Like a nightmare out of a George Orwell novel, the prospect of a Democrat-controlled Congress is shaping up to be all we feared it would be--and worse. One by one the Democrats are rolling out their heavy-hitters who have drawn lines in the sand over the past 24 hours. From Murtha to Rangel, and now, Barbara Boxer, they give us a not-so-small glimpse into the train-wreck they intend to create in the country.
This time it is Senator Barbara Boxer, D-Cal., who takes center stage. Like a teapot sending its narrow funnel of steam into the air, Boxer has whistled off on global warming, making it clear that she, like Al Gore, ignores the evidence of science and buys into the notion that planetary warming has nothing to do with the sun or natural shifts but is entirely the work of evil human beings.
People like Boxer and Gore believe that global warming has one singular cause--mankind and his use of fossil fuels. Nevermind that the end of the last Ice Age, which was precipitated by 'global warming,' occurred thousands of years before one drop of crude was extracted from the ground. Yet these guardians of the evil and mindless masses of humanity must burst forth to save the day, to redeem mankind from himself.
Let's take a brief look at what their efforts have produced thus far. California has always been at the forefront of fads of various kinds, including political ones. The fashionable view among the Liberal bastions is that the use of fossil fuels is always bad, despite the fact that the Leftist politicians and Hollywood stars who spout such nonsense drive around in gas-guzzling vehicles that dwarf the average consumption of most Americans.
It's like their view of guns. They want confiscation. But that applies to everyone but them. We can never forget the fact that Rosie O'Donald's body-guard packs heat in spite of the fact that his employer claims she wants all gun owners jailed.
So why is Rosie's bodyguard not in jail? The hypocrite.
The Left's vendetta against oil consumption and nuclear energy has led to dire consequences in California in particular. Environmentalist extremists have succeeded in banning any construction of new refineries. In fact, there hasn't been a single new refinery built in the entire nation in 30 years. This is in spite of the fact that Americans began buying and driving monster SUVs that guzzle gas during the eight years of the Clinton administration.
We Americans sure love our gas-guzzlers as long as we pretend not to remember what fuels them. And let's just pretend that with exploding consumption we don't need to develop more oil resources to fuel our addiction.
Denial is such bliss.
The policy of no new refineries, no development of nuclear energy sources, and the like led to massive rolling blackouts in California several years ago. The only way the state can supply its exploding energy requirements is to get it from other states and the federal government.
With people like Boxer in power, the environmentalist extremists will rise to a place of prominence, further thwarting any rational attempt to address the nation's energy needs. To develop alternative sources of energy is a good thing. Nobody is suggesting that we should not develop, produce, and market hydrogen-based products, bio-diesel, and the like. But we are not in a position to supply the nation's energy requirements with this alone. Until we get there we must continue to build refineries and explore and drill for oil. Nuclear energy must continue to be developed. With modern advancements in technology this could well be a highly acceptable source of clean energy, despite the objections from environmental extremists.
With Democrats such as Boxer firmly in control, however, it is doubtful that we will see any significant progression toward a rational energy policy. Instead, she and her ilk will be content with scaring the public about global warming and sending them on a guilt trip for driving automobiles.
This, of course, will be done as Boxer, Streisand, and others on the Leftist fringe drive off in their monster SUVs that the general public isn't supposed to have.
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