| We had quite a session with Nancy Pelosi at Netroots Nation this morning as she answered questions from the gathered netroots about a number of important issues actually including impeachment. I will cover more of this later. The surprise was the appearance of former Vice President Al Gore. Again, more on this later. The fun part was I got to ask a question from the floor regarding mountaintop removal and coal to liquid technology. The two key things he said were.... "mountaintop removal is an atrocity". and that "coal to liquid technology is insane." He stated unequivocally that squeezing the liquid out of coal was way too expensive, and that the resultant issues of non captured CO2 a real detriment. Another statement he made that was that mountaintop removal is part and parcel of the problems we face with our current energy system and that any have a moral blindness to the consequences. I got to talk to him briefly in the "line" afterwards, and thanked him for his comments... he highly recommended that everyone see the movie "Mountaintop Removal" which received an award at the recent Nashville Film Festival. He asked me if I had seen it, which I haven't. He says it is a very important film that all need to see. While it iwas a great experience to ask a question in front of 2000 people and the press that was answered very well by the Vice President, it was even more important to get more of the message out about the terrible consequences of mountaintop removal as well as the insanity of considering coal to liquidconversion as a solution to our gas crisis. I will look for the video of the event and try to post his response later today. |
