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Jul. 21, 2009
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LETTERS: Let's develop our own energy resources
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To the editor:

In response to the Monday letter from William Mathis:

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    • Yes, there is a national security interest in energy, and it will behoove us to eliminate our current practice of handing over our energy security and hard-earned money to dictators and thugs worldwide for oil and gas.

    Most of us in the real world, however, see that the alternative does not have to destroy our economy further, as the ill-advised American Clean Energy and Security Act would do. The United States has the largest reserves of oil, gas and coal in the world, and more expertise in creating clean energy out of those fuels than any other country. We could keep billions of dollars in this country and create thousands, if not millions, of high-paying permanent jobs by just accessing our own resources. If only the political will existed in Washington to allow us to do so.

    Although the alternative sources that Obamatons crow about are wonderful in theory and should be pursued, they require much more time and investment to reach the point where they are practical. Skyrocketing utility costs and thousands more jobs lost every week are a recipe for further disaster, and all the Kumbaya singers we have foolishly elected and left in office are ignoring us.

    Wouldn't you rather see American money kept in our country and our own people employed and productive?

    Therese Ainsworth

    HENDERSON

    Who's the hater?

    To the editor:

    In response to Teresa Merz's Friday letter asking the Review-Journal to stop carrying Ann Coulter's "hatemonger" column:

    Apparently Ms. Merz has not read Maureen Dowd, Paul Krugman, Frank Rich and Bob Herbert, to name a few hateful mongers. And then there are the cable news hatemongers, i.e. Keith Obermann, Chris Matthews, James Carville and Paul Begala.

    Ann Coulter is a breath of fresh air in disproving and rebutting the likes of these hacks. Please keep using her.

    Joann Schoch

    LAS VEGAS

    Tax time

    To the editor:

    According to Pat Buchanan, "taxes drove the American Revolution ... "

    Mr. Buchanan is taking liberties with history if he omits the revolutionary rhetoric which called for no taxation without representation.

    I doubt our forebears expected a society in which there were no commonly held interests, and certainly those would have to be supported with taxes.

    Symme Benoff

    LAS VEGAS

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    Ugly American wrote on July 21, 2009 10:13 PM: re: Let's develop our own energy resources

    Your post is 100% wrong.

    Turn off the TV and the talk radio.

    Please read the CIA & DOE reports.

    High grade US coal production peaked in the 20s. US oil production peaked in the 70s as did net natural gas production. Well rig prices have more then doubled in the past 4 years but net physical production volume continues to fall and the % of contamination continues to climb. Yes we have stuff left but it's lower and lower grade.

    If we want our civilization to survive we must pull our heads out of the sand and immediately get to work on solar, wind, geothermal and next generation nuclear.

    https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2179rank.html

    http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/international/reserves.html


    Jen wrote on July 21, 2009 04:30 PM: Wow, S. Summerlin - I always thought more of you than that! How incredibly disappointing...


    Area 51 wrote on July 21, 2009 04:28 PM: Littlepp, fred, mark schaffer, brian, jen. Are having a party in there mouths and they all want you to come. Because they s69k.


    Area 51 wrote on July 21, 2009 04:24 PM: Littlepp, fred, mark schaffer, brian, jen. Are having a party in there mouths and they all want you to come. Because they s69k


    Zippy wrote on July 21, 2009 03:46 PM: Is it still acceptable to blame George Bush?


    S. Summerlin wrote on July 21, 2009 03:30 PM: Jen, you ignorant sl*t.



    (I really hope you are old enough to catch the reference)... :-)


    douglas wrote on July 21, 2009 03:16 PM: who sets the rates for utilities ?

    unless the state of nevada is different than others, some form of "public utilities commission" sets those rates as a certain percentage of "return on investment". thus when some professional pant seat polisher [read, politician], jams some retroactive fee, new regulation, "cap and trade" scam on the utility, the utility is under direction of that utility oversight committee, to price their product accordingly.

    want lower utility prices ? stop the eco-sap insanity beginning in the white house. then, permit u.s. companies to explore and harvest *all*, u.s. indigeneous supplies of energy. otherwise, as the likes of harry osama reid, insect pelosi, energy wastrel al gore, and the "change" oaf will deliver on the oaf's campaign promise to see consumer energy costs "skyrocket".

    those who voted for a candidate who promised that consumer energy costs would "skyrocket" under his agenda, have discarded their ability to complain when the electricity, gas, propane, diesel fuel, and pump gasoline prices actually "skyrocket".


    Jen wrote on July 21, 2009 03:14 PM: As I said, babbling clowns.....


    The real enemy wrote on July 21, 2009 02:14 PM: When it comes to energy, the dictators and thugs are not in other countries, they are right here. NV Energy. Southwest Gas. They will continue to keep the prices on new energy products high. They will continue to rape the consumer for every penny they have.


    meh wrote on July 21, 2009 02:12 PM: "A wagon load of money will scarcely purchase a wagon load of provisions".

    George Washington, 1779

    The only reason we're not on a gold standard today is that politicians absolutely LOVE being re-elected.


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