Tribble Ad Agency: SFGATE : Obama “coal story” fabricated , a lie — But Drudge still running it as headline
Obama
· 1 year ago
re-read the article. The story is true, it's just that there was a claim that the story was buried by the newspaper. The claim that the story was buried was a lie, but Obama really did say the comments about coal plants. There really is nothing wrong with what he said either, so don't try to make people think it's a lie.
Media Weasel
· 1 year ago
Here’s a thing – the McCain campaign actually doctored the audio tape – here’s what they missed out:
Obama: "But this notion of no coal, I think, is an illusion. Because the fact of the matter is is that right now we are getting a lot of our energy from coal. And China is building a coal-powered plant once a week. So what we have to do then is figure out how can we use coal without emitting greenhouse gases and carbon."
Of course they’re not going to bankrupt the coal industry – why would they bankrupt an industry that they’re going to help reach zero carbon emissions? Bankruptcy wouldn’t make any sense. Are we going to continue using foreign oil, or start to rely on our own resources and make the country’s air cleaner?
Also see this: http://www.jedreport.com/2008/11/ohios-gop-sena... which shows that in fact it is McCain who is all out for bankrupting the coal industry – not Obama. He's the onewilling to put thousands of mine workers out of jobs.
I have written directly to the Ohio Coal Association to bring all these facts to their attention. It would be a disaster, I said, if the election was lost to McCain, and the coal mining industry discovered that it was McCain all along who expected to put thousands out of work.
Here’s some more info:
Obama and Biden on Clean Coal: Develop and Deploy Clean Coal Technology. Carbon capture and storage technologies hold enormous potential to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions as we power our economy with domestically produced and secure energy. As a U.S. Senator, Obama has worked tirelessly to ensure that clean coal technology becomes commercialized. An Obama administration will provide incentives to accelerate private sector investment in commercial scale zero-carbon coal facilities. In order to maximize the speed with which we advance this critical technology, Barack Obama and Joe Biden will instruct DOE to enter into public private partnerships to develop 5 “first-of-a-kind” commercial scale coal-fired plants with carbon capture and sequestration.
Obama Passed An Amendment Supported by Biden To Add $200M For Carbon Capture And Sequestration Technology In Senate’s FY 2008 Budget. Obama was the chief sponsor of an amendment to the 2008 Senate Budget resolution that added $200 million for Function 270 (Energy) for the demonstration and monitoring of carbon capture and sequestration technology by the Department of Energy. [SA 599 to SCR 21, Agreed to by Unanimous Consent, 3/23/07]
Biden Proposed Energy Plan That Would Invest In Technologies To Use Coal More Cleanly. In 2007, Biden proposed an energy plan, “Joe Biden supports more than $50 billion in new incentives for research into: alternative fuel and energy sources, renewable energy technology, nuclear waste management and safety, and carbon capture and sequestration technologies that could allow us to use coal cleanly.” [Biden for President Press Release, 11/20/07]
TourPro
· 1 year ago
Seems to me I heard the audio today and the story is true.
He said his new Cap and Trade Policy would allow coal plants, but the cost would be so prohibitive it would bankrupt any that attempted to exist.
He also said that under his plan, obviously there would be huge increases in the cost of energy.
I think he used the rationale that if you didn't accept his premise and higher costs, you were stupid.
TheFounder
· 1 year ago
But the contents were not true as well:
"Obama's campaign responded to Palin's comments today, noting correctly that the wide-ranging interview also included the Illinois Senator's comments that the idea of eliminating coal plants was ''an illusion.''"
Meaning even the contents of the news busters report are false.
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Obama: "But this notion of no coal, I think, is an illusion. Because the fact of the matter is is that right now we are getting a lot of our energy from coal. And China is building a coal-powered plant once a week. So what we have to do then is figure out how can we use coal without emitting greenhouse gases and carbon."
Source: http://www.whptv.com/news/local/story.aspx?content ...
Of course they’re not going to bankrupt the coal industry – why would they bankrupt an industry that they’re going to help reach zero carbon emissions? Bankruptcy wouldn’t make any sense. Are we going to continue using foreign oil, or start to rely on our own resources and make the country’s air cleaner?
Also see this: http://www.jedreport.com/2008/11/ohios-gop-sena... which shows that in fact it is McCain who is all out for bankrupting the coal industry – not Obama. He's the onewilling to put thousands of mine workers out of jobs.
I have written directly to the Ohio Coal Association to bring all these facts to their attention. It would be a disaster, I said, if the election was lost to McCain, and the coal mining industry discovered that it was McCain all along who expected to put thousands out of work.
Here’s some more info:
Obama and Biden on Clean Coal: Develop and Deploy Clean Coal Technology. Carbon capture and storage technologies hold enormous potential to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions as we power our economy with domestically produced and secure energy. As a U.S. Senator, Obama has worked tirelessly to ensure that clean coal technology becomes commercialized. An Obama administration will provide incentives to accelerate private sector investment in commercial scale zero-carbon coal facilities. In order to maximize the speed with which we advance this critical technology, Barack Obama and Joe Biden will instruct DOE to enter into public private partnerships to develop 5 “first-of-a-kind” commercial scale coal-fired plants with carbon capture and sequestration.
Obama Passed An Amendment Supported by Biden To Add $200M For Carbon Capture And Sequestration Technology In Senate’s FY 2008 Budget. Obama was the chief sponsor of an amendment to the 2008 Senate Budget resolution that added $200 million for Function 270 (Energy) for the demonstration and monitoring of carbon capture and sequestration technology by the Department of Energy. [SA 599 to SCR 21, Agreed to by Unanimous Consent, 3/23/07]
Biden Proposed Energy Plan That Would Invest In Technologies To Use Coal More Cleanly. In 2007, Biden proposed an energy plan, “Joe Biden supports more than $50 billion in new incentives for research into: alternative fuel and energy sources, renewable energy technology, nuclear waste management and safety, and carbon capture and sequestration technologies that could allow us to use coal cleanly.” [Biden for President Press Release, 11/20/07]
He said his new Cap and Trade Policy would allow coal plants, but the cost would be so prohibitive it would bankrupt any that attempted to exist.
He also said that under his plan, obviously there would be huge increases in the cost of energy.
I think he used the rationale that if you didn't accept his premise and higher costs, you were stupid.
"Obama's campaign responded to Palin's comments today, noting correctly that the wide-ranging interview also included the Illinois Senator's comments that the idea of eliminating coal plants was ''an illusion.''"
Meaning even the contents of the news busters report are false.