Obama to SF Chronicle: I'm going to bankrupt coal facilities

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  • melensdad

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    Looks like coal fired electric plant workers might be out of work next year? Obama apparently wants to bankrupt the coal fired electric utilities, and that is where most of our electricity comes from!

    Hidden Audio: Obama Tells SF Chronicle He Will Bankrupt Coal Industry | NewsBusters.org
    http://www.youtube.com/v/Hdi4onAQBWQ

    Hidden Audio: Obama Tells SF Chronicle He Will Bankrupt Coal Industry

    By P.J. Gladnick (Bio | Archive)
    November 2, 2008 - 07:26 ET

    YouTube - SHOCK Audio Unearthed OBAMA TELLS SAN FRANCISCO HE WILL BANKRUPT THE COAL INDUSTRYhttp://www.youtube.com/v/Hdi4onAQBWQ

    (Please read update about the San Francisco Chronicle neglecting to mention Obama's willingness to bankrupt the coal industry at bottom of this blog.)

    Imagine if John McCain had whispered somewhere that he was willing to bankrupt a major industry? Would this declaration not immediately be front page news? Well, Barack Obama actually flat out told the San Francisco Chronicle (SF Gate) that he was willing to see the coal industry go bankrupt in a January 17, 2008 interview. The result? Nothing. This audio interview has been hidden from the public...until now. Here is the transcript of Obama's statement about bankrupting the coal industry (emphasis mine):
    Let me sort of describe my overall policy.
    What I've said is that we would put a cap and trade system in place that is as aggressive, if not more aggressive, than anybody else's out there.
    I was the first to call for a 100% auction on the cap and trade system, which means that every unit of carbon or greenhouse gases emitted would be charged to the polluter. That will create a market in which whatever technologies are out there that are being presented, whatever power plants that are being built, that they would have to meet the rigors of that market and the ratcheted down caps that are being placed, imposed every year.

    So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can; it's just that it will bankrupt them because they're going to be charged a huge sum for all that greenhouse gas that's being emitted.

    That will also generate billions of dollars that we can invest in solar, wind, biodiesel and other alternative energy approaches.
    The only thing I've said with respect to coal, I haven't been some coal booster. What I have said is that for us to take coal off the table as a (sic) ideological matter as opposed to saying if technology allows us to use coal in a clean way, we should pursue it.

    So if somebody wants to build a coal-powered plant, they can.
    It's just that it will bankrupt them.
    Amazing that this statement by Obama about bankrupting the coal industry has been kept under wraps until this time.

    UPDATE: NewsBusters' Tom Blumer has found out that the San Francisco Chronicle story published on January 18 based upon this January 17 interview did not include any mention of Obama's willingness to bankrupt the coal industry which you can hear on the audio. You can read the story here when you scroll down to the "In His Own Words" section. Way to cover up for The One, SF Chronicle!
     

    indykid

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    Since Indiana and coal are synonymous, our news media should make it a big deal, but I doubt it because they are under the spell of obama-messiah and even though it would destroy this state, they won't say a thing to hurt the "great" one.
     
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