119 Comments
⭠ Return to thread

Great Orwell clip. I always felt if Orwell didn’t live in a free country he never would have had the freedom of thought to be such a genius. As far as England (Europe and America) goes, without people with a brain in their head willing to stand up and push back against the insane, we all will be lost. I’m sure our corrupt executive branch will have no problem stealing and selling off Americas energy, right from under our feet, to countries that realize energy is the life blood of a growing society. The brainwashed young will destroy the future. How can we fight an invasion of ourselves without equal amounts of people willing to stand up and fight back. Obviously our personal worlds haven’t gotten bad enough yet, however they will. J.Goodrich

Expand full comment

We may soon wish to have all that uranium the hag gave to russia (for a bribe of course) when the doddering one shuts down all fossil fuel

Expand full comment

If we had a true president that wasn’t a thief we would just take it back and prosecute the traitors.

Expand full comment

On reflection James maybe we should just that. Read some time ago Texas had enough coal to last it 100 yrs or so. So just do it and tell the e.p.a.to pound sand?????

Expand full comment

we really need to shrink our government to the basics and take away their power and give it back to the states.

They have abused their power WAY TOO MUCH, they are the monarchy they think.

Expand full comment

‘Pound sand.’ is one of my favorite alternative to not cursing…

Expand full comment

Agree but have gotten confused. RFK Jr has advised coal plants poison rivers. So, have to wonder - assuming he's right - whether there isn't a cost effective way to address the problem. Particularly if we are building some new ones?

Expand full comment

Don't phase out natural gas. It's one of the cleanest burning fuels on the planet. Getting rid of natural gas is insanity.

Expand full comment

Before I retired, I worked for the Oregon PUC for 9 years. OR forced PGE to decommission the only coal plant operating in Oregon. During an inspection there was not a hint of coal dust anywhere. It was a clean operation, generating 15% of its electricity. PGE now must forgo getting any power at all from its plant in MT for use in OR. It pays to get electricity from Bonneville hydro plant and all hydro in states like OR are not consider ‘green’ energy. The US will end up like Germany because we are not replacing lost electricity generating capabilities with nuclear.

Expand full comment

The dirtiest thing about coal has been its politics

Expand full comment

What a fantastic line. I love it!

Expand full comment

Afraid quotes from that clan carry no umph with me. Agree alternative energy sources need to be found certainly better than the wind nonsense we are enriching china with, a china that is building more coal burning units as fast as they can

Expand full comment

Not a believer in Global Warming or the merits of the extra $ that enrich investors in wind and sun. See it as a scam. Texas is maybe the only place wind may have some merit. At this point still support fossil fuels. However, if coal presents an issue - am willing to learn about it and whether there isn't some way to fix it. Definitely want to move beyond "quotes" and learn the truths of the matters asserted.

Expand full comment

Texas made the mistake of relying on wind. In consequence I think the last count was 250 dead as a result of dependence 30% of its energy on wind that failed miserably during a killing cold season here. The turbines froze.

Expand full comment

This is how many coal plants there are in the world and how many are being built. Turkey has 56 and is building 93 more. The EU has 468 and is building 27 more. South Africa has 79 and is building 24 more. India has 589 and is building 446 more. Philippine has 19 and is building 60 more. S.Korea has 58 and is building 26 more. Japan has 90 and is building 45 more. China has 2363 and is building 1171 more that’s 3534 total. USA has 241 and is building 0. That’s 5615 plants in just 8 countries. And our demoncrats want to shut down the 241 to save the planet. This made me think of our brilliant climate Czar John Forbes Kerry, the gigolo, say the truth out loud, by mistake, if America went to zero carbon emissions it would do nothing to change the climate.

Expand full comment

The only way the socialist inclined tell the truth is by mistake. Lying is default mode for them

Expand full comment

Isn’t that the truth!!

Expand full comment

Dr Malone - I remember, in my much younger days looking at the corruption in our world and feeling so small and alone. One of the great ironies of life is that through this hideous travesty called COVID, we have come to find you and the stellar humans like you, Pierre Kory, Paul Marik, Aseem Malhotra, Tess Laurie, Bonnie Ann Cox, Jessica Rose, A Midwestern Doctor, Bobby Kennedy. I am so inspired by all of you.

A wise man once said, “I truly believe we are at a pivotal time, where the work that each of us puts in can make an immense impact on the future course of this world.” (A Midwestern Doctor, on Substack)

I, for one, am inspired to act upon that advice.

Thank you. I am eternally both grateful and indebted to you folks - for saving me from despair. ☺️

Expand full comment