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+ Democracy Now! offers "The Bipartisan Nuclear Bailout" by Amy Goodman. Excerpt: "This is mind-boggling, on the first anniversary of the Fukushima nuclear disaster, with the chair of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission warning that lessons from Fukushima have not been implemented in this country. Nevertheless, Democrats and Republicans agree on one thing: They’re going to force nuclear power on the public, despite the astronomically high risks, both financial and environmental."

MY COMMENT: We will never get money completely out of politics but right now this rule by the elite is leading us to ruin, We can find ways to solve our energy problems which do not endanger us but the politicians now in power are not on board for sanity. Let us pray for sanity. Prayer includes action.

+ Democracy Now! offers "Michael Klare: GOP Promises of Lower Gas Costs Belied By Dwindling Supply of World’s Oil" which is available in video form or transcript.  Excerpt: "Since the beginning of the year, the average of price of a gallon of regular gasoline has jumped 16 percent to more than $3.80. Earlier this week, President Obama partially blamed his Republican rivals, saying one reason for the increase is rumors of war with Iran. Meanwhile, Republican candidates have used the spike in gas prices to attack President Obama’s rejection of the Keystone XL tar sands oil pipeline and his stance on expanded domestic oil drilling. Our guest, Michael Klare, says oil prices are destined to remain high for a long time to come because most of the remaining oil on the planet is no longer easily accessible. Klare’s latest book is The Race for What’s Left: The Global Scramble for the World’s Last Resources."
 
MY COMMENT: Even if these Republicans are right and the planet does have more oil than previously believed, what about the crisis of climate change due to soaring carbon emissions? Experts tell us that climate change has potentially disastrous consequences including dwinding food supplies.  It also really bothers me that those living now are using so much of the oil of the planet and not saving it for future generations.  We need to conserve far more than we are conserving now and we need to develop alternative energy sources far more rapidly than we are now.  We need to rebuild our railroads here in the USA and increase all forms of transportation other than oil powered automobiles.  I know I would use far less oil if I could depend on trains and buses here in the Albany-Buffalo corridor.