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From the Right by Ed Farnan

Bill O'Reilly gets Al Gores attention

Posted on Thursday, February 03, 2011 at 07:01 AM

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Like Punxsutawney Phil, the celebrated groundhog who pops his head up to predict the next 6 weeks of weather. Al Gore pops his head up above the wall of his coast side Montecito mansion, whenever a weather anomaly occurs.

But this time Gore surfaced because Bill O'Reilly looked out of his window and noticed that southern New York was turning into the arctic Tundra. O'Reilly remarked that he needed to call Al Gore.

Al Gore replied to O'Reilly via his website saying: “As it turns out, the scientific community has been addressing this particular question for some time now and they say that increased heavy snowfalls are completely consistent with what they have been predicting as a consequence of man-made global warming.”

Whenever I hear someone say "for some time now", my radar goes off. Some time is just that, a nano secod to a lifetime, which is it? Ever since (some time ago) the East Anglia Climate email scandals exposed temperature manipulations were used to bolster their global warming "science", worldwide skepticism of the science has risen dramatically.

No longer do the media lap up Gores pat answer to anyone questioning his man caused Global Warming thesis, as: "The argument is over, it is settled science". But it is not settled science, not by a long shot and many experts do not agree with the "science" behind the now "climate change" theology.

But undeterred by the thermometers in front of their faces, Obama and the rest of the left have herded us in a stampede to stop drilling for our own oil. They are making it difficult and expensive to mine and use our own coal/natural gas and hydro-electric resources. In fact they propose penalizing us for the use of our own fossil fuels which we have in abundance. Most of which is by regulation, not legislation and based on unsubstantiated "science".

In the meantime, we are becoming more at the mercy of despotic governments around the world, who are the suppliers of the fuel for the engines of our economy: oil.

One thing I learned the hard way was to not quit a job unless I had another one lined up. Well that is exactly what Washington DC is doing to us, quitting our most prolific and abundant resources in order to gamble on truly unproven and expensive technology of wind and solar.

Show some sense Washington, don't be at the mercy of special interests for a change, watch out for the citizens of the US. Embark now on a new Manhattan project of making the USA energy independent, exploit all of our oil, coal & hydro electric resources, let wind and solar catch up when they become economically feasible on their own. Use our real science to make our own fossil fuels clean. I am tired of being held captive by the worlds tin horn dictators who happen to have oil.

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Porickseantuny | Feb 11, 2011, 05:06 PM EST

Global change of any kind is change compared to what and for how long. We have global measurements for no more than 100 years. Assuming warmer, how does that relate to the eons of earthly temperature? Sun spots? Temperature of the earth's core? Alarmists are simply interpolating a minute period of time into a vast global conclusion.

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hancock | Feb 05, 2011, 03:48 PM EST

Glopbal con game.

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Monsoonman | Feb 04, 2011, 10:20 PM EST

and the obama administration wants to throw all of that cheap energy in favor of wind and solar? For what? A junk science that is utterly corrupt?

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Searlit | Feb 04, 2011, 10:13 PM EST

Technically recoverable? What does that mean? They have to blow the tops off mountains to get the coal in Appalachia. Not good! Invest your money in renewable energies. Move forward.

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Monsoonman | Feb 04, 2011, 09:41 PM EST

From the USGS website: North Dakota and Montana have an estimated 3.0 to 4.3 billion barrels of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil in an area known as the Bakken Formation. From the EIA: There are 2,587 Trillion cu. ft. of natural gas reserves in the USA....and last but not least: The USA is the Saudi Arabia of coal. The United States as a whole has more recoverable coal resources than any other country on the planet-- over 262 billion tons-- enough to last over 200 years! Long after the rest of the world's coal, petroleum and natural gas reserves have run out, America will still have enough coal to satisfy its energy needs.

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seanomelbourne | Feb 04, 2011, 08:48 PM EST

cheesecake! are we extracting the oil quicker than nature can replenish the supply?. I use solar panels, reduced my elec. bill by over half and recieve a rebate for power my panels put back into the grid.Do you have to get your feet wet before you believe there's water.My only regret is I didn't install a larger solar system to sell more power to the morons who do not believe.

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cheesesteak | Feb 04, 2011, 08:23 PM EST

Regarding sustainable oil - does anyone actually think that all the crude oil on earth was created millions of years ago and there is none that's been created since the last dinosaur died? Oil is constantly, continuously being created by the earth. Instead of listing all the books that discuss sustainable oil, just Google it or go to the archives of the Wall Street Journal and read about the depots that continuously regenerate themselves. The oil companies make a lot of money - we all know that - but how much tax money is given to the "green" technologies that have never demonstrated practicle, consistent utility? Please open your minds. There are enough conmen trying to separate you from your money - don't make it easy for them.

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kenokat | Feb 04, 2011, 07:41 PM EST

Wake up! Las Cruces New Mexico has been experiencing temps in the negatives and rolling electrical black outs for the last several days, the coldest we have seen in the 12 years that we have been here. My hometown in Montana has had drought problems because of the lack of snow. And this idea that the US has enough oil was shown to be false in the 60's or 70's BUT NO ONE WANTS TO WAKE UP! Look around yourself and see what has changed.

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seanomelbourne | Feb 04, 2011, 07:27 PM EST

Maloney most U.S. foreign aid is military aid spreading weapons of mass destruction to enforce it's foreign policies by proxy. Careful clonmel21 you don't stand under Clonmels old arch it may fall on you for not having an opinion.

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seanomelbourne | Feb 04, 2011, 07:23 PM EST

what name calling MORON

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maloney | Feb 04, 2011, 07:05 PM EST

But at least seano is consistent. However he gets very temperamental if the same is done to him. America gives billions to almost everybody, friend & foe alike. Al the whore has made over 100 million with his chicken little weather racket.

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clonmel21 | Feb 04, 2011, 04:48 PM EST

SEANOMELBOURNE: tsk tsk, name calling only shows your ignorance on all fronts.

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seanomelbourne | Feb 04, 2011, 04:28 PM EST

Ed Farnan most of the oil countries have "despotic"governments as you say but their your despotic governments,the us has given billions in military aid to despotic governments so that they remain pro American.Climate change is happening. Your pro right wing stance is ignorant and without foundation.Come down here to Australia I'll show you what climate change has done in recent years. Go back to your teaparty meetings with your moronic ramblings.

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clonmel21 | Feb 04, 2011, 04:06 PM EST

Finally someone with some sense on this site

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TheOldPerfessor | Feb 04, 2011, 02:10 PM EST

wjbi - I'll believe that you you can cite something from peer-review scientific literature that backs up that claim.

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