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Fri Feb 17, 2012, 02:16 PM

tnlurker (761 posts)

11. There are plenty of coal fired generating plants that should be closed.

That is what the wind power should be for.

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41 replies	Author	Time	Post
Congress deals major blow to wind power industry [View all]	jpak	Feb 2012	OP
Follow the money	alfredo	Feb 2012	#1
...and yet we still subsidize Big Oil....are you fucking KIDDING me with this shit...???	truebrit71	Feb 2012	#2
I feel the same way, burned up.	xtraxritical	Feb 2012	#4
allow me to add my outrage, too, as BigOil once again wins the day	wordpix	Feb 2012	#26
Ditto!	sinkingfeeling	Feb 2012	#14
The major players are heavily invested in oil	raouldukelives	Feb 2012	#19
Way to create jobs!!!!	AlbertCat	Feb 2012	#3
i predict this is not the last we hear about this.	mopinko	Feb 2012	#5
In Hawaii	CAPHAVOC	Feb 2012	#13
It won't make much a difference for this year	Yo_Mama	Feb 2012	#6
There are plenty of coal fired generating plants that should be closed.	tnlurker	Feb 2012	#11
Yep. We DESPERATELY NEED THE POWER, TO SHUT DOWN POLLUTING PLANTS	saras	Feb 2012	#12
I suppose the Kochs will convert the Wind Farms	Beavker	Feb 2012	#7
Bingo! Another talking point for Obama to use against any GOP opponent. nt	nanabugg	Feb 2012	#8
more illinois tea party kock brothers bullshit	madrchsod	Feb 2012	#9
useful idiots	mopinko	Feb 2012	#15
I would like to see subsidies for all energy reduced if not ended.	JDPriestly	Feb 2012	#10
Best idea on this thread.	former9thward	Feb 2012	#16
Me to!! And the taxes used to pay the subsidies returned to those of us that pay taxes. n/t	Johnson20	Feb 2012	#21
LOL, what planet you from?	harun	Feb 2012	#24
while we're at it, let the polluting industries pay to clean up their messes 100%	wordpix	Feb 2012	#28
Exactly	Neue Regel	Feb 2012	#38
Care to stick a cross post to teh e/e?	XemaSab	Feb 2012	#17
Will do	jpak	Feb 2012	#18
vote: 237-197 with 21 Democrats joining the GOP majority, Navigant expects 37,000 jobs lost	stockholmer	Feb 2012	#20
Rangel---he's still there?	wordpix	Feb 2012	#27
Mustn't hurt oil or give people green jobs. nt	valerief	Feb 2012	#22
Yay for Fossil Fuels, Nukes and Global Warming	fascisthunter	Feb 2012	#23
I've been saying for years that wind and solar won't happen	GliderGuider	Feb 2012	#25
Repubilcons have repeatedly pulled the plug on wind and solar since 1980	jpak	Feb 2012	#29
Sure. Reality bites. Dems can be/have been purchased by the Power Elite too, though.	GliderGuider	Feb 2012	#30
Wind is cheaper than imported coal in India, PV is cheaper than diesel-generated power there too.	jpak	Feb 2012	#36
stupid, short sighted, venal, sociopathic	annabanana	Feb 2012	#31
The worst thing about this, even worse than the loss of generating capacity,	Flatulo	Feb 2012	#32
I am angry. Real angry.	glinda	Feb 2012	#33
I talked to a staffer on the hill	greenman3610	Feb 2012	#34
Yeah yeah yeah ...	Nihil	Feb 2012	#37
What do you think it will take to break that pattern?	GliderGuider	Feb 2012	#39
I think you are right. (n/t)	Nihil	Feb 2012	#40
Fucking A.	lonestarnot	Feb 2012	#35
Well folks, we need to stop complaining and do we can to help elect a different	nanabugg	Feb 2012	#41

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