By Jane Van Ryan at Energy Tomorrow: Doing Nothing is Not a Solution - Energy Tomorrow Blog

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h/t to Redstate.com Remember $4.00 per Gallon Gasoline? Just Wait. - Vladimir’s blog - RedState

I hope people will remember Sarah Palin when they are paying $4.00+ for gasoline. Even worse will be trying to afford heating oil for our homes.

This country should be self-sufficient, and the only way to do that is to drill domestically.

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Do not fear the enemy, for your enemy can only take your life. It is far better that you fear the media, for they will steal your honor. That awful power, the public opinion of a nation, is created in America by a horde of ignorant, self-complacent simpletons who failed at ditching and shoemaking and fetched up in journalism on their way to the poorhouse. - Mark Twain

More than ever, I have to agree. I'm also looking differently at the thought of nuclear power these days, as well.... If they could only make it safer.

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Ezzie, nuclear power is the cleanest source of power we have. Safe? Yes - if the power companies are able to hire those they want, based on intelligence and skill. Unfortunately, due to government standards, they have to abide by the psychological standards tests. The one I took was ridiculous. It asked if I liked seeing a woman with long legs. I am not kidding. There were several that were not worthy of response. I told my employer that there were several questions that were so ridiculous that I was going to blow them off, and I was told that I had to answer each one. We had to take the test because our company had government contracts.

80% of the power plants in France are nuclear. They are cleaner and are actually quite safe. France has extremely high standards for its work force when it comes to its nuclear plants. This country does too, but some states' legislatures require that only union workers be hired, and that is where the quality of work plummets.

Nuclear power is cleanest, but since the 1970s greenie activists have managed to block all attempts to make this country self-sufficient in terms of energy production. I want our country to become self-sufficient again.

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Do not fear the enemy, for your enemy can only take your life. It is far better that you fear the media, for they will steal your honor. That awful power, the public opinion of a nation, is created in America by a horde of ignorant, self-complacent simpletons who failed at ditching and shoemaking and fetched up in journalism on their way to the poorhouse. - Mark Twain

I saw that about France. 80% and no problems that I've heard of anyway. That's pretty damn good. Give us our own oil as well, we could take very good care of ourselves. I'm ready to take both options.

Unions have gone down in my eyes since this last election, this after being in a union and supporting them for so many years.

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