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clevermanka ([personal profile] clevermanka) wrote2006-12-14 02:28 pm

And while I'm at it...

This is a headline on the KU main web page:

Prof investigates why European nations are years ahead in developing alternative energy sources

Seems to me you can wrap this up in one sentence: The presidents of their countries aren't bed buddies with big oil magnates.

[identity profile] zokah.livejournal.com 2006-12-14 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
investigates?

slow news day over there in the heartland? i'm assuming there is good money paid for said investigation.

[identity profile] clevermanka.livejournal.com 2006-12-14 09:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, you know, the only thing really competing for news coverage around here is the issues about the BOE reviewing the evolution issues (see "STUPIDITY" post). =D

[identity profile] pointoforigin.livejournal.com 2006-12-14 11:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Noooo . . . Ya THINK?? :P

[identity profile] fireguarder.livejournal.com 2006-12-15 12:02 am (UTC)(link)
.....and their presidents aren't denying that human-caused climate change is happening, and their presidents realize that changing energy sources can both save money and create new economic opportunities, and their presidents accept that science is not an enemy but a friend, and.....

[identity profile] mckitterick.livejournal.com 2006-12-15 12:30 am (UTC)(link)
Y'know, sometimes it's a challenge to find that patriotic blood that used to flow through my veins.

[identity profile] bestill.livejournal.com 2006-12-15 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
Seems to me you can wrap this up in one sentence: The presidents of their countries aren't bed buddies with big oil magnates.

Yeah, duh.

[identity profile] tenebrae.livejournal.com 2006-12-15 07:32 am (UTC)(link)
Even though they are ahead, I fear that globally it may all just be an excercise in deck chair re-arragement on the Titanic.
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[identity profile] clevermanka.livejournal.com 2006-12-15 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
You know, even when I disagree with you (and I'm not saying I disagree with you here--rather, I'm thinking about your rant against Casino Royale), I love reading you. Truly. Love.