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Confusion Reigns in Green Revolution

Posted April 26, 2012 9:04 AM

From BBC News - Science & Environment:

Confusion reigns among the foot soldiers of the "green energy revolution"

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Re: Confusion Reigns in Green Revolution

04/27/2012 7:17 AM

What's confusing?

1) Government creates artificial demand for technology that can't sell itself.

2) New businesses crop up to meet artificial demand.

3) Government gives them taxpayer money.

4) Government realizes they can't afford to keep giving them money.

5) Businesses go bankrupt. The smart business owners have stashed enough money to live comfortably for the rest of their lives.

6) Repeat.

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Re: Confusion Reigns in Green Revolution

04/27/2012 3:37 PM

You forgot,

7.) Politicians write book, wins Nobel prize, create a dumb-ass carbon credit scam business that makes the expolitician $$$$ thats not enforceable. Becomes a charicter on Southpark

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04/27/2012 4:03 PM

Thanks for the addition. By the way............I didn't post as off topic. From what I'm seeing, it was right on target.

Apparently we've got another round of moderators that want to dictate the terms of our posts, based on their own feelings about things. These little greenhorns need to get their heads out of their a$$es, and realize that the confusion surrounding the "green" movement is ALL about politics. If they don't like it, we can concentrate on blogs about love and romance.

Having (GS) PC police tampering with the ratings because they happen to disagree with a post......................SUCKS!

Off-Topic? Yes. (Thanks for being honest!)

Gee, they make it sound as if it's my choice. Why don't they eliminate the f***ing choice altogether, and the moderators can cherry pick our posts and assign ratings based on their opinions of them.

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04/27/2012 4:14 PM

I was wondering about the OT, ........ So I posting this on topic,

They should get their head out of their butts,...... its about time that they realize its suppose to be a one way street down there.

If the politicians and their over zealous minions wouldn't have tried to push it down everyones throats, we would have been alot farther ahead dealing with it.

But then again, the politicians only did it for the money, and the minions did what minions do.

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04/27/2012 4:34 PM

Yep. I'm going back "off topic". Politics, unfortunately, plays into just about everything in some way, shape or form. I consider the differing opinions on CR4 to be a plus.

If admin wants to restart the "stealth" moderating........................the best option for them, would be to close the site to outsiders, and turn it into a GlobalSpec employee chat room for "like" minded individuals.

If some moderator wants to give me 5 OTs at once, the very least the coward could do, is present the argument that justifies it. Typical hit, run and hide bull$hit that's become so prevalent these days.

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04/28/2012 8:54 AM

When I saw your ot rank.. I voted against it right away.. I wondered who gave you that.. the powers that be can be so wrong.

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04/28/2012 9:01 AM

It changed, It's on topic.....again. What's worse, tyrants, or inconsistency?

Or inconsistent tyrants.

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04/28/2012 2:15 PM

He has been on Futurama a few times as well.

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04/28/2012 2:37 PM

As a head I presume.

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04/27/2012 3:06 PM

So you're saying "lather, rinse, repeat as necessary? Is the modus operandi? Well put

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