Well Blue, I for one would never accuse our MSN of knowing diddly squat about the energy industry other than sensationalizing the negative and ignoring the technical challenges that have to be overcome to keep their cameras on and the tanks of their fancy-ass SUV?s and limousines filled up. A few years back, I did a project with Con Ed, Indian Point, NYC. There the daily fueling cost was at $24 million and the bulk of that fuel oil comes in from the mid east or elsewhere and that is just one of Con Eds many power stations. But when alternative energy sources are suggested you can bet the piggy bank the blue Staters are first in line blocking any such notions let alone adding any refining capacity. Ya know, we got our butts hung way out and if Galveston gets knocked out we are going to learn a very bitter lesson indeed. Nevada?s own ?Independent? Harry Reid is doing everything possible to totally cripple our nuke power generation industries and he will probably succeed. In the interim our growing global competitor, the EU, now has well over 120 nuke power plants operating successfully and are cutting their dependency on mid east petroleum and fossil fuels by leaps and bounds. In the ever paradoxical leftist jargon, Harry Reid has defined ?independent? as meaning nothing more than a pissy puppy for the ?Tammany Commonwealth? contemporary Boss Tweeds and anti-energy special interest groups.
And if nothing else, Rita and Katrina will show how totally screwed up and vulnerable we are and if we are smart we just may examine how we got ourselves in such a mess.
Scamp
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