Pombo Bomb-o
So the House of Representatives is getting ready to debate an energy bill yesterday, and a California Representative from the Sacramento-Lake Tahoe area is telling a news conference about a provision to encourage hydrogen-fueled vehicles, when Alameda's Dick Pombo, a fellow-Republican, mutters to a buddy of his that the provision is "bullshit".
Why? Because, according to Dick Pombo, hydrogen cell technology:
Time for a quick lesson in political science, kids. Dick Pombo is a major advocate of drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. There's oil under the ground there, all right, but the United States Geological Survey informs us that this oil cannot be brought to market for at least ten years, at which point it will last approximately six months. (I'm putting in this link even though it seems to be broken - interesting, isn't it? In the event that it stays that way, here's another source.)
We all know that the Bush administration has been after the ANWR for years and has adopted some highly disturbing tactics to get at it. Now, here comes Congressman Pombo, another drilling fan, and makes a disparaging comment about an alternative energy source which would presumably render ANWR drilling unnecessary. No surprise there. However, he makes this allegedly private comment in full view and well within earshot of a CNN reporter, and at a press conference, no less.
I'm shocked, shocked I tell you, that a responsible news organization would report on a Congressman's private comment! Have these people no shame?
But this isn't what really bugs me. Let's review - Congressman Pombo, a major advocate of oil drilling in Alaska, scoffs at hydrogen fuel cell technology because he wants a "short-term solution," and hydrogen cells won't be easily available for at least ten years. He wants something now, by golly, like Alaskan oil, which will be available in...ten years. (That's not to mention the fact that, however long it takes for hydrogen cells to come to market, they'll be permanently available at that point, whereas Alaskan oil will be available for less than a year.)
So where does this logical twisting leave Pombo the Bomb-O? With his foot in his mouth and his thumb up his own bullshit, that's where!
Benshlomo says, I try to be civil to morons, but what's the point?
Why? Because, according to Dick Pombo, hydrogen cell technology:
"[is] not a short-term solution because we just don't have the technology to produce it...Hopefully, if this stuff all works, 10 years from now they'll be able to produce them."
Time for a quick lesson in political science, kids. Dick Pombo is a major advocate of drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. There's oil under the ground there, all right, but the United States Geological Survey informs us that this oil cannot be brought to market for at least ten years, at which point it will last approximately six months. (I'm putting in this link even though it seems to be broken - interesting, isn't it? In the event that it stays that way, here's another source.)
We all know that the Bush administration has been after the ANWR for years and has adopted some highly disturbing tactics to get at it. Now, here comes Congressman Pombo, another drilling fan, and makes a disparaging comment about an alternative energy source which would presumably render ANWR drilling unnecessary. No surprise there. However, he makes this allegedly private comment in full view and well within earshot of a CNN reporter, and at a press conference, no less.
I'm shocked, shocked I tell you, that a responsible news organization would report on a Congressman's private comment! Have these people no shame?
But this isn't what really bugs me. Let's review - Congressman Pombo, a major advocate of oil drilling in Alaska, scoffs at hydrogen fuel cell technology because he wants a "short-term solution," and hydrogen cells won't be easily available for at least ten years. He wants something now, by golly, like Alaskan oil, which will be available in...ten years. (That's not to mention the fact that, however long it takes for hydrogen cells to come to market, they'll be permanently available at that point, whereas Alaskan oil will be available for less than a year.)
So where does this logical twisting leave Pombo the Bomb-O? With his foot in his mouth and his thumb up his own bullshit, that's where!
Benshlomo says, I try to be civil to morons, but what's the point?
posted by benshlomo at 3:29 PM
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