We noted earlier this week how GOP Rep. John Shimkus was the most aggressive of the Illinois opponents of the comprehensive energy bill passed by the U.S. House Tuesday night -- going so far as to vote twice to adjourn the chamber before a vote could be held.
Well, it ...
We noted earlier this week how GOP Rep. John Shimkus was the most aggressive of the Illinois opponents of the comprehensive energy bill passed by the U.S. House Tuesday night -- going so far as to vote twice to adjourn the chamber before a vote could be held.
Well, it turns out that his pro-coal rant on the House floor wasn't just ridiculous (case in point: "Speaker Pelosi hates coal. Hates it!"), it was also false. Shimkus said during his floor statement, "There's nothing in the Democrat [sic] bill that advances coal use. Nothing. Zero. No oil shale. No coal. No oil sands. Nothing." But as Alison of PhilosopheForum noted in our comments section, the bill did in fact advance coal use. From Speaker Nancy Pelosi's summary:
Carbon Capture & Sequestration. Advances the development and deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) technologies to come up with a cleaner way to use coal.
Here again is video of Shimkus' performance on the floor:
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Aggression is inherently destructive of relationships. People and ideologies are pitted against each other, believing that in order to survive, they must destroy the opposition.
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Whether they can make coal "cleaner" or not, it is still going to cause more pollution that other sources. Coal is a thing of the past, and should be kept that way. We're trying to work towards a healthier future, not go backwards.
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