000 - 30,000 US troops sent to Iraq. These few extra troops, Americans were told, would finally supply the necessary forces to pacify Iraq. This claim never made any sense. The extra troops didn't raise the total number of US soldiers to more than one-third the number every expert has said is necessary in order to successfully occupy Iraq. The real purpose of the "surge" was to hide another deception. The Bush regime is paying Sunni insurgents $800,000 a day not to attack US forces. That's right, 80,000 members of an "Awakening group," the "Sons of Iraq," a newly formed "US-allied security force" consisting of Sunni insurgents, are being paid $10 a day each not to attack US troops. more |
| Paul Craig Roberts was Assistant Secretary of the Treasury during President Reagan's first term. He was Associate Editor of the Wall Street Journal. He has held numerous academic appointments, including the William E. Simon Chair, Center for Strategic and International Studies, Georgetown University, and Senior Research Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University. |
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Tom Friedman: "Charlie, if we don't find an
alternative to fossil fuels fast - to feed the energy demands of China,
India, Brazil, Russia - we're gonna burn up, choke up, smoke up and heat
up this planet so much faster than even Al Gore predicts..." "I believe green technology - clean power: whether for cars or homes or industry - is gong to be the growth industry of the 21st century. Mom, Dad, tell your kids: anything green - green design, green manufacturing, green consulting - there's going to be a great upper-middle class job for you there. Green is the new red, white and blue. "But there's one thing we don't know, Charlie. We know that's going to be the industry of the 21st century - what we don't know is, are we going to dominate it, or is China or is Japan or is Europe?" ..."Where is there a free market in oil? It's controlled by the biggest cartel in the world, number one. Number two, in the last energy bill - I lost track - there are at least two billion is subsidies for the oil industry in the last energy bill. But what do we do for wind? What do we do for solar? Stop. Start. We give you a few hundred thousand dollars this year. Then we take it off when the price goes up. That's nonsense. I do believe in the market, Charlie, but let there be a truly free market. Get a tax there where we have to pay the real cost of oil. Let us pay the real cost of those ships protecting the oil. Let us pay the cost of the cleaning up of the atmosphere. Let's pay the real cost of oil. Then you'll see wind and solar and ethanol be really competitive." |
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'Not Your Parents' Energy Crisis' |
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“All of these things were predictable. ...We’ve had a failure
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truly comprehensive energy policy with energy security as a strategic
goal. American energy policy has been focused on a narrow definition of
energy security that strived to ensure sufficient supplies at affordable
prices. This has translated into policies promoting diversification in
supplies of oil and natural gas, but with little emphasis on energy
alternatives. A policy that relies on a finite resource concentrated in a
few countries is doomed to failure. Our long-term security and prosperity
require sufficient, affordable, clean, reliable and sustainable energy." U.S. Senator Richard Lugar Speech to the Brookings Institution March 13, 2006 READ ENTIRE SPEECH |
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BUSH BUILDS "In the rush to
meet an artificial summit deadline, the White House sold out core American
nonproliferation values and positions. The so-called civil-military separation
plan announced today is clearly not 'credible' from a nonproliferation
standpoint as the Bush administration had promised it would be. Congress and
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COMMENTARY NOT LONG AGO INDIA AND PAKISTAN STOOD JUST A BUTTON'S PUSH AWAY FROM A NUCLEAR CATASTROPHE THAT PROMISED TO LEAVE MILLIONS DEAD AND ENGULF AMERICA AND THE REST OF THE WORLD IN A NIGHTMARE OF RADIOACTIVE FALLOUT. IT WAS A MOMENT FOR US TO RECONSIDER THE SPREAD OF "CIVILIAN" NUCLEAR POWER WHICH, FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF 50 YEARS, HAS PROVEN LITTLE MORE THAN A COVER FOR THE PRODUCTION OF ENRICHED URANIUM FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS. TODAY IT DISPLACES RENEWABLE ENERGY AT A HORRIBLY UNECONOMIC MULTIPLE MADE POSSIBLE ONLY BY THE PURCHASE OF POLITICAL FAVORS FROM TRAITORS TO HUMANITY. I WILL NOT PHRASE IT MORE LIGHTLY. CENTRALIZED ENERGY IS THE PRIMARY CAUSE OF STRIFE IN THIS WORLD. THE INEQUITABLE PROCUREMENT OF FOSSIL ENERGY IS RATIONALIZED BY THE UNDERPRIVILEGED TO BOLSTER HATRED. THE DESIRE FOR NUCLEAR POWER IS AN EXTENSION OF THIS HATRED WITH THE END ONLY TO ACHIEVE REVENGE. THIS CREATES A VIRULENT CIRCLE THAT CAN END ONLY IN CATASTROPHE FOR MANKIND. FOR OUR OWN FAMILIES. FOR OUR OWN CHILDREN. THIS IS MADNESS. ONLY IF WE DESTROY THE INFLUENCE OF CENTRALIZED ENERGY WILL OUR WORLD STAND A CHANCE OF SURVIVAL. THOSE IN ELECTED OFFICE WHO CHOOSE TO SELL THEMSELVES TO THE PROFIT-AT-ANY-COST AGENDA OF CENTRALIZED ENERGY RISK THE LOSS OF THEIR COUNTRY, THEIR DEMOCRACY, THEIR PRINCIPLES, THEIR OWN LIVES AND THEIR FAMILIES IN A HELLISH WAVE OF NUCLEAR CONFLAGRATION. WE NEED TO REASSESS. SINCE THAT MOMENT WHEN MUSLIM AND HINDU ADVERSARIES STEPPED BACK FROM THE BRINK, ADVOCATES OF RENEWABLE ENERGY HAVE BEEN THRILLED TO SEE INDIA EMBARK UPON A CAMPAIGN OF WIND FARM BUILDING, PROPELLING IT BEYOND EVEN DENMARK'S MAGNIFICENT ACCOMPLISHMENT TO ACHIEVE THE THIRD HIGHEST INSTALLED CAPACITY OF ANY NATION. WIND POWER IS NOW BY FAR THE MOST COST-EFFECTIVE WAY TO BRING POWER ONLINE. RECENT STUDIES HAVE SHOWN THAT A GLOBAL EFFORT TO INSTALL WIND POWER WOULD PROVIDE ALL OF MANKIND'S ENERGY NEEDS WITHOUT POLLUTION OR THREAT. THIS GAVE US HOPE THAT PEACE BETWEEN INDIA AND PAKISTAN STOOD A CHANCE BECAUSE THE ROOT CAUSE OF ALL CONFLICT IN THIS MODERN ENERGY AGE IS OIL - AND WIND POWER DESTROYS THE INFLUENCE OF OIL BY CREATING DOMESTIC SOURCES OF DECENTRALIZED ENERGY WITH VIRTUALLY UNLIMITED GROWTH POTENTIAL. BUT THE WAR ON RENEWABLE ENERGY HAS NOW ENTERED A NEW AND INCREDIBLY DANGEROUS PHASE. THE INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR WEAPONS INDUSTRY, USING "CIVILIAN" NUCLEAR POWER PRODUCTION AS A FRONT, HAS PURCHASED THE INFLUENCE OF THE U.S. EXECUTIVE AND CONGRESS, BOTH WHO UNERRINGLY BEHAVE AS IF THEY ARE FOR SALE TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER. RATHER THAN ENGAGE IN A SENSIBLE AND HUMANITARIAN POLICY OF ENCOURAGING THE GLOBAL SPREAD OF RENEWABLE ENERGY, THE UNITED STATES HAS NOW BECOME THE SALESMAN FOR THE GRIM REAPER. THE WORLD WILL LONG REMEMBER WHO ALLOWED THIS TO HAPPEN. INCREDIBLY, AT THE VERY MOMENT PRESIDENT BUSH CLAIMS "OBVIOUSLY, NUCLEAR POWER IS RENEWABLE ENERGY" AND STUPIDLY LOBBIES FOR THE NUCLEAR INDUSTRY IN AN EFFORT TO BUILD FAST BREEDER PLUTONIUM REACTORS IN POPULOUS AND POLITICALLY VOLATILE INDIA, THE U.S. CONGRESS PREPARES TO KILL OFFSHORE WIND, THE MOST PROMISING FORM OF RENEWABLE ENERGY. MEANWHILE, U.S. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH IS BEING DEVASTATED BY YOUR SO-CALLED REPRESENTATIVES WITH HUGE CUTS AT NASA AND THE NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LABORATORY. SCIENTISTS AT THE NATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC LABORATORY AND OTHER CROWN JEWELS OF U.S. RESEARCH HAVE BEEN THROTTLED BY THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION TO FORESTALL EMBARRASSMENT OVER THE DESTRUCTION OF A MAJOR AMERICAN CITY DUE TO THEIR COLLUSION WITH EXXONMOBIL TO MISINFORM THE AMERICAN PUBLIC ABOUT THE DANGERS OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND THE DIVERSION OF VITAL FUNDING TO THE PERPETUAL OIL WAR. THE U.S. MILITARY, NOW SERVING AS THE MILITARY ARM OF THE SAUDI ROYAL FAMILY, IS BANKRUPTING THE NATION. A GENERATION OF DISENCHANTED AMERICAN YOUTH NOW FACE THE DISMAL PROSPECT OF PERPETUAL OIL WARS TO KEEP THE INTERNATIONAL ENERGY COMPANIES - WHO HAVE BOUGHT A WILLING AND TRAITOROUS CONGRESS LOCK, STOCK AND BARREL THROUGH THEIR LOBBYISTS - IMMENSELY PROFITABLE. THE GREAT WORLD TRAGEDY NOW UNFOLDING ON POLITICAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL STAGES STEMS DIRECTLY FROM THE LOSS OF AMERICAN IDEALS, AMERICAN KNOW-HOW AND COMMON SENSE. THE U.S. CONGRESS HAS UTTERLY FAILED THE AMERICAN PEOPLE BY SCOFFING AT THE PRINCIPLES OF A REPRESENTATIVE REPUBLIC AND EAGERLY PROSTITUTING THEMSELVES TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER AS THE UNFOLDING ABRAMOFF SCANDAL ATTESTS. WE ARE LOSING THE DREAM. WHERE ARE OUR PATRIOTS? |
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As an astute article documenting nuclear's PR spending in the New Statesman, a British
political commentary magazine, put it: "We are all being taken in by a carefully
planned public relations strategy." A major part of that strategy is to subtly and quietly undermine the technical and economic ability of wind power to play a major role in electricity supply. In a true wolf-in-sheep's clothing trick, the nuclear lobby pours forth woolly words on "partnerships" with renewable energy, while savaging wind behind the scenes. Among the so-called "fact sheets" from the World Nuclear Association is one on renewables. It blithely tells us, after a wicked manipulation of statistics, that Britain's 20% renewables target "is neither technically nor economically feasible." That is a downright lie. Britain's power system planners are not idiots. They have studied the effect of 20% wind alone and there are no technical barriers. ....For the most part the nuclear lobby has been careful to sidestep the economics issue. The "too cheap to meter" claims of the 1960s, when it proved to be anything but, have yet to be lived down. Instead, the industry's battle-cry is that "only nuclear power offers clean, environmentally friendly energy on a massive scale." That a technology producing highly lethal waste with no acceptable means of disposal is "clean" and "environmentally friendly" beggars belief - and the back-handed swipe to wind that it cannot match nuclear on scale is plain audacious. |
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supplies that emphasizes environmentally friendly energy sources that are
abundant in most developing countries, the national incomes of energy-poor
nations will remain depressed, with negative consequences for stability,
development, disease eradication and terrorism." U.S. Senator Richard Lugar Speech to the Brookings Institution March 13, 2006 READ ENTIRE SPEECH |
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time, money and, most important, the lives of our young people. ...We need a president and a Congress with the guts not just to invade Iraq, but to also impose a gasoline tax and inspire conservation at home. That takes a real energy policy with long-term incentives for renewable energy - wind, solar, biofuels - rather than the welfare-for-oil-companies-and-special-interests that masqueraded last year as an energy bill. Enough of this Bush-Cheney nonsense that conservation, energy efficiency and environmentalism are some hobby we can't afford. I can't think of anything more cowardly or un-American." Thomas Friedman The New York Times January 6, 2005
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The fall of the House of Saud seems the most
far-fetched of the six possibilities, and it's the one that generates that
$262 a barrel. More realistic -- and therefore more chilling -- would be the
scenario where Iran declares an oil embargo a la OPEC in 1973, which Browder
thinks could cause oil to double to $131 a barrel. Other outcomes include an
embargo by Venezuelan strongman Hugo Chavez ($111 a barrel), civil war in
Nigeria ($98 a barrel), unrest and violence in Algeria ($79 a barrel) and
major attacks on infrastructure by the insurgency in Iraq ($88 a barrel).
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The real cost to the US of the Iraq war is likely to be between $1 trillion and $2 trillion (£1.1 trillion), up to 10 times more than previously thought, according to a report written by a Nobel prize-winning economist and a Harvard budget expert. The study, which expanded on traditional estimates by including such costs as lifetime disability and healthcare for troops injured in the conflict as well as the impact on the American economy, concluded that the US government is continuing to underestimate the cost of the war.
THE ECONOMIC COSTS OF THE IRAQ WAR
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"For decades, we have
watched Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states use oil wealth to create
domestic conditions that prevent movement toward democracy. In Russia and
Nigeria, energy assets have offered opportunities for corruption. In many
oil-rich nations, oil wealth has done little for the people, while
ensuring less reform, less democracy, fewer free market activities and
more enrichment of elites. Beyond the internal costs to these nations, we
should recognize that we are transferring hundreds of billions of dollars
each year to some of the least-accountable regimes in the world. Some are
using this money to invest abroad in terrorism, instability, or demagogic
appeals to populism. Now at a time when the international community is
attempting to persuade Iran to live up to its nonproliferation
obligations, our economic leverage on that country has declined due to its
burgeoning oil revenues. If one tracks the arc of Iran's behavior over the
last decade, its suppression of dissent, its support for terrorists, and
its conflict with the West, have increased in conjunction with its oil
revenues, which soared by 30 percent in 2005. Sometimes observers comfort
themselves with the thought that most U.S. imports come from friendly
nations such as Canada and Mexico, rather than from Iran or other
problematic countries. But oil is a globally-priced commodity and even if
our dollars not going directly to Iran, this does not mean that our
staggering consumption of oil is not contributing to the price paid to
Iran by other consumers." |
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case, we will use any means. ...We have control over the biggest and the
most sensitive energy route of the world." |
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controlling rising prices and reducing our use of foreign oil by
embracing alternative energy sources. ...Sadly, we simply can't rely on
the Republican-controlled Congress to create a national energy policy
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Can Oil Production Satisfy Rising Demand? |
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Put a Tiger In Your Think Tank Mother Jones May/June 2005 ExxonMobil has pumped more than $8 million into more than 40 think tanks; media outlets; and consumer, religious, and even civil rights groups that preach skepticism about the oncoming climate catastrophe. |
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ENERGY FARCE:
WILL THE REPUBLICAN-CONTROLLED CONGRESS'
WAR ON RENEWABLE ENERGY
BRING
ABOUT THE DOWNFALL OF THE REPUBLICAN PARTY... OR OF THE U.S. ITSELF?
Providing the necessary energy services without
further destabilising the climate or destroying the health, welfare and
livelihoods of communities, can be achieved by the rapid expansion of
renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, micro-hydro, wave and
biomass power, coupled with increasing energy efficiency and
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Hydrogen Fuel to Help Lessen
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| WASHINGTON: Every year, Earth Day reminds us of our
responsibility to the land – to care for it, preserve its beauty and treat all of
nature with respect. But this year, I’d like to steer our Earth Day thoughts toward
thoughts of America’s energy future. If you’ve opened a newspaper or watched the local news even once in the past several months, you know that rising gasoline prices are headline news. Other oil-related stories in the news these days concern air pollution, global climate change, political instability in oil-producing countries, the impact of oil markets on the overall economy, and fears that some day our oil supply might run out. While there is no simple or easy solution to the oil situation, researchers in the United States and several other countries are pursuing the development of a new form of energy that could go a long way toward addressing many of them – hydrogen fuel. Hydrogen would help lessen America’s dependence on oil from foreign countries, help lessen the effects of global politics on the energy markets, significantly reduce pollution and greenhouse gas emissions and help create new jobs in a hydrogen economy. More than two years ago, President Bush committed $1.2bn over five years toward a programme that would develop clean hydrogen fuel for cars and trucks. This plan will hasten the day when hydrogen will become available to consumers as an alternative to gasoline. The president’s goal for developing this technology envisions that “the first car driven by a child born today could be powered by hydrogen, and pollution-free.” When hydrogen research proves successful, zero-emission hydrogen fuel cell vehicles could become as common as the gasoline powered-automobiles of today. Hydrogen fuel can be produced from our plentiful domestic energy resources, reducing the need for oil, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles emit only water vapour, which, in turn, results in cleaner air. About a year ago, the Department of Energy assembled four research-and-development teams from government and private companies to work on projects designed to assess the status of hydrogen technology. Known as learning demonstration projects, they serve as a great example of President Bush’s vision to create government-industry partnerships that will bring hydrogen technologies from the laboratory to the car dealer’s showroom. The projects cover everything from fuel cell durability and efficiency to vehicle range and fuel costs. They are indicative of the president’s support for innovative programs that provide realistic, achievable solutions for addressing America’s energy challenges. The US government is not alone in making hydrogen energy a priority. Numerous partnerships between all levels of government, the automotive and energy industries and their suppliers are making significant progress toward developing and deploying new hydrogen vehicles and the infrastructure to support them. Continued technological progress is expected to lead to an industry decision on the commercialised use of hydrogen fuel by the year 2015. As part of their research, our learning demonstration partners will examine 134 fuel cell vehicles and up to 28 hydrogen refueling stations like those currently operating in California, Michigan, and Washington, DC. They will collect data in controlled testing environments and on the open road, allowing us to demonstrate hydrogen technology in real-world conditions. The data and experience gained in these “learning demonstrations” will help guide future research efforts and track progress. We also hope to use this information to further educate decision-makers and the public, because we believe the more people know about hydrogen power, the more they will support it. That is why it is so important for Congress to pass a comprehensive energy bill this year. This legislation contains a number of provisions that support our efforts to further develop hydrogen energy, in addition to addressing a broad range of other energy issues that are critical to our nation’s economic future. Energy legislation has been under debate for years, while prices for gasoline and natural gas have continued to climb. By developing alternative fuels including hydrogen, we not only help preserve our environment for generations to come, but we also help America’s economy by keeping our hard-earned dollars here at home, rather than sending them to oil-producing countries overseas. |
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"In sum, it looks like the world – led by the U.S. – is moving toward the day when hydrogen will replace oil as the major source of energy for transportation. The only question is how we get there. There are three major scenarios that describe possible energy environments of the next few decades: Awash in Oil and Gas, Technology Triumphs, and Turbulent World. Within the alternative vagaries of unlimited fossil fuels, new hydrogen-based technologies, or broad-based chaos that begs for change, a path must be planned that is based upon evolutionary change but will respond to revolutionary influences." |
It should be a top national security priority of the United States to significantly reduce its consumption of foreign oil through improved efficiency and the rapid substitution of advanced biomass, alcohol and other available alternative fuels, and this effort should be funded at a level proportionate with other priorities for the defense of the nation.
Letter to President George W. Bush
Energy Future Coalition March 24, 2005
MILESTONE: COST OF IRAQ WAR REACHES PROJECTED
IMPLEMENTATION COST OF A HYDROGEN ECONOMY |
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package for continued funding of the U.S. military operations in Iraq, the total
expenditure so far -- US$300,000 million -- now matches
the projected cost by
some industry experts of establishing a widespread hydrogen fueling infrastructure
within the United States. For better or worse, the United States has chosen instead to attempt to establish free markets and democracy in the Middle East in hopes of securing competitive access to the remaining supplies of petroleum, leaving the U.S. and its economy dangerously reliant upon imported oil. |
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PEAKING OF WORLD OIL PRODUCTION: IMPACTS, MITIGATION, & RISK MANAGEMENT
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Defense officials have determined it
costs about $40 to move one gallon of diesel fuel from Kuwait to Baghdad. Since 1973, the U.S. has faced a
series of energy crises related to the price of oil. The first crisis struck in 1973 when
Egypt and Syria launched a surprise attack on Israel on October 6, Yom Kippur. For the
first few days, the attack seemed to be succeeding. To prevent Israel from collapsing, the
United States responded with an airlift of supplies. The Arab members of OPEC, the
Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, reacted to the U.S. intervention by voting
to increase the price of oil by seventy percent, and a few weeks later by voting to begin
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Algerian
Explosion Stirs Foes of U.S. Gas Projects
Simon Romero New York
Times February 12, 2004
Liquid Assets
Michael Freedman Forbes February 12, 2004
LNG is a Hot-button Issue
Diane Lindquist San Diego Union-Tribune Februaty 7, 2004
Israel
Sets the Stage for the
World's First Hydrogen Economy
The only Middle Eastern Democracy may work with U.S. Department of Energy
to free itself from the influence of imported fossil fuels. - VIMS
Former Israeli Prime Minster and Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Shimon Peres meets with the U.S. Department of Energy's Admiral Tom Gross at the Jerusalem
conference