Comments on: What’s “Stupid” About Reducing Our Dependence on Oil?

By: Daniel Cody

Daniel Cody — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:43:57 +0000

Jay, I guess the first clue was the synopsis from the show, “July 18: Al Gore gives a stunningly stupid speech and no one in the media catches it or calls him on it.”

In the segment you repeatedly called his speech, including it’s content and delivery, “stupid”, and by extension, the policy itself was stupid too.

Personally, I don’t think there’s anything stupid about investing in renewable power tech. like wind and solar. While one of your callers that day made that point, which you seemed to laugh at, that “the sun doesn’t create jobs”, the same holds true for “oil sitting in the ground”.

There’s a massive amount of opportunity to create good jobs and stimulate the economy in America by investing and researching renewable tech.

I personally believe that’s a good thing, not something to be mocked or lambasted.

Thanks for the comments…

By: Jay Weber

Jay Weber — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:59:07 +0000

Dan, find any bit of tape, ever, where I said using wind and solar are stupid. Whatever you ‘learned’ from talkradio was your own invention. I have never said wind and solar are stupid. I’ve said they aren’t ‘the’ answer, because they will never meet our full energy needs. As for Gore, he is a dope, but in talking about his new plan, I never said wind and solar are stupid. Thinking that we can shut down our nuclear and coal plants and convert them all over to wind and solar, now that’s stupid. Coal and nuclear currently provide 72 percent of our electricity.
I like the blog, but please, don’t put words in my mouth.

By: Smitty

Smitty — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 21:58:30 +0000

Speaking of Al Gore, he gave a speech in Washington, D.C. the other day, arriving and leaving in style. Apparently frugality is for the little people.

http://www.americansforprosperity.org/index.php?id=6070

You’ve got to practice what you preach. Otherwise you’re just an ecological Jimmy Swaggert.