On her way out the door of the Alaska governor's office, Sarah Palin pinned an anti-Obama blast on the refrigerator door (the Washington Post) in the home of the folks she claims to respect the least -- all that is inside-the-Beltway.
In an op-ed article today, Palin hammered President Obama and the Waxman-Markey climate change bill as a road map to economic ruin that will jack up energy costs to consumers and businesses while doing nothing to extract more energy domestically.
The Post's op-ed page is the notepad for the elitist of the elite. Palin is running in the same space as former presidents, secretaries of state, CEOs of energy supermajors, even Bono.
While Palin may hate the wonks inside I-495, they and what must have been a lot of other people turned out to read Sarah. Her article is the most read, the most commented on, the most e-mailed for the day. The Post has promised to get back to us on what "most" means as far as hits for the day, or number of e-mails, but "most comments" had a number at 2:30 pm EDT -- 2,346.
Even factoring out the "yo momma" posters, cyber-DC was fascinated with the woman from Wasilla, and judging by many of the comments, a good chunk was firmly in her camp that the administration's carbon reduction plan is the express elevator to a national bottom.
"The governor is essentially correct. All energy production requires compromising some aspects of the ecosystem. Imagine thousands of windmills with requisite new transmission lines running through Northern Virginia suburbs [which fiercely resist a new high-voltage transmission line proposed to run north-south near the Shenandoah Valley] or the Kennedy compound," andrewdouglasingram wrote. "Liberals need to accept some responsibility for the consequences of their pampered lifestyles."
Wheelic chimed in: "With the natural gas and oil reserves we have at our disposal, why are they not part of at least a phase-in program to "Turn Green?"
But "Not once dos she mention the reason we need a carbon policy," Martinedic wrote, "global warming. Cap and trade is about carbon reduction not energy independence."
While her future as a politician may be in some doubt these days, Palin's ability to zero in on an issue and generate a reaction is very much intact: most read, most commented on, most e-mailed. In DC. Go figure. ... And ... hold on, only an hour after the 2,346 comments, the tally is up to 2,656. The day's not over yet.
Sara is right.
I have been hearing of someone who wants to remove co2 from the atmousphere. to do that would thin the atmousphere. solar panals will capture sunlight and convert power through temp diff. this will increase global warming through the heat and release conversion. to thin the atmousphere will allow more direct sunrays in.
Update: Palin still on top at the WaPo, as of 10 am EDT, Wednesday. Most e-mailed and most commented with 3,890 chiming in.
Palin draws attention for the same reason Paris Hilton draws attention, she's a slow motion train wreck.
That is, unless she's crashing faster.
SP does make an interesting point; that a $1.50 or $2 marginal price increase per barrel in the price of crude would indeed be "economic ruin".
This price is from a participant in Morgan- Stanley conference call crude analysis:
http://europe.theoildrum.com/node/5571#comments_top
In fact, that is exactly correct and what has been taking place in our's and the rest of the world's economies. From a per- barrel low of $12 a barrel, the price of crude oil has increased 500%; dollar for dollar, peak oil took place 1998. The time to do something about that phenomenon is past ... by ten or more years. Read this:
http://economic-undertow.blogspot.com/2009/06/peak-oil-discussion-is-over.html
Palin just demonstrates how cluesless she is. The economic paradigm is falling apart in big chunks around our ears and Palin is worried about a well- known form of corporate welfare?
There is a cap- and- trade system in the Eurozone.
http://gregmankiw.blogspot.com/2009/05/reading-for-pigou-club_18.html
Bubbleheads read the Washington Post. That much is certain, but the leadership needed over the next ten years and more is clearly beyond the grasp of the bubble- headed quitter from Wasilla.
It is fascinating -and very amusing- to read the "balanced" judgements and commentaries Governor Palin elicits in the press, TV and the internet.
What is the fear?
If she were to disappear from the political scene, many will be disappointed. Go Sarah, Go!
Ms. Palin is wrong to call cap-and-trade a tax. It is worse than a tax because only 15% of the proceeds from auctioned permits go into our national treasury.
- Robert Moen, www.energyplanUSA.com