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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: Coach is Back! on January 20, 2012, 01:59:02 PM
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(CNSNews.com) - Two days after President Barack Obama blocked construction of a major oil pipeline, his administration is touting its efforts to expand domestic production of renewable energy.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced Friday that his agency has approved a $25-million conditional loan guarantee to build a 55,000-square-foot biorefinery plant in Iowa.
The Fiberight facility will produce cellulosic ethanol by converting municipal solid waste and other industrial pulps into "advanced biofuels," the news release said.
The project is expected to create 38 jobs and save 16 jobs. By contrast, expansion of the Canada-Texas Keystone XL pipeline would create thousands of jobs; some estimates say as many as 20,000.
"This project is another step the Obama administration is taking to support production of a new generation of renewable fuels, in order to build an active biofuels and biomass production industry in every region of the country," said Vilsack. "Investments in renewable energy create jobs and reduce America's dependence on foreign oil."
The USDA news release notes that Americans import "just over half (60%) of our transportation fuels," and it says the U.S. "can do more to meet the President's goal of reducing our net fuel imports by one-third by 2025."
Proponents of the Keystone XL pipeline agree that the U.S. can do more to reduce fuel imports.
“Until this pipeline is constructed, the U.S. will continue to import millions of barrels of conflict oil from the Middle East and Venezuela and other foreign countries who do not share democratic values Canadians and Americans are privileged to have,” said Russ Girling, TransCanada’s president and chief executive officer, in a statement on Wednesday announcing that his company will reapply for a Keystone XL permit.
At Secretary Vilsack's direction, USDA says it is working to develop the national biofuels industry, producing energy from non-food sources in every region of the country.
USDA says it is “conducting and encouraging research into innovative new energy technologies and processes, helping companies build biorefineries, and supporting farmers, ranchers, and businesses taking risks to pursue new opportunities in biofuels.”
USDA's Biorefinery Assistance Program was authorized by Congress under the 2008 Farm Bill.
Under the conditional commitment, Fiberight must meet specified conditions before the loan guarantee can be completed.
http://cnsnews.com/news/article/obama-administration-says-no-oil-yes-biofuels
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I thought this was going to be a picture of you having sex with a chief, Bill Pearl in a Navy uniform maybe
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I thought this was going to be a picture of you having sex with a chief, Bill Pearl in a Navy uniform maybe
;D ;D ;D ;D
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Obama did the right thing by rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline. So what if it created a billion jobs, the environment impact is far too much.
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I thought this was going to be a picture of you having sex with a chief
I didn't realize your mom was named "chief". Sorry.
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Obama did the right thing by rejecting the Keystone XL pipeline. So what if it created a billion jobs, the environment impact is far too much.
Bullshit.
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heck out our talking points:
The rupture of an Exxon oil pipeline that sent 42,000 gallons of oil spewing into the Yellowstone River and prompted the evacuation of hundreds of residents is only the latest example of the danger oil pipelines pose to our land and water.
The proposed Keystone XL tar sands pipeline will cross pristine land in 6 states and the Ogallala Aquifer, threatening the drinking water of 2 million Americans.
When TransCanada proposed the original Keystone pipeline, they estimated it would only leak once every 7 years. But it has leaked 12 times in the past year alone. We cannot allow the same dirty company to build another dangerous pipeline.
Americans across the country submitted over 265,000 public comments this year saying that the State Department has not done enough to consider the risk that Keystone XL poses to our land and water. The House should not override the concerns of landowners and citizens in favor of Big Oil profits.
Keystone XL will actually raise the price of crude oil in the Midwest, benefiting Big Oil while putting our land and water at risk.
Will the Representative oppose legislation to expedite the permit for this dirty and dangerous tar sands oil pipeline?
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I want jobs too, and I'm sure the Dems and the President do as well, but this is an example of corporate greed. Pollution and destroying natural areas beyond repair just ain't worth it. We only have one earth so we better take care of it.
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he didnt say the pipeline oculd never be built he just decided against allowing it to go ahead with construction for the time being because a ful assessment of its safety/environmental impact hasnt been done yet.
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Coach, turn off the talk radio and learn to think for yourself. You'll be amazed by the benefits
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Coach, turn off the talk radio and learn to think for yourself. You'll be amazed by the benefits
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You can't make a thread in the proper forum, yet you call someone else a retard? Talk about self pwnage right there.
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I'm disappointed, I thought this was going to be a picture of The Coach having sex with a chief, Bill Pearl in a Navy uniform maybe.
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I want jobs too, and I'm sure the Dems and the President do as well, but this is an example of corporate greed. Pollution and destroying natural areas beyond repair just ain't worth it. We only have one earth so we better take care of it.
You do realize that the overwhelming majority of fuel delivered to airports, air bases and even gas stations gets there via pipeline, right? An eighteen wheeler doesn't pull up to a 767 everytime he needs a top off of JP-8. You don't see most of theses pipelines, but trust me, it's there.
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Pipelines are indeed the safest method to transport petroleum products...
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Coach, turn off the talk radio and learn to think for yourself. You'll be amazed by the benefits
could you please define "thinking by yourself", you retard, considering everything we think about comes from someone else? As if your "thinking" wasnt a mix of leftist influences?
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Retard in chief!? Is this a Coach and his wife thread?
/apology to the wife, coach. my bad
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could you please define "thinking by yourself", you retard, considering everything we think about comes from someone else? As if your "thinking" wasnt a mix of leftist influences?
Uberman calling someone a retard, the definition of irony.
I see you you are starting to believe your own bullshit!
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Coach, turn off the talk radio and learn to think for yourself. You'll be amazed by the benefits
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Coach u need to stop running that iv bag filled with prune juice I think it's going to your melon, you got a real stiffy for Obama is that why every post is about him, damn Coach this is Get-big not The whitehouse complaint line and if I've said it once I'll say it again it's true Obama don't give a f@ck about you or me, but them 4 dipshits running for don't give 2 f@cks about you or me!
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Pipelines are indeed the safest method to transport petroleum products...
10 to 1 that pipeline isn't within 100 miles of any upper class neighborhood or any republican legislatures home that's voting for the approval of that project.. It will go right through the living room of every trailer park and in the backyard of every low income housing property west of the Mississippi
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10 to 1 that pipeline isn't within 100 miles of any upper class neighborhood or any republican legislatures home that's voting for the approval of that project.. It will go right through the living room of every trailer park and in the backyard of every low income housing property west of the Mississippi
NIMN
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As usual, I can see the liberal commonsense is absent in this thread.
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going to post this here because it was funny
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aren't you a romney supporter coach...? ;D
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Until this pipeline is constructed, the U.S. will continue to import millions of barrels of conflict oil from the Middle East
he means Irak, doesn't he? didn't the US start the war there? Too bad the Irakis refuse to give their oil for free lol :D