[Grovenet] LNG

[David Morelli]

On Jan 31, 2008, at 9:28 PM, Ron D'Eau Claire wrote:

> Let me answer with a question:
>
> How does making life in the USA more difficult help us work on  
> answers?
>
> Ron D'Eau Claire

Ron,

Gee, I don't know, how does restricting cocaine help an addict?

If sometime, somewhere the American public sees that the current  
state of affairs cannot continue indefinitely, they may be prompted  
to action.

We have a serious problem that requires serious, prompt action.  We  
are finally emerging from almost a decade of denial by the Republican  
leadership.  We are well past the time for taking the simple, easy  
path.  Bush and his cronies saw to that.  We have some difficult  
decisions ahead of us.  And this LNG pipeline holds out the promise  
that we don't need to make the difficult decisions.

The LNP project promises that we can use more fossil fuels in the  
future than we did last year, because we will have one, two or three  
LNG ports in Oregon feeding Arab fuels to the Western United States.   
That is like putting studded tires on a 4WD SUV and telling people in  
advertisements that "it can go in ice and snow".  The hazard of  
driving on ice isn't the "go", it is the "stop".  We have plenty of  
accidents caused by people who "go" because they can, without ever  
asking themselves if they are going too fast.

The market thrives by selling fast cars, big SUV's and insurance.   
The market loves to pull vehicles out of ditches and fix bent  
fenders.  The market loves to sell pain medicine, bandages, and  
surgical gear.  The market also sells cemetery plots and cremations.   
The question is, "Are you better off teaching your children to drive  
sensibly and according to road conditions, or burying their mistakes?"

The two pipelines are projected for completion in 2012 and 2014.  If  
Professor Wieslaw Maslowski is correct, the construction projects  
could last longer than the polar bears.

By the way.  Global warming is expected to change the crops that can  
be grown in the United States.   It already is reducing the water  
available for growing them.  It already is increasing the incidents  
of forest fires world wide.  It already is increasing the frequency  
and severity of hurricanes and typhoons world wide.  It already is  
raising the temperatures that affect ocean krill and coral.  It  
already is raising the temperature of salmon habitat.  It already is  
affecting the yield of grapes.  It already is expanding the pests  
that attack trees.  Which is to say that it is already affecting  
fishing, timber, viniculture and agriculture in Oregon.

We are presently driving 90 mph on Highway 26 over Mount Hood with  
ice on the road.  We don't need more gas, we need to slow down.

David

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: grovenet-bounces at rdrop.com [mailto:grovenet- 
> bounces at rdrop.com] On
> Behalf Of David Morelli

> So, how does building additional infrastructure to support expanded
> fossil fuel consumption fit with what you believe?  This isn't a
> replacement fuel, it is expanded fuel consumption.
>
> "Time left"
>
> Global warming possibly could deliver an ice free arctic within your
> lifetime.  Some researchers see the possibility for an ice free
> arctic within five years.
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7139797.stm
>
> So, how does the building of this project fit with reversing climate
> change?
>
> David