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Relayer
of Gardiner, ME
Dec 19, 2007 3:20 PM
This is proof positive of how out of touch our President has become (maybe he always was out of touch). I wonder whether the thermostat has been turned down at Walker's Point. Hey, maybe the Bushes can give all the people who run out of oil a cot at Walker's Point for the winter!report abuseMark
of Millinocket, ME
In a recent Times Record article points out that a certain green “Lawyer” is now saying coal gasification is not a bad technology~ quite the contrary to his original load he was selling not too long ago.
Steve Hinchman is staff attorney for the Conservation Law Foundation; a regional environmental advocacy organization was instrumental in organizing opposition to plans for a $1.5 billion coal gasification plant. Hinchman says, "it wasn't that the technology was bad. It just wasn't right for this particular area. It didn't make sense economically, environmentally or technologically."
These “so called green” environmentalists drive SUV’s, are among the higher income in the state and could give a drip-drive about how the energy shortage could really hurt good people.
An old woman freezes to death-
An oil truck is stolen for personal consumption-
Fuel on a steady track to the moon and driving everything up from food to mortgages, and do the Steve Hinchman’s of this world care about who gets hurt…Noooooooo
Short answer; the Wiscasset voters were lied to by America’s greatest cancer “a lawyer” and goes to prove that NIMBY science is a crock at the expense of the American worker!report abuse
Dec 19, 2007 2:50 PM
While many need aid, and some really deserve aid, the long-term answers are found in solutions that are achievable in the near-term. I heat a large home with an electric system and for the first year I don’t have to wear a coat inside! (My electric bill including the heating portion is under 167.00 per month)
In a recent Times Record article points out that a certain green “Lawyer” is now saying coal gasification is not a bad technology~ quite the contrary to his original load he was selling not too long ago.
Steve Hinchman is staff attorney for the Conservation Law Foundation; a regional environmental advocacy organization was instrumental in organizing opposition to plans for a $1.5 billion coal gasification plant. Hinchman says, "it wasn't that the technology was bad. It just wasn't right for this particular area. It didn't make sense economically, environmentally or technologically."
These “so called green” environmentalists drive SUV’s, are among the higher income in the state and could give a drip-drive about how the energy shortage could really hurt good people.
An old woman freezes to death-
An oil truck is stolen for personal consumption-
Fuel on a steady track to the moon and driving everything up from food to mortgages, and do the Steve Hinchman’s of this world care about who gets hurt…Noooooooo
Short answer; the Wiscasset voters were lied to by America’s greatest cancer “a lawyer” and goes to prove that NIMBY science is a crock at the expense of the American worker!report abuse
Didi
of Somewhere In, ME
Big oil will not stop until they have your last dime, first born child, and full rights to your estate when you die.report abuse
Dec 19, 2007 2:31 PM
Did anyone else hear on the news last night that a tax break for big oil is a part of this? I could not believe my ears. Someone tell me I was halucinating.
Big oil will not stop until they have your last dime, first born child, and full rights to your estate when you die.report abuse
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