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Project Veritas founder James O’Keefe appeared at David Horowitz’s Freedom Center and made the case for how his brand of bold journalism has turned the tide against the lies, planted & paid assets, scripted media talking points and cross-collaboration that tried to purchase a presidency for Hillary Clinton.<br />
Despite outward appearances of a fair and free election in the world’s foremost democracy, the conflict of interest has reached a peak – literal presstitutes have been bought out and told to frame virtually everything in a light favorable to what was supposed to be the first female president.<br />
Now, citizen journalists and determined activists have exposed that system. Wikileaks proved that the Democrat primary was rigged to keep Bernie from getting the nomination, and they tried to fix it for Hillary in the general election – but the anger and principled opposition among the American people kept that nightmare from happening.<br />
Here is O’Keefe’s proclamation of victory – of slaying the mainstream, agenda-driven, propaganda media with the truth, caught on video:<br />
<iframe allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen" frameborder="0" height="340" src="https://player.vimeo.com/video/193276666" width="560"></iframe><br /><a href="https://vimeo.com/193276666" target="_blank">James O’Keefe</a> from <a href="https://vimeo.com/user15333690" target="_blank">DHFC</a> on <a href="https://vimeo.com/" target="_blank">Vimeo</a>.<br />
As <a href="http://www.infowars.com/james-okeefe-the-media-is-dead-we-killed-it/" target="_blank"><strong>Dan Lyman</strong></a> reported, O’Keefe took credit for victory in the election by battling complex machine of media corruption inherent in many DNC operative actions:<br />
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<strong>“Social media is now more powerful than the media,” O’Keefe proclaimed. “The media is dead – we killed it.”</strong><br />
“These people are such corrupt scum, but the good news is – they lost and the facts prove it.”<br />
“People are leaving the mainstream media because they want to know the truth,” he added.<br />
<em>Project Veritas</em> played a critical role in the 2016 election, exposing some of the deepest political corruption ever revealed by undercover reporters.</blockquote>
You can get the media to react to your narrative, O’Keefe explains, and so ordinary people can do extraordinary things that even the NY Times and CNN can’t engender.<br />
The reason? Because people are hungry for the truth, and ready for that truth to be exposed.<br />
And that spirit, and that determination, which is shared by countless activists, bloggers and independent researchers out there, is why we are <a href="http://www.shtfplan.com/conspiracy-fact-and-theory/times-when-the-mainstream-media-created-fake-news-and-people-died-as-a-result_11182016" target="_blank"><strong>seeing the “Fake News” backlash</strong></a> – a heavy-handed and obvious attempt to blacklist the truth, and <a href="http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/its-happening-they-are-shutting-down-fake-news-websites-to-punish-alt-media-hillary-opponents_11172016" target="_blank"><strong>punish those who would dare to speak of forbidden topics</strong></a> and naked empires.<br />
<strong>Read more:</strong><br />
<strong><a href="http://www.shtfplan.com/headline-news/its-happening-they-are-shutting-down-fake-news-websites-to-punish-alt-media-hillary-opponents_11172016" target="_blank">It’s Happening: They Are Shutting Down “Fake News” Websites to Punish Alt Media Hillary Opponents</a></strong><br />
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<a href="http://www.shtfplan.com/conspiracy-fact-and-theory/times-when-the-mainstream-media-created-fake-news-and-people-died-as-a-result_11182016" target="_blank"><strong>Times When the “Mainstream Media Created Fake News”… And People Died As a Result</strong></a><br />
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Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12792460740514151650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752098873597331885.post-61109321240105587652016-01-20T01:57:00.003-08:002016-01-20T01:57:46.659-08:00A real scientist, a "skeptical" seeker of the truth....may he rest in peace and may others of equal stature pick up the torch and carry on the fight against politically motivated global warming nonsense.<br />
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It is with deep regret that I report the passing of a friend, colleague, and great scholar, Dr. Robert M. Carter. Bob died peacefully in a hospital surrounded by family and friends following a heart attack a few days ago. He was 74 years old.</div>
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Funeral arrangements are being made and it will most likely take place on Monday next week in Townsville, Australia.</div>
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This is almost unspeakably sad. Bob was the very embodiment of the “happy warrior” in the global warming debate. He was a scholar’s scholar, with impeccable credentials (including a Ph.D. from Cambridge), careful attention to detail, and a deep understanding of and commitment to the scientific method. He endured the slings and arrows of the anti-science Left with seeming ease and good humor and often warned against resorting to similar tactics to answer them.</div>
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Bob never failed to answer the call to defend climate science, getting on planes to make the long flight from Australia to the U.S., to Paris, and to other lands without complaints or excuses. He was a wonderful public speaker and a charming traveling mate. He was not an easy man to edit, though – he kept wanting to put unnecessary commas, “that’s,” and boldfacing back into his manuscripts — but the great ones never are.</div>
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Bob helped immeasurably with three volumes in the <i>Climate Change Reconsidered </i>series, a series of hefty compilations of scientific research he coauthored and coedited with Craig D. Idso and S. Fred Singer. Just a few weeks ago, he flew to Paris to speak at Heartland’s “Day of Examining the Data” and contributed to the completion and review of another book, <i>Why Scientists Disagree About Global Warming: The NIPCC report on scientific consensus.</i></div>
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We honored Bob with a “Lifetime Achievement Award” at the 10<sup>th</sup> International Conference on Climate Change (ICCC-10) in Washington DC last June. I regret that I missed that event due to the sudden onset of shingles, and so missed the opportunity to see my friend as well as publicly recognize his great achievements in science.</div>
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We’ve updated Bob’s online bio, it is copied and pasted below. A “guestbook” is being created at Heartland’s blog, <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null">Somewhat Reasonable</a>. If you have a comment or memory you’d like to share, please send it to Jim Lakely at <a href="mailto:jlakely@heartland.org" target="_blank">jlakely@heartland.org</a></div>
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Please remember Bob and his wonderful wife, Anne, in your thoughts and prayers.</div>
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Robert M. Carter, Ph.D., a long-time policy advisor to The Heartland Institute and a world renowned authority on climate change, passed away on January 19, 2016. He was 74.</div>
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Dr. Carter was a palaeontologist, stratigrapher, marine geologist and environmental scientist with more than 30 years professional experience. He earned degrees from the University of Otago (New Zealand) and the University of Cambridge (England). He held tenured academic staff positions at the University of Otago (Dunedin) and James Cook University (Townsville), where he was Professor and Head of School of Earth Sciences between 1981 and 1999.</div>
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Dr. Carter served as Chair of the Earth Sciences Discipline Panel of the Australian Research Council, Chair of the national Marine Science and Technologies Committee, Director of the Australian Office of the Ocean Drilling Program, and Co-Chief Scientist on ODP Leg 181(Southwest Pacific Gateways).</div>
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Dr. Carter was one of the world’s leading authorities on the science of climate change. He was the author of two books on the subject, <i>Climate: The Counter Consensus (</i>2010) and <i>Taxing Air: Facts and Fallacies about Climate Change </i>(2013) and coauthor of several more, including three volumes in the <i>Climate Change Reconsidered</i>series produced by the Nongovernmental International Panel on Climate Change (NIPCC) and published by The Heartland Institute. Shortly before his death he coauthored <i>Why Scientists Disagree About Global Warming</i> (2015).</div>
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Dr. Carter’s public commentaries drew on his knowledge of the scientific literature and a personal publication list of more than 100 papers in international science journals. His research on climate change, sea-level change and stratigraphy was based on field studies of Cenozoic sediments (last 65 million years) from the Southwest Pacific region, especially the Great Barrier Reef and New Zealand.</div>
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Dr. Carter has acted as an expert witness on climate change before the U.S. Senate Committee of Environment & Public Works, the Australian and N.Z. parliamentary Select Committees into emissions trading and in a meeting in parliament house, Stockholm. He was also a primary science witness in the Hayes Windfarm Environment Court case in New Zealand, and in the U.K. High Court case of Dimmock v. H.M.’s Secretary of State for Education, the 2007 judgment which identified nine major scientific errors in Mr. Al Gore’s film “An Inconvenient Truth.”</div>
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Dr. Carter’s research was supported by grants from competitive public research agencies, especially the Australian Research Council (ARC). He received no research funding from special interest organizations such as environmental groups, energy companies or government departments.</div>
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On March 3, 2015, Dr. Carter authored a lengthy correction of the scurrilous attacks by the environmental left against his friend and honorable colleague Dr. Willie Soon. Read it <a href="https://www.heartland.org/policy-documents/statement-regarding-allegations-concerning-dr-willie-soon" target="_blank">here</a>.</div>
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In December 2015, Dr. Carter joined <a href="https://www.heartland.org/Cop21" target="_blank">Heartland’s contingent to Paris for COP-21</a> and presented at the “Day of Examining the Data.” Watch his presentation, and comments about an anti-CO2 demonstration below.</div>
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<em>Peter</em><br />
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<em>From the following article:</em><br />
<a href="http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/maritanoon/2012/05/28/climate_deniers_winning_the_war">http://finance.townhall.com/columnists/maritanoon/2012/05/28/climate_deniers_winning_the_war</a><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>"The belief that CO2 is causing catastrophic climate change is the driver for
today’s energy policy.</strong></span><br />
<br />Based on a supposed “consensus,” politicians, and the
nonelected bureaucrats they appointed, have, and are, making risky investments
with taxpayer dollars (think Solyndra, et al); subsidizing “alternative”
energies such as wind and solar that are not effective, efficient, or
economical; blocking access to resources that are abundant, available, and
affordable—which raises gasoline prices and punishes those who can least afford
it; and regulating America’s most cost-effective electricity out of commission.
The increasing energy costs are hurting all of America—individuals and
industry—and our competitive edge.<br /><br /><strong><span style="color: black;">Roger Helmer, a member of the European Parliament, offered
these comments regarding wind energy and the entire green project in his
</span></strong><a href="https://mail.salem.cc/owa/redir.aspx?C=ae73fe4441de45ef8310ebdf664c5347&URL=http%3a%2f%2fclimateconferences.heartland.org%2froger-helmer-iccc7%2f" target="_blank"><u><strong><span style="color: black;">presentation at
ICCC7</span></strong></u></a><strong><span style="color: black;">: “Wind plus gas
back up results in virtually zero emissions savings. So, we are desecrating the
countryside, we are wasting huge amounts of money, we are impoverishing our
children, we are choosing poverty over prosperity—and after all that, we are not
even achieving what we set out to achieve. </span><span style="color: red;">This
is madness, madness, madness writ large.”</span></strong><br />
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<strong><span style="color: red;">"Echoing the war theme, Helmer offered encouragement in his closing remarks: “This is a battle that we must win. We must win it for America. We must win it for Europe. We must win it for our children and grandchildren. And, we must win it for all mankind. I’ll tell you why we will win it, because, we have two weapons in our armory that the bad guys don’t have. The first weapon is the truth, and the second weapon is the climate.”"</span></strong><br />
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<span style="color: black;">For much more information on the war to expose the myth of man -caused global waring and climate change go here: <a href="http://petesplace-peter.blogspot.com/">http://petesplace-peter.blogspot.com/</a></span><br />
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<em>Peter</em><br />
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<h1>My Friend, Andrew Breitbart</h1><h2>By Ben Shapiro</h2><h4>3/8/2012</h4><div class="clearboth" style="height: 10px;"> </div>I recently became editor-at-large of Andrew Breitbart's empire, but I first met Andrew when he was still the unnamed other half of Matt Drudge's monster website. The year was 2001. I'd just entered college at UCLA, and after seeing the anti-Israel bias of the student newspaper, The Daily Bruin, I had become their token conservative columnist. My specialty was throwing bombs. The reaction to my pieces was absolutely unanimous: The liberals on campus hated them.<br />
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One day, I opened my email to find a missive from some guy named Andrew. No last name attached. It said that he worked with Matt Drudge. It also said he'd been sitting in a Westwood restaurant with nothing to read and picked up a copy of the Daily Bruin. He'd read my column, and he wanted to get together.<br />
"Hell yes," I thought and told him so. (Continued.....entire article here:)<br />
<a href="http://townhall.com/columnists/benshapiro/2012/03/08/my_friend_andrew_breitbart">http://townhall.com/columnists/benshapiro/2012/03/08/my_friend_andrew_breitbart</a><br />
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<em>(The following are some excerpts I found significant. Peter)</em><br />
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<strong>"Andrew was also a warrior, of course. Now that he's gone, people will characterize him as angry, which he was but only at injustice."</strong><br />
<em>(By definition, my definition anyway, those seeking the truth must always, first and foremost, battle injustice. Injustice is based on lies, usually intentional. Injustice can be overcome, but the underlying evil behind it, can never nor should it be forgiven. Honesty and fairness is the basis for all peaceful and productive human interaction; without it we really have nothing more than animal instinct. Andrew Breitbart seems to have understood that and his mission in life was to expose injustice wherever he found it. We will all miss that spirit and talent. Peter)</em><br />
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<strong>"Everybody got along with him. He surrounded himself with people you'd never expect -- Orthodox Jews and liberal agnostics, libertarians and social conservatives, goofballs and the most serious of the serious. He liked everybody, and everybody liked him."</strong><br />
<em>(Conservatives are usually characterized by their opponents in the liberal medial as being narrow minded bigots; Andrew was by all accounts just the opposite. The irony is that it is "liberals" who most often display close-mindedness, bigotry, and hatred, athough they are lax to admit it. We see this on a daily basis in the mainstream media. The hypocrisy is palpable. Peter)</em><br />
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<strong>"Andrew wasn't religious, but he believed deeply in the moral fabric of the nation. He knew the value of the American system of government and thought, and he would not stop fighting for it. <span style="color: red;">Most of all, Andrew loved <span style="font-size: large;">truth</span>.</span> He hated falsity, whether interpersonal or journalistic or political. He hated hypocrisy and couldn't stand two-faced politicians (as Anthony Weiner can attest). He was not a manipulator. He was unwaveringly honest, sometimes to his own detriment. He loved culture and hated ignorance."</strong> <em>(We are all Americans. We have a rich and invaluable heritage, not perfect of course, but worth expanding upon the good. The jealosy, envy, class warfare, and hatred being used to divide this country purely for reasons of obtaining or maintaining political power, hurt and pain me deeply. Peter)</em><br />
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<em>Thank you for your personal stories Mr. Shapiro.</em><br />
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"When my father heard about his death, he wrote me, "You know how I always say that <span style="color: red;"><strong>when someone vivid dies some light goes out of the world?"</strong></span><br />
<span style="color: black;"><em>( A light has definitely gone out of the world with the passing of Andrew Breitbart. Peter)</em></span>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12792460740514151650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752098873597331885.post-34138160478878311932012-03-07T14:22:00.000-08:002012-03-07T14:22:01.769-08:00Seeking The Truth About Global Warming/Climate Change<em>For everyone seeking the truth about global warming and or climate change, this is a must read.</em><br />
<em>Peter</em><br />
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<h3 class="post-title entry-title"><a href="http://petesplace-peter.blogspot.com/2012/03/fatal-implosion-of-man-caused-global.html">The Fatal Implosion Of The Man-Caused Global Warming/Climate Change Hoax</a> </h3><br />
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<div class="post-body entry-content" id="post-body-1146444409260239539"><em>Hopefully the myth of man-caused global warming/climate change will die a quick death now that is being exposed as the complete hoax that it has always been. It won't be painless, and many proponents of the myth and Al Gore true believers will continue to resist in their ignorance. After all, they're desperately trying to protect their livelihoods, all that taxpayer money they've grown fat on. I know this to be true because I get to read the comments here from the delusional Internet trolls who launch personal attacks on anyone who dares question the status quo. It would be funny if it weren't so serious. I don't think the waste of Billions of taxpayer dollars is the least bit humorous, even if Al Gore is a laughable joke.</em><br />
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<em>It will never cease to amaze me how many people mindlessly follow the herd, or the "consensus", or those who are content to "</em><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Argument_from_authority"><em><span style="color: #6699cc;">appeal to authority</span></em></a><em>". Are they afraid of the truth, or are they just lazy? They certainly surrender any kind of liberty gained by independent thought.</em><br />
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<em>So I'm publishing the following very well written and researched article in it's entirety, with comments by me in parentheses and italics. Give credit to Peter Ferrara the author. He sums up the current status of the global warming/hoax I have been blogging about for years now.</em><br />
<em>Peter</em><br />
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<div class="adSpot"><noscript></noscript><strong><span style="font-size: medium;">'Fakegate' Follows 'Climategate'</span></strong></div><div class="title"> <h2>By Peter Ferrara</h2><h4>(continued here: <a href="http://petesplace-peter.blogspot.com/">http://petesplace-peter.blogspot.com/</a></h4></div></div>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12792460740514151650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752098873597331885.post-3210189588756563022012-03-04T23:09:00.002-08:002012-03-05T07:45:35.801-08:00Thomas Friedman: The Polar Opposite Of Truth<em><strong>Thomas Friedman</strong>, the prolific writer for the New York Times is hypocritical to say the least. If you have a strong stomach and gag reflex, read his latest editorial where he lectures us about how we must reduce our energy use and obviously lower our standard of living, THEN LOOK AT HIS HOUSE!!!! This is reminiscent of Al Gore, John Kerry and their many mansions. Does the mainstream media mention these obvious truths? No. And The New York Times wonders why their readership is declining?</em><br />
<em>Peter </em><br />
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This Is Literally Thomas Friedman’s House, how can this "progressive" look himself in the mirror?<br />
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<em>Peter</em><br />
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</div><div class="article-img"><a href="http://townhall.com/photos/2012/03/01/file_photo_of_conservative_journalist_andrew_breitbart_at_a_news_conference_in_new_york"><img alt="Andrew Breitbart: An Icon of Heroic Conservatism" class="PhotoItem" id="imgArticle" src="http://media.townhall.com/Townhall/Reu//b/2012/61/2012-03-01T154433Z_01_TOR401_RTRIDSP_0_USA-POLITICS-BREITBART.jpg" style="border-width: 0px;" /></a></div><div class="article-signup"><div id="SignUp2Content"></div></div><div class="adspot"><noscript><a href="http://ad.doubleclick.net/jump/slm.townhall/columnists;sz=225x200;pos=mag;tile=2;ord=33056094?"><img src="http://ad.doubleclick.net/ad/slm.townhall/columnists;sz=225x200;pos=mag;tile=2;ord=33056094?" border=0 width=225 height=200 alt="Click Here!"></a></noscript></div></div>The conservative movement suffered a heart-wrenching loss with the death of blogger and activist Andrew Breitbart. Social networking sites such as Twitter & Facebook, were saturated with memorials, tributes and positive statements of how Breitbart impacted their lives.<br />
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Breitbart was indeed an influential and powerful giant among conservatives. He was a force of energy that compelled you to be passionate, energetic and involved. He thrived and excelled in producing the truth. He exposed bigotry and maliciousness and was an excellent example of a sufficient media journalist.<br />
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<span style="color: red;"><strong>He revealed corruptness, such as ACORN, who was heavily involved with voter fraud. He brought despicable and shameful individuals, such as fmr Rep. Anthony Weiner, to light so that the public was made aware of the distasteful acts they were committing. He challenged the Occupy movement to move beyond their hate and disgust for those who are successful and possess good work ethic, and to move beyond the entitlement mentality and embrace the concept of self- responsibility and individual empowerment</strong></span>.<br />
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Breitbart was not afraid to fight. He was not afraid to step onto the battlefield of liberalism and counter the bias left-wing media with conservative principles.<br />
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He clearly understood what was at stake. He knew America was the edge of disaster and at the brink of an economic collapse. <span style="color: red;"><strong>He understood that this country was being hijacked by a liberal society that did not understand how great America was and wanted us to succumb to European socialism</strong></span>.<br />
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Breitbart was not alone in his fight for liberty and freedom. He has a large battalion of fighters, warriors and patriots who are ready to take a stand. There is a large band of individuals who refuse to be a victim to liberalism and imperialism. Breitbart’s love for America and willingness to embrace its beauty is what helps ignite the Tea Party and many other conservatives across this great land.<br />
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Breitbart was one voice. Unfortunately, <span style="color: red;"><strong>he’ll no longer be able to vocalize the truth.</strong></span> However, he left behind a chorus of many voices. America will hear them roar. Andrew Breitbart, an heroic conservative, just gave excitement and more energy to the many voices out there screaming for liberty and freedom. Paul Revere fired the “shot heard around the world,” but today, Breitbart was the modern day Revere that encouraged conservatives to amplify their voices all around the universe.</div>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12792460740514151650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752098873597331885.post-42252121791831462482012-03-02T07:29:00.000-08:002012-03-02T07:29:27.663-08:00Dedicated To The Truth and Andrew Breitbart<em>The following is an editorial article posted today, reprinted here in its entirety. I hope that is acceptable, otherwise I will remove or alter it so it is. Andrew Breitbart deserves respect and rememberance. He relentlessly and energetically questioned and attacked the liberal left's lies, distortions of fact and obvious efforts to manipulate public opinion. As said in the following article, above all, he as a seeker of the TRUTH, and in my opinion, there are few more valuable pursuits. Without the truth, we have nothing, in science, business, politics, or maybe most importantly, in our own lives. May you rest in peace Andrew. Your spirit lives on.</em><br />
<em>Peter</em><br />
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<em><a href="http://townhall.com/columnists/katiepavlich/2012/03/02/andrew_breitbart_war">http://townhall.com/columnists/katiepavlich/2012/03/02/andrew_breitbart_war</a></em><br />
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<h1>Andrew Breitbart: War.</h1><h2>By Katie Pavlich</h2><h4>3/2/2012</h4><div class="clearboth" style="height: 10px;"> </div>Unconventional. Bold. Brave. Courageous. Strong. Happy. Genius.<br />
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“Don’t go on Current TV looking like a conservative. Wear a Rolling Stones t-shirt or something,” Andrew told me recently. “You’ve got to be a fighter. Don’t hold back. You’ve got to go for the throat with these guys. Don't back down, don't let them control the narrative.”<br />
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To keep it simple: Andrew changed media and he did it by fighting, hard. Whether it was busting open the ACORN story by believing in two young, brave journalists, uncovering corruption with Pigford, taking down a sitting Congressman for showing his Weiner, commandeering a press conference for the guy he just exposed, defending women and children from occupy rapists or simply being unafraid of taking on any challenge, Andrew’s unconventional style has carried journalism into a new, positive, factual, influential and proactive direction.<br />
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Andrew dedicated his life to attacking the institutional left, but the foundation of his work and <span style="color: red;"><strong>the drive for his unwavering dedication was centered around his simple demand for, and loyalty to, the truth.</strong></span><br />
<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://s847.photobucket.com/albums/ab40/katiepavlich/?action=view&current=Screenshot2012-03-01at53202PM.png" target="_blank"><img alt="Photobucket" border="0" src="http://i847.photobucket.com/albums/ab40/katiepavlich/Screenshot2012-03-01at53202PM.png" style="height: 300px; width: 373px;" /></a></div>His work will continue. Looking at Andrew’s <a href="https://twitter.com/#!/andrewbreitbart">twitter feed </a>after his death, I am not surprised. <span style="color: red;"><strong>The far left has taken it upon themselves once again to show who they really are</strong></span>, which is exactly what Andrew would have wanted and why his style was so genius. They laughed and snickered about us losing one of our greatest warriors and many of them even cheered. <span style="color: red;"><strong>Somewhere in the world, George Soros smiled.</strong></span><br />
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Unfortunately for them, Andrew is not gone and is still very much with us. He built an army that will carry on the work he started. He laid a solid foundation rooted in principle for the right to battle on moving forward. <span style="color: red;"><strong>The disgusting, predictable, vile and pure evil behavior and reaction to Andrew's death from the leftists he fought every day, have only further awakened a movement.</strong></span><br />
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The torches of truth, accountability and freedom will be carried forward by thousands of bloggers and activists he trained and inspired. His tragic death is a battle cry. We are inspired, we are encouraged and we will not be defeated.<br />
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In the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reIxxGVxuwE&feature=plcp&context=C3cb1818UDOEgsToPDskIZaCF0QkpUJPtNk7EuzhsP">word</a> of Andrew:<span style="color: red;"><strong> “War.”</strong></span><br />
<div class="shirttail"><h2>Katie Pavlich</h2>Katie Pavlich the News Editor at Townhall.com. Follow her on Twitter @katiepavlich. </div>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12792460740514151650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752098873597331885.post-67831971247647380332012-03-01T10:28:00.000-08:002012-03-01T10:28:20.552-08:00Playing With The Wrong Weiner Might Be Dangerous To One's Health<em>Watch the video. It kind of says it all. Maybe Breitbart screwed with the wrong Weiner? Or is it seeking the truth about liberal Democrats and their policies and practices is hazardous to one's health?</em><br />
<em>Peter</em><br />
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/june-2011-breitbart-boosts-cred-with-weiner-confession-209/2012/03/01/gIQAJlYPkR_video.html?tid=pm_politics_vid" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank"><span>http://www.washingtonpost.com/</span><wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span><span>politics/</span><wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span><span>june-2011-breitbart-boosts-cred</span><wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span><span>-with-weiner-confession-209/</span><wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span><span>2012/03/01/</span><wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span><span>gIQAJlYPkR_video.html?tid=pm_po</span><wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>litics_vid</a></span><br />
<div class="mainWrapper"><div class="mvm uiStreamAttachments clearfix fbMainStreamAttachment" data-ft="{"type":10}"><div class="UIImageBlock clearfix"><a aria-hidden="true" class="external UIImageBlock_Image UIImageBlock_MED_Image" data-ft="{"type":41}" href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/june-2011-breitbart-boosts-cred-with-weiner-confession-209/2012/03/01/gIQAJlYPkR_video.html?tid=pm_politics_vid" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" title=""><img alt="" class="img" src="http://external.ak.fbcdn.net/safe_image.php?d=AQAqii12oF-I0AZK&w=90&h=90&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.washingtonpost.com%2Frf%2Fimage_90w%2F2010-2019%2FWashingtonPost%2F2012%2F03%2F01%2FNational-Politics%2FVideos%2F06072011-20v%2F06072011-20v.jpg" /></a><div class="UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_MED_Content fsm fwn fcg"><div class="uiAttachmentTitle" data-ft="{"type":11}"><strong><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/june-2011-breitbart-boosts-cred-with-weiner-confession-209/2012/03/01/gIQAJlYPkR_video.html?tid=pm_politics_vid" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">June 2011: Breitbart boosts cred with Weiner confession (2:09)</a></strong> </div><span class="caption"><a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">www.washingtonpost.com</a></span><div class="mts uiAttachmentDesc translationEligibleUserAttachmentMessage">CBS News correspondent Joel Brown reports on how right-wing commentator Andrew Breitbart breaks news and inserts himself in the center of it.</div></div></div></div><form action="/ajax/ufi/modify.php" class="live_182434105201241_131325686911214 commentable_item collapsed_comments autoexpand_mode" data-live="{"seq":0}" method="post" rel="async"><input name="charset_test" type="hidden" value="€,´,€,´,水,Д,Є" /><input autocomplete="off" name="post_form_id" type="hidden" value="15c0cdcb8dd4c14a5239dcd5057931cd" /><input autocomplete="off" name="fb_dtsg" type="hidden" value="AQA_Nz1g" /><input autocomplete="off" name="feedback_params" type="hidden" value="{"actor":"100000016737990","target_fbid":"182434105201241","target_profile_id":"100000016737990","type_id":"17","source":"1","assoc_obj_id":"","source_app_id":"0","extra_story_params":[],"content_timestamp":"1330626110","check_hash":"fd95bbb525f46695"}" /><div class="clearfix uiImageBlock uiStreamFooter"><div class="uiImageBlockContent uiImageBlockSmallContent"><span class="highlighterContent"></span><input autocomplete="off" class="mentionsHidden" type="hidden" /><label class="mts commentBtn stat_elem hidden_elem optimistic_submit uiButton uiButtonConfirm" for="u4fi5l_4"></label></div></div></form></div>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12792460740514151650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752098873597331885.post-63089615029008298592012-03-01T09:58:00.000-08:002012-03-01T09:58:35.407-08:00Andrew Breitbart<a aria-hidden="true" class="actorPhoto UIImageBlock_Image UIImageBlock_MED_Image" data-ft="{"type":60}" data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/hovercard.php?id=100133201750" href="http://www.facebook.com/PJTV" tabindex="-1"><img alt="" class="uiProfilePhoto profilePic uiProfilePhotoLarge img" src="http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-ash2/50571_100133201750_790504987_q.jpg" /></a><br />
<div class="storyInnerContent UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_MED_Content"><a ajaxify="/ajax/spam_action.php?objectID=360133380687842&objectType=5&paramString&action=mark_spam&report_link=%2Fajax%2Freport.php%3Fcontent_type%3D5%26cid%3D360133380687842%26rid%3D100133201750%26profile%3D100133201750%26h%3DAfgEguBjoGZIWJej%26is_permalink%3D0%26stream_id%3D100133201750%26story_div_id%3Dstream_story_4f4fb865d97059679355961%26story_fbid%3D360133380687842" class="mlm uiStreamHide uiCloseButton" data-hover="tooltip" href="http://www.facebook.com/PJTV#" rel="async-post" title="Report/Mark as Spam" tooltip-alignh="right"></a><div class="mainWrapper"><h6 class="uiStreamMessage uiStreamHeadline"><div class="actorDescription actorName" data-ft="{"type":2}"><a data-hovercard="/ajax/hovercard/page.php?id=100133201750" href="http://www.facebook.com/PJTV">PJTV</a></div></h6><h6 class="uiStreamMessage" data-ft="{"type":1}"> <span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}">We're all stunned and deeply saddened by the passing of Andrew Breitbart, a great patriot and friend. Rest in peace, Andrew -- your passion and dedication will be missed.<br />
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<a href="http://biggovernment.com/lsolov/2012/03/01/draft/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank"><span>http://biggovernment.com/</span><wbr></wbr><span class="word_break"></span>lsolov/2012/03/01/draft/</a></span></h6><div class="mvm uiStreamAttachments clearfix" data-ft="{"type":10}"><div class="UIImageBlock clearfix"><a ajaxify="/ajax/flash/expand_inline.php?replace=1&target_div=u3je8u_34&context=story&share_id=360133380687842" aria-hidden="true" class="uiVideoThumb UIImageBlock_Image UIImageBlock_MED_Image" data-ft="{"type":42,"video_type":"share"}" href="http://www.blogger.com/" id="u3je8u_34" rel="async" tabindex="-1" target="_blank"><img alt="" class="img" src="http://external.ak.fbcdn.net/safe_image.php?d=AQBMDPwzh_5YDqCv&url=http%3A%2F%2Fi2.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2F5ldrQKYuSWA%2Fhqdefault.jpg" /><i></i></a><div class="UIImageBlock_Content UIImageBlock_MED_Content fsm fwn fcg"><div class="uiAttachmentTitle" data-ft="{"type":11}"><strong><a href="http://youtu.be/5ldrQKYuSWA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andrew Breitbart v. The Arrogant Bastards</a></strong> </div><span class="caption"><a href="http://www.youtube.com/" rel="nofollow nofollow" target="_blank">www.youtube.com</a></span><div class="mts uiAttachmentDesc translationEligibleUserAttachmentMessage">Instapundit Glenn Reynolds talks with Andrew Breitbart at the first Tea Party Summit in 2010.</div></div></div></div><form action="/ajax/ufi/modify.php" class="commentable_item autoexpand_mode" method="post" rel="async"><input name="charset_test" type="hidden" value="€,´,€,´,水,Д,Є" /><input autocomplete="off" name="post_form_id" type="hidden" value="15c0cdcb8dd4c14a5239dcd5057931cd" /><input autocomplete="off" name="fb_dtsg" type="hidden" value="AQA_Nz1g" /><input autocomplete="off" name="feedback_params" type="hidden" value="{"actor":"100133201750","target_fbid":"360133380687842","target_profile_id":"100133201750","type_id":"17","source":"0","assoc_obj_id":"","source_app_id":"0","extra_story_params":[],"content_timestamp":"1330616400","check_hash":"28121ef762d0d51f"}" /><div class="clearfix uiImageBlock uiStreamFooter"><div class="uiImageBlockContent uiImageBlockSmallContent"><span><span class="UIActionLinks UIActionLinks_bottom" data-ft="{"type":"20"}"></span></span></div></div></form></div></div>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12792460740514151650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752098873597331885.post-13792336615836969812012-03-01T08:53:00.001-08:002012-03-01T08:56:32.419-08:00My Thought For The DayDedicated to Andrew Breitbart, a patriot in the mold of Patrick Henry and a courageous man. May he RIP.<br />
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<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><strong>"For my part, whatever anguish of spirit it may cost, I am </strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><strong>willing to know the whole truth; to know the worst, and to </strong></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><strong>deal with it." <br />
- Patrick Henry</strong></span></div><h1 class="entry-title" id="article-title">Andrew Breitbart dead at 43</h1><div class="entry-title"><a href="http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/03/01/andrew-breitbart-dies-natural-causes-website-reports/">http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/03/01/andrew-breitbart-dies-natural-causes-website-reports/</a></div>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12792460740514151650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752098873597331885.post-31085022829488922172012-02-29T12:10:00.001-08:002012-02-29T12:23:57.680-08:00Thought For The Day....Set Me Free<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">"It is error alone which needs the support of government. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Truth can stand by itself.” — Thomas Jefferson</span></div><br />
<em>I think what Thomas Jefferson was saying was that human beings and our activities are like a well built sailboat. We may tip and keel over in a storm, but we will right ourselves.....if left alone. It seems everything the government gets involved with, health care, education, energy policy, economic stimulus, the home mortgage business, interventionist foreign wars, and most everything else, they screw up. I think human beings were designed or evolved to be self-righting survivors and problem solvers. Quite obviously, if that was not the case we would not be here.</em><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><em>As I think Ronald Reagan said, <span style="color: red;"><strong>the scariest words in the human language are "I'm from the government, and I'm here to help."</strong></span> Think about it.</em></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;"><em>Peter</em></span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Click on the following link for a little appropriate music by the Supremes</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"></span>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12792460740514151650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752098873597331885.post-77340558388361936892012-02-28T11:56:00.000-08:002012-02-28T11:56:40.292-08:00The Wisdom Of Buddha<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbxzfJdp4UJD4tPZ6q2vsaDsV-_hR4cW8z_7J0ATXV46PesLppAVbbSSedi5c2DGrNKqLJjqMaGvD0d_QNctXTHld2y2n3cAO770ntWNbecrQwZ_uG8srv8iPCDhx5O9aN_tXAq9IqWQdx/s1600/300px-Buddha_in_Sarnath_Museum_(Dhammajak_Mutra).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbxzfJdp4UJD4tPZ6q2vsaDsV-_hR4cW8z_7J0ATXV46PesLppAVbbSSedi5c2DGrNKqLJjqMaGvD0d_QNctXTHld2y2n3cAO770ntWNbecrQwZ_uG8srv8iPCDhx5O9aN_tXAq9IqWQdx/s320/300px-Buddha_in_Sarnath_Museum_(Dhammajak_Mutra).jpg" width="236" /></a></div><br />
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"There are two mistakes one can make along the road to truth </div><div style="text-align: center;">- not going all the way, and not starting." <br />
<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gautama_Buddha">Buddha</a> </div>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12792460740514151650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752098873597331885.post-14777514301402740452012-02-27T08:03:00.001-08:002012-02-27T08:07:12.566-08:00Quote Of The Day<div style="text-align: center;"><br />
<strong><span style="font-size: large;"> “Truth is truth To the end of reckoning.”</span></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><span style="font-size: large;"> — William Shakespeare</span></strong><br />
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<em>Peter</em><br />
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<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYEf8XZKlUU&feature=share">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gYEf8XZKlUU&feature=share</a><br />
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<span class="messageBody" data-ft="{"type":3}">the truth about advertising.....(funny and clever)</span><br />
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you told people." <br />
Mark TwainPeterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12792460740514151650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752098873597331885.post-69567338482323526392012-02-26T10:32:00.004-08:002012-02-26T12:04:54.454-08:00The "Truth" About Oil<em>This looks like a very interesting and worthwhile website. I will be following it closely and hope you do also.</em><br />
<em>Peter</em><br />
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<em>Watch the following video.... click on the link to the website, then watch their movie trailer...</em><br />
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<div class="one_half"><span class="dropcap">A</span>merica is addicted to oil. President George Bush said so… and now that phrase is echoed everywhere. But are we really “addicted”?<br />
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Our daily lives are dripping in oil. It’s in virtually everything we use and fuels everything we do. To be sure, it is something to worry about. Are we going to run out? Aren’t we fighting wars for oil? But, if we do slow the flow, how will that change the way we live?<br />
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When it comes to what we’re told about oil, there’s rhetoric and then there’s reality. Who can we believe? The media? Politicians? Environmental activists? You’d be surprised.<br />
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For nearly ten years, journalist turned media analyst MARK MATHIS has studied our use of oil. And what he found shocked him so thoroughly that he made a movie about the misinformation, distortions and even outright lies about oil.<br />
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We do have an “oil problem” in America (and the world), but it’s not what you’ve been told. So, it’s time to <span style="color: red; font-size: large;">Fill Up on Truth… for a change</span>.<br />
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<em>Peter</em><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgafYh1z3jub62oc0k3eVWD1R6a-wHsqa0tkqB0yV1cBNIIKbwLeBVnQNVo0t27wFFAOVX-CPo3boXymWY1O6ix5jiPcIxFHn_rQ_tibZEhy4JkpD7K4CLbGwsr0DURtUoQ2GNNxzFORqA1/s1600/Al+Gore.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgafYh1z3jub62oc0k3eVWD1R6a-wHsqa0tkqB0yV1cBNIIKbwLeBVnQNVo0t27wFFAOVX-CPo3boXymWY1O6ix5jiPcIxFHn_rQ_tibZEhy4JkpD7K4CLbGwsr0DURtUoQ2GNNxzFORqA1/s320/Al+Gore.jpg" width="319" /></a></div>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12792460740514151650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752098873597331885.post-44714761185225861072010-01-16T10:37:00.000-08:002010-01-16T10:49:50.223-08:00Environmental Falsehoods Are Costly And Common<em>The <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_0" class="blsp-spelling-error">ClimateGate</span> leaking of Emails and computer climate programs revealing the corruption, deceit and lies by "climate scientists"promoting the myth of man-caused global warming is just the tip of the iceberg where the "environmental movement" is concerned. This disease costs everyone dearly and will take a long, long time to cure. Maybe <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_1" class="blsp-spelling-error">ClimateGate</span> will be a beginning of much needed change into how science is conducted and viewed by the public. Thank goodness for the <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_2" class="blsp-spelling-error">internet</span>!</em><br /><em>Peter<br /></em><br /><br /><table class="contentpaneopen"><tbody><tr><td class="contentheading" width="100%"><a class="contentpagetitle" href="http://www.blogger.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1252273:four-decades-of-deceit&catid=1:nrn-blog&Itemid=7"><span style="color:#993333;">Four Decades of Deceit</span></a> </td><td class="buttonheading" width="100%" align="right"><a title="PDF" onclick="window.open(this.href,'win2','status=no,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes,titlebar=no,menubar=no,resizable=yes,width=640,height=480,directories=no,location=no'); return false;" href="http://www.blogger.com/index.php?view=article&catid=1%3Anrn-blog&id=1252273%3Afour-decades-of-deceit&format=pdf&option=com_content&Itemid=7" rel="nofollow"></a></td><td class="buttonheading" width="100%" align="right"><a title="Print" onclick="window.open(this.href,'win2','status=no,toolbar=no,scrollbars=yes,titlebar=no,menubar=no,resizable=yes,width=640,height=480,directories=no,location=no'); return false;" href="http://www.blogger.com/index.php?view=article&catid=1%3Anrn-blog&id=1252273%3Afour-decades-of-deceit&tmpl=component&print=1&layout=default&page=&option=com_content&Itemid=7" rel="nofollow"></a></td><td class="buttonheading" width="100%" align="right"><a title="E-mail" onclick="window.open(this.href,'win2','width=400,height=350,menubar=yes,resizable=yes'); return false;" href="http://www.blogger.com/index.php?option=com_mailto&tmpl=component&link=aHR0cDovL3d3dy5uZXRyaWdodG5hdGlvbi5jb20vaW5kZXgucGhwP29wdGlvbj1jb21fY29udGVudCZ2aWV3PWFydGljbGUmaWQ9MTI1MjI3Mzpmb3VyLWRlY2FkZXMtb2YtZGVjZWl0JmNhdGlkPTE6bnJuLWJsb2cmSXRlbWlkPTc="></a></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table class="contentpaneopen"><tbody><tr><td valign="top"><span class="small">Written by David <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_3" class="blsp-spelling-error">Nace</span> </span></td></tr><tr><td class="createdate" valign="top">Monday, 11 January 2010 16:23 <a href="http://www.netrightnation.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1252273:four-decades-of-deceit&catid=1:nrn-blog&Itemid=7">SOURCE</a></td></tr><tr><td valign="top"><p>The publication of Rachel Carson’s book <em>Silent Spring</em> launched the modern environmental movement. However, it also marked the beginning of a movement that not just tolerated, but encouraged scientists to misrepresent the facts if it helped to create media attention to promote its agenda.</p><p>Rachel Carson was very selective in the facts included in <em>Silent Spring</em>, only those supporting her premise that pesticides were harmful were included. Even her references were tainted, many were not scientific publications at all and many of her scientific references did not actually support her statements. Despite widespread criticism of Silent Spring from true scientists, in 1972 the EPA began hearings to ban the use of DDT based upon her fraudulent science.<span id="more-3202"> </span></p><p>One of the misrepresentations that Silent Spring helped to create is that DDT caused the thinning of bird eggs, threatening the entire bird population with extinction. Rachel Carson used an obscure <nobr><a id="GVLINK_1_0_1" class="GVAdLink" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7752098873597331885#"><span style="color:#006600;">study</span></a></nobr> by Dr. James Dewitt of the US Fish and Wildlife Service to shown that DDT was reducing the number of bird eggs that were hatching. However the actual study showed that despite feeding quail 3000 times the daily human intake of DDT, their eggs did not hatch significantly less than the control group. The same study done with pheasants showed that the survival rate of <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_4" class="blsp-spelling-error">hatchlings</span> of DDT feed pheasants actually increased. This is exactly the opposite of what Rachel Carson wrote.</p><p>Researchers that produced thin shelled quail eggs did so by reducing the calcium intake of the birds. After the study was published in Science magazine, it was exposed as a fraud. The study was then conducted with normal calcium intake. The quail fed DDT treated food did not produce thin shells. However, Science magazine refused to print that study. Its editor later related that they would never print an article supporting the use of DDT.</p><p>In the 1972 DDT Hearings, the EPA appointed Edward Sweeney as the Hearing Examiner. After seven months and 9000 pages of testimony, Sweeney concluded that DDT should not be banned. He concluded it did not have a harmful effect on birds, fish, wildlife or man. Several months later the EPA administrator, William <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_5" class="blsp-spelling-error">Ruckelshaus</span>, overruled Sweeney’s decision by his own <nobr><a id="GVLINK_2_0_0" class="GVAdLink" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-create.g?blogID=7752098873597331885#"><span style="color:#006600;">admission</span></a></nobr>, for political reasons. When his decision was appealed, <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_6" class="blsp-spelling-error">Ruckelshaus</span> appointed himself as the appeals judge.</p><p>The result of banning DDT was an immediate increase in the number of cases of malaria worldwide. Without DDT spraying, more than 300 million cases of malaria are reported annually worldwide and approximately 2 million children die each year from the deadly disease. Since the 1972 banning of DDT, 60 million people have died needlessly from malaria and other insect borne diseases. This is more than Stalin or Hitler exterminated in their reigns of terror. Even more incredulous is the fact that these people died as the result of decisions made by environmentalists.</p><p>The attitude toward scientific fact reporting by environmental scientists may be best summarized by Stanford biology professor, Stephen Schneider’s statement, “We need to get loads of media coverage, so we have to offer up scary scenarios and make dramatic statements. Each of us has to decide on the right balance between effectiveness and honesty”.</p><p>In the 45 years since the publication of Silent Spring, it is very obvious that many environmental scientists choose effectiveness in generating media attention over honesty. Today the ability to obtain government funding for environmental studies clouds their judgment even more.</p><p>Given the fraudulent origins of the environmental movement is it surprising that climatologists would omit or modify data to support their alarmist views of global warming? Is it surprising that they would conspire to suppress the publication of studies that did not support their assumptions? Is it surprising the Obama science czar, John <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_7" class="blsp-spelling-error">Holdren</span> would send them emails relating his own attempts to discredit and damage the careers of those that did not support global warming theories while he was at Harvard? When there is vast wealth at stake in determining who gets carbon credits and government subsides, is it surprising that Al Gore can declare that the science is settled, when really only the fraud has not yet been exposed.</p><p>The combination of scientists that value media exposure over scientific fact and the opportunity to profit from that exposure is a dangerous combination not only to Americans but to citizens of every country. When administrations become enamored with the fraudulent theories that environmental scientists propose, the results are even more damaging. While Cap and Trade may not kill millions of people the way that the DDT fraud has, the global warming hoax will kill the American industrial economy and thousands of jobs along with it.</p><p><em>David <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_8" class="blsp-spelling-error">Nace</span> is a <a href="http://libertyfeatures.com/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#993333;">Liberty Features</span></a> Syndicated writer and a featured <span id="SPELLING_ERROR_9" class="blsp-spelling-error">NetRight</span> Nation contributor.</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12792460740514151650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752098873597331885.post-59013974790713605442009-08-10T10:16:00.000-07:002009-08-10T10:21:01.267-07:00We Must Stop Madness Of The Idea Of Man-Caused Global Warming<a href="http://petesplace-peter.blogspot.com/2009/08/stop-madness-about-man-caused-global.html">Stop The Madness About Man-Caused Global Warming</a><br /><div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template"><div class="post-header-line-1"></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><em>How can the EPA, the Obama Administration, the United Nations, now the Pentagon and a host of others, ignore this kind of dispute over the idea of man-caused global warming or climate change? It is insane to even consider spending billions or trillions of dollars trying to reduce carbon dioxide emissions. We should be screaming from the roof-tops, marching in the streets, and doing all we can to stop the global warming madness.<br />Peter<br /></em><br /><div class="post hentry uncustomized-post-template"><a name="4028970716099895223"></a><h3 class="post-title entry-title"><a href="http://jer-skepticscorner.blogspot.com/2009/08/skeptics-from-around-globe-aps-letter_10.html">Skeptics From Around the Globe-APS Letter</a> </h3><div class="post-header-line-1"></div><div class="post-body entry-content"><a href="http://hsci.ou.edu/images/webjpgs/Ad-Plato.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px; WIDTH: 238px; FLOAT: right; HEIGHT: 338px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://hsci.ou.edu/images/webjpgs/Ad-Plato.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><span style="FONT-SIZE: 180%"><strong><span style="FONT-SIZE: 130%">An Open Letter to the Council of the American Physical Society</span></strong><br /><br /></span><strong>As physicists who are familiar with the science issues, and as current and past members of the American Physical Society, we the undersigned urge the Council to revise its current statement on climate change as follows, so as to more accurately represent the current state of the science:</strong><br /><br /><strong><em>Greenhouse gas emissions, such as carbon dioxide, methane, and nitrous oxide, accompany human industrial and agricultural activity. While substantial concern has been expressed that emissions may cause significant climate change, measured or reconstructed temperature records indicate that 20th -21st century changes are neither exceptional nor persistent, and the historical and geological records show many periods warmer than today. In addition, there is an extensive scientific literature that examines beneficial effects of increased levels of carbon dioxide for both plants and animals.</em></strong><br /><br /><em><nobr><a id="GVLINK_1_0_0" class="GVAdLink" href="http://jer-skepticscorner.blogspot.com/#"><span style="COLOR: #006600">Studies</span></a></nobr><strong> of a variety of natural processes, including ocean cycles and solar variability, indicate that they can account for variations in the Earth’s climate on the time scale of decades and centuries. Current climate models appear insufficiently reliable to properly account for natural and anthropogenic contributions to past climate change, much less project future climate.<br /><br />The APS supports an objective scientific effort to understand the effects of all processes – natural and human -- on the Earth’s climate and the biosphere’s response to climate change, and promotes technological options for meeting challenges of future climate changes, regardless of cause.<br /></strong></em><br /><a href="http://www.theguardians.com/Microbiology/lou.jpg"><img style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 117px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 144px; CURSOR: hand" border="0" alt="" src="http://www.theguardians.com/Microbiology/lou.jpg" /></a><a href="http://web99.arc.nasa.gov/~astrochm/loubio.html"><span style="COLOR: #0066cc">Louis J. Allamandola </span></a>- Director, Astrochemistry Laboratory NASA Ames Research Center Fellow APS, AAAS Member ACS, American Astronomical Society, International Astronomical Union<br /><a href="http://jer-skepticscorner.blogspot.com/#0" name="ToggleMore"><span style="COLOR: #0066cc">More...</span></a><span class="collapse"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12792460740514151650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752098873597331885.post-38464475265560451742009-05-01T01:14:00.000-07:002009-05-01T01:28:19.689-07:00The Truth About Energy<em>The following is from someone who knows as much as anyone about the energy we use and depend on. This should be read and understood by everyone.</em><br /><em>Peter<br /></em><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong><strong><span style="font-size:130%;"></span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">Energy Myths and Realities<br /></span></strong><br />Keith O. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Rattie</span><br />Chairman, President and CEO<br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Questar</span> Corporation<br /><br />Utah Valley University<br />April 2, 2009<br /><br />Thank you for that introduction. Good morning, everyone. I’m honored to join you today.<br />I see a lot of faculty in the audience, but I’m going to address my remarks today primarily to you students of this fine school. Thirty-three years ago I was sitting where you are today, trying to decide what to do with my career after graduating with my degree in Electrical Engineering. I made a decision to go to work for an oil company – Chevron - on what turns out to have been a false premise: I was convinced that by the time I reached the age I am today that America and the world would no longer be running on fossil fuels. Chevron was pouring lots of money into alternatives – and they had lots of money and the incentive to find alternatives - and I wanted to be part of the transition.<br /><br />Fast forward 33 years. Today, you students are being told that by the time you’re my age the world will no longer be running on fossil fuels.<br />I’m going to try to do something that seems impossible these days – and that’s have an honest conversation about energy policy, global warming and what it means for America’s energy future – and for you, the generation that will have to live with the consequences of the policy choices we make. My goal is to inform you with easily verifiable facts – not hyperbole and propaganda – and to appeal to your common sense. But first a few words about <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Questar</span>.<br /><br /><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Questar</span> Corporation is the largest public shareholder-owned company headquartered in Utah, based on stock-market value, NYSE ticker <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">STR</span>. We’re one of two Utah-based companies in the S&P 500. Most of you know us as the parent company of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Questar</span> Gas, the utility that sends you your natural gas bill every month. But outside of Utah and to investors we’re known as one of America’s fastest-growing natural gas producers. We also own a pipeline company. I’m also proud to say that we’re the only Utah-based company ever to make the Business Week magazine annual ranking of the 50 top-performing companies in the S&P 500 – we were #5 in both 2007 and 2008, and we’re #18 in the top 50 in Business Week’s 2009 ranking, just out this week.<br /><br />At <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Questar</span> our mission is simple: we find, produce and deliver clean energy that makes modern life possible. We focus on natural gas, and that puts us in the “sweet spot” of America’s energy future and the global warming debate. Natural gas currently provides about one-fourth of America’s energy needs. When you do the math, the inescapable conclusion is that greater use of natural gas will be a consequence of any policy aimed at lowering America’s carbon footprint. You cut carbon dioxide emissions by up to 50% when you use natural gas instead of coal to generate electricity. You cut carbon emissions by at least 30% and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">NOx</span> emissions by 90% when you use natural gas instead of gasoline in your car or truck - and here in Utah you save a lot of money - you can fill up your natural gas car at a cost of about 80 cents per gallon equivalent. You also cut carbon emissions by 30-50% when you use natural gas instead of fuel oil or electricity to heat your home.<br /><br />But you <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">didn</span>’t come here for a commercial about <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Questar</span> and I <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">didn</span>’t come here to give you one. Let’s talk about energy.<br />There may be no greater challenge facing mankind today – and your generation in particular - than figuring out how we’re going to meet the energy needs of a planet that may have 10 billion people living on it by the middle of this century. The magnitude of that challenge becomes even more daunting when you consider that of the 6.2 billion people on the planet today, nearly two billion people don’t even have electricity -- never flipped a light switch.<br /><br /> Now, when I started my career with Chevron in the mid-1970s the “consensus” at the time was that America and the world were running out of oil. Ironically, the media back then was also declaring a scientific consensus that the planet was cooling, fossil fuels were to blame, and we were all going to freeze to death unless we kicked our fossil fuel habit. We were told we needed to find alternatives to oil – fast. That task, we were told, was too important to leave to markets, so government needed to intervene with massive taxpayer subsidies for otherwise uneconomic forms of energy. That thinking led to the now infamous 1977 National Energy Plan, an experiment with central planning that failed miserably. Fast-forward to today, and: <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">déjà</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">vu</span>. This time the fear is not so much that we’re running out of oil, but that we’re running out of time – the earth is getting hotter, humans are to blame, and we’re all doomed unless we find alternatives to oil, gas and coal -- fast. Once again we’re being told that the job is too important to be left to markets.<br /><br />Well, the doomsters of the 1970s turned out to be remarkably wrong. My bet is that today’s doomsters will be proven wrong. Over the past 33 years mankind has consumed more than three times the world’s known oil reserves in 1976 – and today proven oil reserves are nearly double what they were before we started. The story with natural gas is even better – here and around the world enormous amounts of natural gas have been found. More will be found. And of course, the 30-year cooling trend that prompted the global cooling scare in the mid-70s abruptly ended in the late 70s, replaced by with a 20-year warming trend that peaked in 1998. <br />The lesson that we should’<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">ve</span> learned from the 1970s is that when it comes to deciding how much energy gets used, what types of energy get used, and where, how and by whom energy gets used -- that job is too important not to be left to markets.<br /><br /> Now, I’d love to stand up here and debate the science of global warming. The mainstream media, of course long ago declared that debate over -- global warming is a planetary emergency, we’<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">ve</span> got to change the way we live now. I’<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">ve</span> followed this debate closely for over 15 years. I read everything I can get my hands on. I’m an engineer, so I try to bypass the media’s penchant for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">alarmism</span> – “World coming to an end – details at 11” - and go straight to the actual science. My research convinces me that claims of a scientific consensus mislead the public and policy makers - and often reflect another agenda.<br /><br /> Yes, planet earth does appear to be warming – but by a not so unusual and not so alarming one degree over the past 100 years. Indeed, global average temperatures have increased by about one degree per century since the end of the so-called Little Ice Age 250 years ago. And, yes carbon dioxide concentration in the upper atmosphere has increased over the past 250 years from about 280 parts per million in 1750 to about 380 parts per million today – that’s .00038. What that number tells you is that carbon dioxide – the gas that everyone in this room exhales every three seconds or so, the gas that plants need to grow - is a trace gas, comprising just four out of every 10,000 molecules in the atmosphere. But it’s a very important trace gas – without CO2 in the atmosphere, the earth would be a lifeless ball covered with ice. And yes, most scientists believe that humans are responsible for much of that increase.<br /><br /> But that’s where the alleged consensus ends. Contrary to the righteous certitude we get from some, no one knows how much warming will occur in the future, nor how much of any warming that does occur will be due to man, and how much to nature. No one knows what the impact of warming will be, nor how easily people, plants and species will adapt to warming. When you hear someone claim they know, I suggest Mark Twain’s advice: <span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>respect those who seek the truth, be wary of those who claim to have found it.</strong></span><br /><br />My views on this issue changed dramatically about a decade ago when I looked at the inputs to one of the global circulation models (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">GCM</span>) that had been built to predict warming over the next century. If the only input were carbon dioxide, the output would be simple – doubling of the concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere would result in only about a 1 degree increase in global average temperatures over the next 100 years. But the earth’s climate is what geek engineers refer to as a “non-linear, dynamic system”. There are dozens of inputs, and as I studied the model further I concluded that many of the inputs into these models are little more than the opinion of the scientist – in some cases, just a guess. For example, water vapor is the most important greenhouse gas – far more potent than CO2. [As an aside, if CO2 is a “pollutant” as some assert, then water vapor is also a “pollutant” – an absurd conclusion. But I digress]. I discovered that scientists do not agree on how to model water vapor, clouds, precipitation and evaporation. Some argue that clouds amplify CO2 forcing, others believe precipitation acts as the earth’s thermostat. The point is there’s no consensus this fundamental issue.<br /><br />But the reality for American consumers is that whether you agree that the science is settled or not, the political science is settled. The new Congress has promised to “do something”. Carbon dioxide regulation is coming. Indeed, President Obama’s hope of shrinking the massive federal budget deficit depends on vast new carbon revenues from a tax on carbon energy – so called “cap and trade”. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid has promised a bill by May.<br /><br />Under cap-and-trade, the government would try to create a market for carbon dioxide by selling credits to companies that emit carbon dioxide. They would set a cap for the maximum amount of CO2 emissions. Over time, the cap would be lowered. In theory, this will induce companies to invest in lower-carbon technologies, thus reducing emissions to avoid the cost of buying credits from other companies that have already met their emissions goals. The costs of the credits would be passed on to consumers. Because virtually everything we do and consume in modern life has a carbon footprint, the cost of just about everything will go up.<br /> <br />Q: when was America’s carbon footprint as low as 2 tons per person per year?<br />A: not since the Pilgrims arrived at Plymouth Rock in 1620.<br />In short, ‘80 by 50’ means that by the time you folks are my age, you won’t be allowed to use anything made with - or made possible by - fossil fuels.<br /><br />So I want to focus you young people today on this critical question: “How on God’s green earth – pun intended - are you going to do what my generation said we would do but <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">didn</span>’t – and that’s wean yourselves from fossil fuels in just four decades?” That’s a conversation that each of you, and indeed, all Americans need to engage in now -- because when it comes to “how” there clearly is no consensus. Simply put, with today’s energy technologies, we can’t get there from here.<br />The hallmark of this dilemma is our inability to reconcile our prosperity and our way of life with our environmental ideals. We Americans love our cars. We like the freedom to “move about the country” – to drive to work, fly to conferences, visit distant friends and family. We aspire to own the biggest house we can afford. We like to keep our homes and offices warm in the winter and cool in the summer. We like devices that use electricity – computers, flat screen TVs, cell phones, the Internet, and many other conveniences of modern life that come with a power cord. We want food that’s low cost, high quality, and free of bugs – which means farmers must use fertilizers and pesticides made from fossil fuels. We like things made of plastic and clothes made with synthetic fibers – and all of these things depend on abundant, affordable, growing supplies of energy.<br /><br />And guess what? We share this planet with 5.9 billion other people who all want the same damn things.<br />America’s energy use has been growing at about 1.5 % per year, driven by population growth and prosperity. But while our way of life depends on ever-increasing amounts of energy, we’re downright schizophrenic when it comes to the things that energy companies must do to deliver the energy that makes modern life possible.<br /><br />We want energy security – we don’t like being dependent on foreign oil. But we also don’t like drilling in the U.S. Millions of acres of prospective onshore public lands here in the Rockies plus the entire east and west coast of the U.S. are off-limits to drilling for a variety of reasons, some legitimate, some not. We hate paying $2 per gallon for gasoline -- but not as much as we hate the refineries that turn unusable crude oil into gasoline. We haven’t allowed anyone to build a new refinery in the U.S. in over 30 years. We expect the lights to come on when we flip the switch, but we don’t like coal, the source of 40% of our electricity – it’s dirty and mining scars the earth. We also don’t like nuclear power, the source of nearly 20% of our electricity -- it’s clean, but we’re afraid of it. <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">Hydropower</span>, the source of about 6% of our electricity is clean and renewable. But it has also been blacklisted – dams hurt fish.<br /><br />We don’t want pollution of any kind, in any amount, but we also don’t want to be asked: “how much are we willing to pay for environmental perfection?” When it comes to global warming, Time magazine tells us to “be worried, be very worried” – and we say we are -- but we don’t act that way.<br /><br />Let me suggest that our conversation about how to reduce carbon dioxide emissions must begin with a few “inconvenient” realities.<br /><br /><strong>Reality 1:</strong> America’s and the world’s demand for energy will grow by 30-50% over the next two decades – in fact it will more than double and could triple by the time you’re my age. Simply put, America and the rest of the world will need all the energy that markets can deliver. We’re going to need it all – oil, natural gas, coal, nuclear, wind, solar, geothermal, <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">biofuels</span>.<br /><br /><strong>Reality 2:</strong> There are no near-term alternatives to oil, natural gas, and coal. Like it or not, the world runs on fossil fuels, and it will for decades to come. The U.S. government’s own forecast shows that fossil fuels will supply about 85% of total world energy demand in 2030 – roughly the same as today. Yes, someday we’ll find alternatives. But that day is still a long way off. It’s not about will. It’s not about who’s in the White House. It’s about thermodynamics and economics.<br />Now, I was told back in the 1970s the same that you’re being told today: that wind and solar power are ‘alternatives’ to fossil fuels. A more honest description would be ‘supplements’. Taken together, wind and solar power today account for just one-sixth of 1% of America’s annual energy consumption today. Let me repeat that statistic – one-sixth of one percent -- .0016. <br />I’m holding a pie chart showing total U.S. primary energy demand today. PowerPoint won’t even create a thin slice for wind and solar – it’s just a line.<br /><br />Back when I was starting my career Jimmy Carter declared that America would be out of oil and gas by 1990, and declared alternative energy the “moral equivalent of war.” Thirty years and $30 billion in government subsidies and all we get for all the wind farms and all the solar electricity plants in operation in this country today is a thin line on a pie chart.<br /><br />Undaunted by all of this, President Obama has proposed to double wind and solar power generation in this country by the end of his first term. I would first point out that the line on this pie chart will become a slightly thicker line by the end of his first term. I would also point out that wind and solar power doubled in just the last three years of the George W. Bush administration. I’ll grant you that W. started from a smaller baseline, so doubling again over the next four years will be a taller order. But if President Obama’s goal is achieved, wind and solar together will grow from one-sixth of one percent to a combined one-third of one percent of total primary energy use – and that assumes energy consumption remains stagnant, which of course it will not.<br /><br />The problems with wind and solar power become apparent when you look at their footprint. To generate electricity comparable to a 1,000 MW gas-fired power plant you’d have to build a wind farm with at least 500 very tall windmills occupying 40,000 acres of land. What about solar power? Well, here’s a photo of “America’s most productive utility-scale solar electricity plant”. It has a capacity 8.2 MW, and it’s located on 82 acres of land in southwest Colorado. When you take into account the fact that the sun <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">doesn</span>’t always shine, you would need roughly 250 of these plants, occupying roughly 20,000 acres to replace a single 1,000 MW gas-fired power plant.<br />By comparison, a 1,000 MW gas-fired power plant can be built on about 10 -15 acres. [Another example, you’ll find a photo of <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">Sempra</span> energy’s El <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Dorado</span> Solar near <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24">Las</span> Vegas on their website. 10 MW – largest of its kind in North America – built next to a 500 MW gas-fired power plant. They plan to run the gas plant and “supplement” gas-power with solar when its available. This is the current state of the art].<br /><br />The Salt Lake Tribune recently celebrated the planned <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25">startup</span> of a 14 MW geothermal plant near Beaver, Utah. That’s wonderful! But the Tribune failed to put 14 MW into perspective. Utah has over 7,000 MW of installed generating capacity, primarily coal. America has one million MW of installed capacity. Because U.S. demand for electricity has been growing at about 2% per year – we need to build 10-20,000 MW of new capacity every year to keep pace with growth. There’s a worldwide building boom in new coal-fired power plants – over 200,000 MW under construction, over 30,000 MW in China. In fact, there are 30 coal plants under construction in the U.S. today that when complete will burn about 70 million tons of coal per year.<br /><br />Why did my generation fail to develop wind and solar? Because our energy choices are ruthlessly ruled, not by political judgments, but by the immutable laws of thermodynamics. In engineer-speak, turning diffused sources of energy such as photons in sunlight or the kinetic energy in wind requires massive investment to concentrate that energy into a form that’s usable on any meaningful scale.<br /><br />What’s more, the wind <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26">doesn</span>’t always blow and the sun <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">doesn</span>’t always shine. Unless or until there’s significant breakthrough in high-density electricity storage – a problem that has confounded scientists for more than a century – wind and solar can never be relied upon to provide base load power.<br /><br />But it’s not just thermodynamics. It’s economics. Over the past 150 years America has invested trillions of dollars in our existing energy systems – offshore platforms, power plants, the grid, steam and gas turbines, railroads, pipelines, distribution infrastructure, refineries, service stations, boilers, airplanes, cars, trucks, appliances, etc. Changing that infrastructure to a system based on renewable energy will take decades and massive new investment.<br /><br />To be clear, we need all the wind and solar power the markets can deliver at prices we can afford. But please, let’s get real -- wind and solar are not “alternatives” to fossil fuels. [If time, explain why Bush’s hydrogen vision has gone nowhere].<br /><br /><strong>Reality 3:</strong> Carbon cap and trade regulation will drive the cost of energy painfully higher. Obama’s budget puts the cost at $650 MM over the next decade. Some believe that this estimate could be off by a factor of three – suggesting the true cost will approach $2 trillion over the next decade. As I mentioned, the businesses that are forced to buy credits will pass this cost on in the price of their goods – we’ll all pay for it.<br /><br />Aside from the enormous cost, I hope you would ask: will cap and trade work? In my opinion the answer is no. It won’t work until we have viable alternatives to fossil fuels that can be delivered to markets at scale and at a cost that is politically and economically acceptable.<br />The European Union implemented a cap and trade scheme in an effort to meet their Kyoto commitments to reduce carbon emissions to below 1990 levels by 2012. [Explain Kyoto if time]. There’s a reason why they’re failing: no country is willing to sacrifice their economy and their standard of living to do so. Europe’s cap and trade scheme was designed to fail – and it’s working as designed.<br /><br />Let me do the math to explain why Kyoto would have failed in the U.S. and why I think Obama’s cap and trade scheme will also fail.<br />Americans were responsible for about 5 billion metric tons of CO2 emissions in 1990. By 2005 that amount had risen to about 5.8 billion tons. Let’s suppose that the U.S. had signed the Kyoto treaty back in 1997 – incidentally, Bill Clinton was President and Al Gore was Vice President when the Senate voted 95-0 to reject Kyoto - the U.S. would’ve committed to cut manmade CO2 emissions to 7% below that 1990 level – to about 4.6 billion tons, a 1.2 billion ton per year cut.<br />Q: what would it take to cut CO2 emissions by 1.2 billion tons per year by 2012?<br />A: a lot more sacrifice than just riding your Schwinn to work or school, and changing light bulbs.<br />We could’ve outlawed gasoline. In 2005 gasoline use in America generated about 1.1 B tons of CO2. That would almost get us there. Or, we could shut down over half of the coal-fired power plants in this country – coal plants generated about 2 B tons of CO2 in 2005. Of course, before we did that we’d have to get about 60 MM Americans and a significant number of American businesses to volunteer to go without electricity.<br /><br />This simple math is not friendly to those who demand that government to mandate sharp cuts in manmade carbon dioxide emissions -- now.<br /><br /><strong>Reality 4:</strong> Even if America does cut CO2 emissions, the same computer models that predict manmade warming over the next century also predict that Kyoto-type CO2 cuts will have no discernible effect on global average temperatures for decades, if at all. The models show that Kyoto reductions would prevent only a small fraction of one degree of warming over the next 50 years. When was the last time you read that in the paper? We’ve been told that Kyoto was “just a first step.” Your generation may want to ask: “what’s the second step?”<br /><br />That begs another question: “how much are Americans willing to pay for ‘a first step’ that has no discernible effect on global climate?”<br /><br />The answer here in Utah is: not much, according to a public opinion poll conducted by Dan Jones and Associates published in the Deseret News. 63% of those surveyed said they’re worried about global warming. But when asked how much they’d be willing to see their electricity bills go up to help cut carbon dioxide emissions, only half were willing to pay more for electricity. Only 18% were willing to see their power bill go up by 10% or more. Only three percent were willing to see their power bill go up by 20%.<br /><br />Here’s the rub: many Europeans today pay at least 20% more for electricity as a consequence of their (failed) efforts to severe the link between modern life and CO2 emissions.<br />If Americans aren’t willing to pay a lot more for their energy, how do we reduce CO2 emissions? Well, here are four things we can all agree on.<br /><br />First, we need to improve energy efficiency.<br />Second, we need to stop wasting energy.<br />Third, we need to conserve energy.<br />Fourth, we need to rethink our irrational fear of nuclear power. I see Steve Creamer, the Chairman and CEO of Energy Solutions is here today. I’ll let Steve make the case for nuclear power.<br />Fifth, we need to embrace one of the key recommendations of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change - <span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>substitute low-carbon natural gas for higher-carbon coal and oil. </strong></span>The good news: we can now do so without driving the price of natural gas to unacceptable high levels.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;color:#ff0000;"><strong>Indeed, 2008 will be remembered in the energy industry as the year U.S. natural gas producers changed the game for U.S. energy policy. Smart people in my industry have ‘cracked the code’ – we’ve figured out how to produce stunning amounts of natural gas from shale formations right here in the U.S.</strong></span> [Explain difference between shale gas and shale oil].<br /><br /><strong>As a result, we can now say with confidence that America and the world are “swimming” in natural gas.</strong> U.S. onshore natural gas production has grown more than 20% over the past three years, a feat that most energy experts thought impossible a few years ago. America’s known natural gas resource base now exceeds 100 years of supply at current U.S. consumption – and that number is sure to get bigger. Abundant supplies mean that natural gas prices over the next decade and beyond will likely be much lower than over the past five years. While prices may spike from time to time in response to sudden, unexpected changes in supply or demand – for example, hurricanes in the Gulf of Mexico or extreme cold or hot weather – these spikes will be temporary.<br /><br />Greater use of natural gas produced in America - by American companies who pay American taxes - will help reduce oil imports. Unlike oil, 98% of America’s natural gas supply comes from North America.<br /><br />What’s more, we don’t need massive new investment in gas-fired power plants to substitute gas for coal. I mentioned earlier that America has about one million MW of installed electric generation capacity. Forty percent of that capacity is built to run on natural gas – about 400,000 MW. That compares to just 312,000 MW of coal capacity. But unlike those coal plants, which run at an average load factor of about 75%, America’s existing, installed natural gas-fired power plants operate with an average load factor of less than 25%. Turns out that we’ve got a quick and easy way to cut carbon emissions without driving the price of electricity through the roof – use clean burning, low-carbon, American-made natural gas in our existing, underutilized gas-fired power plants.<br /><br />Sixth, your generation needs to focus on new technology and not just assume it, as many in my generation did back in the 70s – and as many in Congress continue to do today. Just one example: there’s no such thing as “clean” coal. But given America and the world’s dependence on coal for electric generation, we need to fund R&D aimed at capturing and storing carbon dioxide from fossil fuel plants. [Mention USTAR funding].<br /><br />To be sure, carbon capture and sequestration will be hugely expensive and it’ll take decades to implement on any meaningful scale. The high costs will be passed through in electricity rates to consumers. It’s not just the capture part - <span style="color:#ff0000;"><strong>we’ll have to construct a massive pipeline grid comparable to our existing natural gas pipeline grid, and drill thousands of wells to transport and pump massive amounts of CO2 into the ground. The facilities required to do this will use huge amounts of energy – which most likely will come from fossil fuels, negating some of the carbon reduction benefits. We’re not sure where we’re going to put all this CO2.</strong></span><br /><br />Questar is one of the largest owner-operators of underground natural gas storage. Gas storage is in high demand - we’re always looking for places to build cost-effective storage. But I can tell you that there aren’t many places left that are economic to develop. That will be the case with CO2 sequestration as well.<br /><br />But the point is, R&D aimed at allowing us to continue to use fossil fuels while waiting for breakthroughs in other technologies seems a rational thing to do.<br /><br />Seventh, it’s time to have an honest discussion about alternative responses to global warming than what will likely be a futile attempt to eliminate CO2 emissions related to fossil fuel use. In truth, while many scientists believe man’s use of fossil fuels is at least partly responsible for global warming, many also believe the amount of warming will be modest and the planet will easily adapt. Just about everyone agrees that a modest amount of warming won’t harm the planet. In fact, highly-respected scientists such as Harvard astrophysicist Willie Soon believe that added CO2 in the atmosphere may actually benefit mankind because more CO2 helps plants grow and increases biodiversity. When was the last time you read that in the paper?<br />You’ve no doubt heard the argument that even if global warming turns out not to be as bad as some are saying, we should still cut carbon emissions – as an insurance policy – the so-called precautionary principle. While appealing in its simplicity, there are three major problems with the precautionary principle.<br /><br />First, none of us live our lives according to the precautionary principle. Let me give you just one example. Around the world about 1.2 million people die each year in car accidents – about 3,200 deaths a day. At that pace, 120 million people will die this century in a car wreck somewhere in the world. We could save the lives of 120 million people by banning cars and trucks, or by imposing a 5 mile per hour speed limit worldwide. How many of you can live with a 5 MPH speed limit to save 120 million lives? Of course we don’t – we accept trade-offs. We implicitly do a cost-benefit analysis and conclude that we’re not going to do without our cars, even if doing so would save 120 million lives. Don’t you think we should insist on an honest cost-benefit analysis for cap and trade regulation?<br /><br />Second, the media dwells on the potential harm from global warming, but ignores the fact that the costs borne to address it will also harm us. We have a finite amount of wealth in the world. We have a long list of problems – hunger, poverty, malaria, nuclear proliferation just to name a few. Your generation should ask: how can we do the most good with our limited resources? The opportunity cost of diverting a large part of current wealth to solve a potential problem 50-100 years from now means we do “less good” dealing with these other problems.<br /><br />Third, economists will tell you that the consequence of what is in effect a huge tax on the way we live our lives will be slower economic growth. Slower economic growth, compounded over several decades, means that we leave future generations with less wealth to deal with the consequences of global warming, whatever they may be. [Compare U.S. wealth in 1900 vs. today].<br />In truth, mankind has proven to be remarkably adaptive. Humans live north of the Arctic Circle where temperatures are below zero most of the year. Roughly one-third of mankind today lives in tropical climates where temperatures often exceed 100 degrees. In fact, you can take every one of the potential problems caused by global warming and identify lower-cost ways to deal with that problem than rationing energy use. For example, if in fact melting arctic ice causes the sea level to rise, a wealthier world will adapt over time by moving away from the beach or building retaining walls to protect beachfront property. What about the polar bear? Polar bears have survived sometimes dramatic climate changes over thousands of years, most recently the so called “medieval warm period” of 1000-1300 A.D. in which large parts of the arctic glaciers disappeared and Greenland was truly “green”. It’s an established fact that more polar bears die each year from gunshot wounds than from drowning. The first thing we need to do to protect polar bears is to stop shooting them.<br /><br />Let me close by returning to the lessons my generation learned from the 1970s energy crisis. We learned that energy choices favored by politicians but not confirmed by markets are destined to fail. If history has taught us anything it’s that we should let markets determine how much energy gets used, what types of energy get used, and where, how and by whom energy gets used. What’s more, no form of energy is perfect, thus only markets can weigh the advantages and disadvantages of different energy forms. Instead, government’s role is to set reasonable standards for environmental performance, and make sure markets work.<br /><br />I’ve tried to cover a lot of ground this afternoon. I hope my comments provoke at least some of you to become engaged in the discussion about America’s energy future. Most of all I wish you freedom, prosperity – and abundant supplies of energy at prices you can afford. Thank you for your attention, and now I’ll be glad to take rebuttal!Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12792460740514151650noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7752098873597331885.post-23902494246305918592009-05-01T01:00:00.000-07:002009-05-01T01:02:07.829-07:00Mark Twain And TruthI suggest Mark Twain’s advice:<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">"Respect those who seek the truth, be wary of those who claim to have found it. "</span></strong>Peterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12792460740514151650noreply@blogger.com0