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<<< Is a war between Progressive/Socialist unions and Progressive/Socialist Greenies, already in the works? For sure, they are already talking about it. Laura Barron-Lopez / The Hill:
Union threatens retribution for House Dems opposing Keystone— A top building trades union is launching a midterm-election assault on House Democrats who oppose construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline. — A letter distributed Friday by the Laborers' International Union of North America …
Editor's notes: The Democrats have more problems facing them in coming election cycles, than [just] with those racist Republicans and whack-job teaparty types (I write metaphorically).
With our headline, we now realize there is growing tension within the Democrat Party. Evironmentalists have the nation's largest construction/trade unions, about to declare war on them. Its been five years and the Keystone XL pipeline has been approved by every federal and state agency imaginable. The pipeline will add about 2,000 miles of line to an already existing system of pipeline distribution totaling more than 175,000 miles, with thousands of jobs in the offering.
With our headline, we now realize there is growing tension within the Democrat Party. Evironmentalists have the nation's largest construction/trade unions, about to declare war on them. Its been five years and the Keystone XL pipeline has been approved by every federal and state agency imaginable. The pipeline will add about 2,000 miles of line to an already existing system of pipeline distribution totaling more than 175,000 miles, with thousands of jobs in the offering.
What the Harvard version of an Idiot's Survant does not understand is this: Americans will chose alternative fuels, without being forced, if they have viable, alternative, choices. Affordability, availability, and sustainability all figure into these "viable, alternative, choices."
Affordability: Obama has said that, under his energy plan, "prices would, of necessity, skyrocket." When he spoke these words in 2008, he knew that his plan was years too early.
The good news for opposing political parties is this: alternative energy, whatever the category, will be rejected by an electorate, hard hit with a needless and harmful transition. Sounds "obvious," but, apparently, the Progressives have yet to experience this epiphany. So they scream, "The sky is falling, the sky is falling," and think they have given good reason to jack peoples' incomes while remaining in political power, at the same time.
The good news for opposing political parties is this: alternative energy, whatever the category, will be rejected by an electorate, hard hit with a needless and harmful transition. Sounds "obvious," but, apparently, the Progressives have yet to experience this epiphany. So they scream, "The sky is falling, the sky is falling," and think they have given good reason to jack peoples' incomes while remaining in political power, at the same time.
Availability: Of course, "availability" is the key to price control. Obama's prediction of "skyrocketing prices" was realistic, only because he intends to end "dependency on fossil fuels" well before alternative fuels can fill the void created by destroying the coal and oil industries ahead of their time. A thoughtful transition would NOT see skyrocketing prices and, again, a voting electorate knows this.
Sustainability: Understand that alternative energy must have corresponding technologies for its use. An electric car must be dependable and reasonably priced. Charging stations must be numerous, and improved miles-per-trip must make distance travel a pleasure. Residential solar panels must collect enough energy to offset both its costs and rising utility prices. Diesel fuel from algae, would have to progress from the novelty stage of discovery and research to production levels similar to that of current diesel rates - a production demand that will not be filled in this century. Commercial solar energy would have to wait for the creation of a new power grid, and thousands of acres dedicated to "solar farms," another eventuality that is decades into the future.
In the end, reality is the environmentalists worst nightmare. The population has to survive and prosper while alternative energy is developed. But, until then, the politics of environmentalism, will be the next battleground, beginning, perhaps, with Democrat controlled unions, concerned with the creation of jobs for its workers.
It is quite possible that we are watching the beginning of the end for the radical environmental movement. It does not care about jobs, or "continued quality of life" issues. As far as a radical, environmentalist is concerned, you can live in a tent. With an internal battle between hard working, Progressive Democrats and Utopian/Environmental Progressives, Utopia would implode, and, so to, the Progressive Movement.
I believe the immediacy of this inter-party war is just around the corner.
In the end, reality is the environmentalists worst nightmare. The population has to survive and prosper while alternative energy is developed. But, until then, the politics of environmentalism, will be the next battleground, beginning, perhaps, with Democrat controlled unions, concerned with the creation of jobs for its workers.
It is quite possible that we are watching the beginning of the end for the radical environmental movement. It does not care about jobs, or "continued quality of life" issues. As far as a radical, environmentalist is concerned, you can live in a tent. With an internal battle between hard working, Progressive Democrats and Utopian/Environmental Progressives, Utopia would implode, and, so to, the Progressive Movement.
I believe the immediacy of this inter-party war is just around the corner.
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