Liquid Coal: Senate Action Day

Weird allies (4.00 / 1)

This is weird. Bow Tie Boy over at the State Journal is siding with Byrd, etc., for C-to-L while he criticizes conservative hacks at The National Review for opposing it, which puts you on the same side as National Review and in opposition to Byrd and others whom you usually support.

Politics makes strange bedfellows indeed -- not that I want a mental image of Chris Stirewalt in bed with anyone.

When a man embarks upon a crime, he is morally guilty of any other crime which may spring from it. Sherlock Holmes.

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by: Carnacki @ Mon Jun 11, 2007 at 22:37:11 PM UTC

Stirewalt shows duplicity in last graph (0.00 / 0)

It’s a proven, reliable technology that doesn’t need more testing or subsidy. It just needs a stable marketplace and the capital will flow.

Wow. Let's count the lies.

#1) Putting aside the wisdom of doubling-down on coal, the amount of water required, and other negative externalities... turning coal into liquid fuel might be a proven, reliable technology as long as you ignore global climate change. There's absolutely nothing proven about the ability to perform large-scale carbon sequestration.

#2) No subsidy necessary? What is a subsidy? "In economics, a subsidy is a kind of financial government assistance, such as a grant, tax break, or trade barrier, in order to encourage the production or purchase of a good." His entire piece is an argument in favor of subsidies. Government guarantees to create a stable marketplace is a subsidy.

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by: Clem Guttata @ Mon Jun 11, 2007 at 23:11:20 PM UTC

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Stirewalt duplicitious? That's a shocker /snark (4.00 / 1)

When a man embarks upon a crime, he is morally guilty of any other crime which may spring from it. Sherlock Holmes.

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by: Carnacki @ Mon Jun 11, 2007 at 23:42:58 PM UTC

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