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nadinbrzezinski

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14. Trust me, we know.

Reply to Agnosticsherbet (Reply #13)

Sun Aug 26, 2012, 12:28 AM

Aug 2012

Locally we are following wind, (Industrial facilities... LARGE... ) and we know there is only one kind of green these companies like, the one with plenty of Benjamins.

You know it is bad when both our local LIBERAL democrat (Member of Congress) and our local radical Republican (Member of Congress) are on the exact same page. These two could not agree on the color of the sky to be honest.

That editorial has a link to letters by those two by the way

http://www.eastcountymagazine.org/node/10813

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Is the GOP preference for fossil fuel because big corporations are the only ones [View all] applegrove Aug 2012 OP

You can't have an honest discussion about energy independence Incitatus Aug 2012 #1

Big oil is heavily invested in wind farms. Agnosticsherbet Aug 2012 #2

But not if people buy single home use size windmills, solar cells, etc. Lot's of farmers applegrove Aug 2012 #3

Big oil companies are invested in those companies that sell that equipment. They profited. Agnosticsherbet Aug 2012 #4

Then why does Romney say nothing about alternative fuel sources? He talks fossil fuel applegrove Aug 2012 #5

Because they are funding his election right now. I answered my own question. applegrove Aug 2012 #6

Big Oil and Big Energy do not talk about their extensive investment into... Agnosticsherbet Aug 2012 #7

Here is one of the links I've been seeing in the last few days. applegrove Aug 2012 #8

Here is another article that got me thinking. applegrove Aug 2012 #9

That is part of it. Agnosticsherbet Aug 2012 #11

It is not just oil nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #10

I think it's just easy imagery to say oil, oil, oil... Agnosticsherbet Aug 2012 #13

Trust me, we know. nadinbrzezinski Aug 2012 #14

yes limpyhobbler Aug 2012 #12

They can't sell wind or sunshine, no money in that. julian09 Aug 2012 #15