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ConserveGov said, 7 months ago
No need to support the Koch family, but vote for Romney if you care about your kids future.
Michael wme said, 7 months ago
This is such a misleading dimlib cartoon. We cannot restrict how much CO2 or other things factories spew out, because we need the production and the jobs, but the people in homes like those shown would make sure NIMBY.
The homes downwind of the plants would be shanties where we commoners who work in the plants live, not the posh homes of our betters. And, since we’re desperate to keep our jobs and keep our betters in their posh homes far from the plants (and upwind), we’ll vote to keep the plants smokin’.
Respectful Troll said, 7 months ago
Do some reading on the Koch Brothers and particularly on their father. Choose several sources, objective ones are best.
C.
mikefive said, 7 months ago
@Respectful Troll
But Mr. C, it’s much more satisfying to find some political dot org that agrees with a our preconceptions. (tongue in cheek)
MortyForTyrant said, 7 months ago
I live in a country (Germany) where “clean coal” is mandatory if you want to burn it. I worked at a coal-fired power-plant (IT department) and got to see it all up close. The amount of effort and care going into protecting the environment is impressive. Electrostatic filters, sulfur-washers, even nitrogen catalysts – all on an industrial scale. Expensive, yes, but nobody ever complained about the power plant although it was only 500 yards away from the center of a medieval city full of people. They simply didn’t notice it.
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It’s basically the same with most of the medium and heavy industry over here. The companies need to be good neighbors or our version of the EPA will shut the plants down. These guys don’t muck about. The don’t sue, they don’t settle, they turn up with the police and turn everything off until the problem has been fixed. And if you complain they will call in their buddies at our version of the IRS as well…
Clark Kent said, 7 months ago
@MortyForTyrant
Good for you. Sometimes I wish my greatgrandparents had stayed there, or emmigrated to Canada or Denmark instead of the USA. Just one thing, what do they do with all the sulfur and other crap that they extract from the boiler exhaust?
Chillbilly
said, 7 months ago
@MortyForTyrant
Europeans tend to live in densely populated areas and don’t have much of a choice. We could learn from them, but it would be a waste of our wide open spaces.
Fourcrows said, 7 months ago
@ScottPM
I have a question about your “nobody wants dirty air or water” statement: I know it is probably true, but why do conservatives complain every time emissions are regulated or clean energy sources are discussed? If nobody wants pollution, why is it taboo to try to do something about it?
CasualBrowser
said, 7 months ago
@MortyForTyrant
What sort of controls does Germany have on the mining of coal, and can they buy it from any nation regardless of how they obtain it?
Respectful Troll said, 7 months ago
@ScottPM
I add my voice to Fourcrows and further, I’ve noticed in other of ScottPM’s posts with statements like the one he makes here. That repeating lies don’t make them true. While there has been diversion, divisiveness, and dishonesty on all sides, there have been many more out and out lies by and on behalf of the extreme right. Perhaps I’m wrong, perhaps ScottPM knows information I’ve not seen on the television news, read in my local paper, or heard on NPR. Maybe he knows objective honest websites that only deal with facts I’ve not yet been exposed to. If so, educate me. Otherwise, no matter how many times a lie is repeated, it will not become true.
Truthfully,
C.
Respectful Troll said, 7 months ago
@MortyForTyrant
In the 1970’s, Nat’l Geo had a cover story on how the Black Forest was dying. Pics of sick and dying trees filled the cover story. In 2008, I had the pleasure of spending 3 weeks on the roads and rivers of Germany. We saw three plastic bags littering the highways that three weeks. A few carparts here and there, but NO litter except those 3 bags. Koln was nearly as clean as was Heidelberg. The sky was a rich deep blue, High Definition one soldier called it, and the entire country looked loved. Zippering, the requirement of drivers to make room for merging traffic or get a ticket, kept traffic jams at rush hour moving briskly. Germany is currently Europe most financially secure country carrying Greece and other Euro members through their problems. In the USA, they have already weakened and underfunded EPA regs and are blaming these regs for lost jobs and productiity. A Texas state congressman said recently, let Texas worry about its own air. That would be fine if Texas was under a glass dome. I hope the USA can soon recognize the profit and viability of living in a healthy green nation. Thank you for your comment.
Respectfully,
C.
Respectful Troll said, 7 months ago
@Respectful Troll
Forgot to say, the Black Forest was healed and BEAUTIFUL and had a wonderful weekend in Tittisee.
C.
SkepticCal said, 7 months ago
@Respectful Troll
Delighted that you are overflowing with clean air in a clean country with rule abiding autobahns.
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But, we are not Germans. Effectiveness of the German Eco-Reich must be investigated as related to American cultural heritage.
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If we had only lost WWII. Ach, du lieber!
ninety_nine_percent said, 7 months ago
Great ’toon Jim!! The GOP will never protect the middle class, they owe their souls to the radical rich: destory the education system, destory the EPA, destory financial reforms — to the hell with the little people.
MortyForTyrant said, 7 months ago
@Clark Kent
Certain filter-ashes and waste-products are
so “rich” that it is economically feasible to
extract the “pollutant” (for example sulfur).
Other stuff is put in bags and used to fill old
coal mines, reducing the risk of collapse and
damage to houses. These mines are 500 to
1500 yards deep, no chance of groundwater
contamination.