Comments on: Can’t Resist

By: Daniel T. Smith

Daniel T. Smith — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:42:53 +0000

McKinsey & Co., the consulting firm that provided Gov. Jindal with his only private-sector employment, recently came out with a study that suggests we could mitigate projected electricity demand up to the year 2030–practically eliminating the need to construct new coal-fired power plants–through increased energy efficiency.

Fuel efficiency standards, undermined by the policies of George W. Bush and Cheney’s energy task force, are now being demanded by new market realities. Vehicle miles traveled (VMT) can also be reduced through the intelligent planning of both rural and urban communities. Expanded drilling is a temporary fix; conservation is not.

http://www.mckinsey.com/clientservice/ccsi/greenhousegas.asp

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/07/28/energy_efficiency/index.html

By: Lamar White, Jr

Lamar White, Jr — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 04:38:58 +0000

Michael, take the compliment. Michelle Obama is an incredibly accomplished American and a passionate advocate. It’s ashame that some people like to imply that speaking the truth about America’s collective responsibility for its own energy consumption is somehow un-American. It’s also ashame that some people refuse to acknowledge the way in which America’s energy consumption affects global markets.

Michael, I think Louisiana is a better place to live because of people like you. Welcome home.

By: dlc

dlc — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:57:39 +0000

you sound just like michelle obama. we are so greedy and wastefui. boo freakin hoo. go back to india and nepal, and dont let the door hit you in the ass on the way out.

By: Michael D. Smith

Michael D. Smith — Thu, 14 Aug 2008 06:22:12 +0000

What is the problem with conservation? I think that conservation is the most valuable piece of a multi-faceted approach to our current energy and environmental problems. Increasing supply is only second to conservation. Coming from the perspective of someone that has been living in India and Nepal half of the last five years, I am consistently amazed at the simple wastefulness of the American people and their stubbornness to admit it, much less do anything about it. It raises some questions. Is access to various forms of energy a right? Is over-use of energy a right? Is the over-use of energy a crime if it limits the use of energy by others? Is over consumption of energy a crime if we take into consideration market externalities not included in our bill, such as pollution, global climate change, loss of fishery production, coastal wetlands erosion, loss of quality of life for those that are negatively impacted by drilling, petroleum plants, refiineries, etc. These are real questions for those of us who live and invest in Louisiana, are they not?

Watching the McCain ads about Obama make me want to vote for Obama more, actually. I love the line, “we are the people we have been waiting for…”
It’s true: we are.

Geauxbama.