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jade (Anonymous) says…

...Kansas will turn Blue about 20 years earlier than expected.

From asphyxiation, perhaps.

On Speaker of Kansas House: Votes sufficient to override veto of coal-plant legislation

jade (Anonymous) says…

Thanks, Mumzie, for injecting a little truth and current events into the discussion. The housing crisis has brought the country to depression era conditions. When the middle class finds itself in the streets, we'll see sympathy for homelessness again, the kind that gave rise to the New Deal.

On Homeless concern

jade (Anonymous) says…

Merrill wrote:
>This has to do with getting everyone on the same page as far as moving towards doing everything possible to reduce the carbon foot print of Lawrence. [snip]
>It should involve bringing green industry to town for the sake of economic growth,jobs and environmental impact.

Yep, this is the same page alright. We'll pretend that we can reconcile our current trajectory with sustainability and get lots of good PR out of it, but nothing more. We cannot hope to reduce our impact on global climate change or our ecological footprint while simultaneously pursuing economic growth. Period. Economic growth is the problem we have to solve, not the means to some utopian end. The challenge arises from our dependence on economic growth to pay for public services while politicians and their stable masters benefit from mass belief in its virtue and indispensability. No one in public office will tell the truth about economic growth because the truth foretells its end. And of course politicians at every level are supported by the beneficiaries of economic growth. And no one wants to talk about economic stability or strengthening the existing economy beyond some imagined trickle-down effect, or what businesses we'll need to "let go" if we do pursue green industries, that is, if we genuinely want to reduce our footprint. I'm sure we all want sustainability and the required reduction in our ecological footprint and heat-trapping gases, but we want these things in some safe, abstracted way. It seems we don't want them enough to make the necessary changes and sacrifices, or even to talk openly about what these might look like.

On Group wants environmental task force

jade (Anonymous) says…

This task force is a political scam, stacked with representatives whose knowledge of ecology is inversely related to their interest in protecting the status quo of virtually unrestrained economic growth. Where are the energy experts? Where are the biologists and ecologists? How about someone trained in water conservation and protection? Could we get an environmental economist? Perhaps the architect will be environmentally trained in green architecture. That would be one out of twelve anyway with, if we're lucky, a couple of well-intentioned token environmentalists who will be unable to stand against the tide of so many with anti-environment agendas. What a disappointment to waste such an opportunity and fail to reduce Lawrence's contribution to global climate change! It doesn't have to be like this, does it???

On Group wants environmental task force

jade (Anonymous) says…

I'd like to know what the distinction is between a recession and a depression. Can someone help with this?

On Odds are growing that economy will collapse into a recession

jade (Anonymous) says…

The Bremby decision with Sebelius support has given Kansans something to be proud of for a change. For this one shining moment, we are not the retrograde, anti-evolution state; we are national leaders in the energy debate. With support from the legislature, we could be leaders in clean renewable energy generation as well.

On Discussions arise about coal plants

jade (Anonymous) says…

Regardless of what happens to the Commissioners, the Deciphera decision must not be allowed to stand.

On What do you think of the City Commission's punishment for its illegal executive session about Deciphera?

jade (Anonymous) says…

Nothing could be sadder than to see the lone Commissioner not owned entirely by the development establishment tarred with the same brush that is painting the rest of that lot. But there it is... Maybe his conscience will win out and he'll break ranks and talk to Chad Lawhorn or, better, Branson or Morrison, about what happened. I've rarely agreed with Highberger's politics, but I've not known him to be dishonest before.

On Mayor fails to disclose Deciphera interest

jade (Anonymous) says…

>Hack cannot claim stupidity as often as she has. I really hope steps are taken to get her out of the mayor's seat.

I do, too, but I, for one, believe her. She really is this stupid.

On Mayor fails to disclose Deciphera interest

jade (Anonymous) says…

Bremby rocks!

I agree we need to reduce our energy consumption, but we have also to replace dirty non-renewable sources of that energy with clean renewables that people can afford to install. Tax credits for solar panels, wind turbines, energy-saving windows, insulation, and so on expire December 31, 2007, because Congress is unlikely to renew the 2005 legislation. If one has the several thousand dollars to install solar panels in the first place, the tax credit is up to $2000! It's up to $500 I think for windows. Now's the time, if you can afford it.

On Utilities say little to be done about emissions