tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post5686420014074296397..comments2024-03-22T05:20:44.167-07:00Comments on The Disaffected Lib: Taking the Fight to ThemThe Mound of Soundhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-60979013395062397752012-08-18T12:14:59.694-07:002012-08-18T12:14:59.694-07:00That is exactly what you said.That is exactly what you said.Anyonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15765384812104835792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-50784343112108419472012-08-15T22:37:17.867-07:002012-08-15T22:37:17.867-07:00Why would they government to pretend to care if th...Why would they government to pretend to care if they inflict suffering on people in other countries by way of ramping up tar sands extraction? They don't give a damn about the people they send the asbestos too. And Harper can't wait to get his f35's to drop bombs on people.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-11544259447310574312012-08-15T21:54:38.837-07:002012-08-15T21:54:38.837-07:00@Anon 7:07 - I have your point. You may be enti...@Anon 7:07 - I have your point. You may be entirely right. Gillard may pay the ultimate political price for this.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-86192049412045750332012-08-15T19:07:03.083-07:002012-08-15T19:07:03.083-07:00" certainly never suggested that what Austral..." certainly never suggested that what Australia does excuses what happens in Canada."<br /><br />I disagree Mound of Sound, that is precisely what you suggested. And when Gillard gets her sorry butt kicked out of office, your so called 'action on coal' will be a little more than a distant memory.<br /><br />cheers Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-89598613625122078722012-08-15T13:50:53.406-07:002012-08-15T13:50:53.406-07:00I certainly never suggested that what Australia do...I certainly never suggested that what Australia does excuses what happens in Canada. That came straight out of your mind. What I said was that Australia, which is an even heavier coal producer, is heading toward action on coal that may offer a lead to others.<br /><br />You should really look into the mercury-coal issue. It may be the single most devastating aspect of coal burning.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-9041981771360968472012-08-15T10:54:56.493-07:002012-08-15T10:54:56.493-07:00Because Australia is bigger on coal than Canada do...Because Australia is bigger on coal than Canada doesn't make it right. Why is it Canadians always turn to some other country as if things don't need to change since Canada is better by far than the rest are. What does comparision have to do with dealing with a problem inside our own country? That is perhaps an answer to climate deniers. After returning to Canada after many years away, a woman in Victoria asked if I had seen many changes since leaving. My reply was yes. People are not as happy as they used to be and they are making less money and working much more now then when I left. Her reply was mind boggling. Well people work three jobs here just to enjoy life here and it is much better than the US. Working three jobs enables people to enjoy life on Vancouver Island?? And, what does the US have to do with making life better in Canada? And yes...mercury is a huge problem. Its use in light bulbs, amalgam tooth fillings, refining of gold, and the batteries in electric cars just to name a few.Anyonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15765384812104835792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-68761843217317099092012-08-13T13:49:58.497-07:002012-08-13T13:49:58.497-07:00No question that coal, like bitumen, needs to be l...No question that coal, like bitumen, needs to be left in the ground. You're right about the radioactive aspects of coal burning but you seem to have overlooked the even greater mercury problem.<br /><br />There's a growing movement in B.C. to block coal exports. At the moment, however, it has not garnered the public attention as bitumen, probably because of the pipeline/supertanker aspects.<br /><br />If we see a break on coal production exports it may eventually come from Australia. They're far bigger on coal than Canada and export most of theirs to Asia.The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-51839730565936920202012-08-13T11:49:57.853-07:002012-08-13T11:49:57.853-07:00While bitumen is not environmentally friendly to ...While bitumen is not environmentally friendly to the earth and animals and we are included in that, neither is coal. We ought to be hitting as hard on coal trafficing as well. For example: Electricity from coal: time to turn the page on Canada’s dirtiest source of power; Coal Smoke Adds to Band's Cancer Alarm:<br />A Campbell River area mill has been granted permission to continue to burn coal, outraging leaders of nearby First Nations band worried about high cancer rates among their people. Power Struggle Over BC's First Coal-Fired Plant....Brad Hope believes his plan to leave his picturesque Similkameen Valley ranch to his grandchildren has been soiled by B.C. Hydro's plan to erect the province's first coal-energy generation plant near his home....is this still going ahead? Last but not least is: <br />B.C. coal exports coming under scrutiny for contributing to greenhouse gases<br /> By Larry Pynn, Vancouver Sun February 20, 2012 The farse is most of B.C.'s coal is going to China. Do people really think the pollution from it doesn't reach us?<br />And this one....Coal burning power plants produce more radiation than nuclear power plants <br />This is actually more than a year old, but it was news to me:<br /><br />Over the past few decades, however, a series of studies has called these stereotypes into question. Among the surprising conclusions: the waste produced by coal plants is actually more radioactive than that generated by their nuclear counterparts. In fact, the fly ash emitted by a power plant—a by-product from burning coal for electricity—carries into the surrounding environment 100 times more radiation than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy. This comment is in no way trying to reduce the effect of dil-bit.<br /><br /><br /><br /> <br />Anyonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15765384812104835792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-59126917893930037252012-08-13T10:28:22.918-07:002012-08-13T10:28:22.918-07:00Hi Klem:
Must be a bitch feeling the walls closin...Hi Klem:<br /><br />Must be a bitch feeling the walls closing in on your denialist arguments. Day by day you're looking increasingly foolish, discredited. Pretty soon you'll be entirely irrelevant. Oh wait, you already are.<br /><br />The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32931256.post-4417348347143156822012-08-13T10:01:59.176-07:002012-08-13T10:01:59.176-07:00"That means linking bitumen trafficking to th..."That means linking bitumen trafficking to the plight being inflicted on the poorest and most vulnerable peoples on Earth ..."<br /><br />Bitumen trafficking, I love it! That's a great term. I hope you greenie socialists use that term as much as you can, I can't wait to hear the MSM start using it too. With alarmists like you out there, inventing terms like bitumen trafficking, it makes my life as a denier sooo much easier. Lol!<br /><br />Wow, keep up the great work!<br /><br />cheers<br /><br />klemAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com