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Washington Turns Science to Science Fiction

Polly1 Wrote: Feb 16, 2013 10:47 AM
You're obviously unfamiliar with horses' methane emissions. BAD for the global temperature!! (We could put up with the messy streets, but no one wants that methane!)
capitalust Wrote: Feb 16, 2013 10:57 PM
Screw everything in sight, betray everyone, make a general nuisance of himself, make movies and write books full of lies, waste STAGGERING sums of taxpayer's money, why?
traitorbill Wrote: Feb 16, 2013 2:46 PM
Younger Wrote: Feb 16, 2013 12:27 PM
But, Polly1, don't the other advantages outweigh the one disadvantage?

“If you build it,” an Iowa corn farmer was told in the movie Field of Dreams, “they will come.” That worked out so well for all concerned that the federal government is reviving the approach, with some slight edits. “If we mandate it, the science will come,” seems to be Washington’s motto.

Instead, government has ended up replacing science with, well, fiction. Consider the push for renewable fuels.

It’s easy to see why lawmakers would want to encourage Americans to grow energy rather than dig it out of the ground. But in their eagerness to create an industry,...

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