The National Press Club held a lovely luncheon the other day and invited Ted Turner and T. Boone Pickens to spread their wisdom among the prostrate press.
North American Wind Power’s website described it as a debate, but our understanding of the word “debate” is that a successful one requires opposing sides. In this case, Turner and Pickens appeared to be singing from the same hymnal.
Of course, they both called for immediate action by Congress – Pickens to protect his substantial investment in wind power and Turner to protect his substantially dwindling reputation as a forward thinker.
But let’s concentrate on Turner, because Pickens commits the double cardinal sins of (1) being in the position to profit enormously if Congress were to actually do something about wind power, and (2) being boring.
Here’s how NAWP.com tells Turner’s tale:
Turner, founder and former head of CNN, agreed with Pickens that natural gas is part of the solution to the U.S.’ energy problem, which has been dramatized lately by rising gasoline prices. But Turner sees natural gas as only a “bridge fuel.”
“In 20 years, there will be no fossil fuel,” said Turner, who asserted that cars will run on electricity in 20 years.
Despite the fact that the world has greater proven oil reserves now than at any time in history, Turner says the world’s gas tank will be on empty by 2031. But the Mouth from the South was just getting started.
“We need renewable energy for a world without pollution, so kids won’t get asthma.”
President Obama tried the same argument last week, claiming that coal-fired power plants cause asthma and was rapidly slapped down by health experts who said the cause of asthma really isn’t known.
Hard to believe that one man could pack so much misinformation into two short sentences, but let’s face it, Ted Turner is no ordinary man.
Source: North American Wind Power
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cant wait til this happens we can have a clean time forever
This from a man who was married to Jane Fonda. Stupid is as stupid does. Turner needs to go back to his Montana ranch and shovel the buffalo shit. No one is buying his bull shit for a minute.
Ted if you wish to spout off, lead by example. Sell the cars, the yachts’, the airplanes and walk every where you go. Otherwise JUST GO AWAY.
What do you get when one traitor marries another traitor? Two f#&*ing traitors living in the same house.
Turner needs to go to Montana but not to shovel the buffalo shit, he needs it shoveled over him.
If you believe Barack Obama these days you have to be "Nuts" because he has NO intention of bringing gas prices down:
http://www.sodahead.com/united-states/if-you-believe-anything-that-obama-says-these-days-your-nuts-he-has-no-intention-of-working-on-the/question-1711917/
The same problem of high gas prices were with GWB. Speculators were hedging that oil future prices would go higher and they kept buying this way at higher prices, feeding higher all the way. Gasoline got up to around $3.75 per gallon and then GWB signed more drilling permits for oil drillings and the speculators had no choice to bid on futures at a lower price, thus the price of gas came down to $1.61 per gallon. Barack Obama will NOT do this because of his "go-green" ideology and wants these high prices placed on us. By the way, guess who is a huge speculato/hedge fund manager in this process of higher bidding of oil futures? George Soros! Now how could this be????
Couple all of the above with this: http://www.energy-daily.com/reports/Chinas_Sinopec_cuts_off_oil_exports_state_media_999.html
Any type blowing hot air heat such as heat pumps makes asthma worst. No matter how the air is heated. But you won't to see any government grant money to study that.
When Jane freaking Fonda doesn't want your ass... you've got a problem. You are the problem. I mean it is obvious, who could live with this guy for ever?
Anyone who would knowingly marry Jane Slut Siagon Fonda is a traitor and deserves all the malice and rancor that goes along with her.
I have no qualms with Teddy making a boatload of money in the cable TV business, but in the field of politics, I did not know he ever was a thinker" much less have a "dwindiling reputation as..."
Ted Turner's been making apocalyptic predictions for decades, none of which have come to pass. If all his bullsh*t was converted to energy, it could light up North America.
I'm thinking nuclear power? But ever since the whole fiasco in Japan, we can forget about that.
He's pretty much the dumbest billionaire ever.