So, what happened with "miracle alternative energy " announcement

[hlthe2b]

You, know the big hype Bush* made a couple days ago about how it would shock/amaze/thrill the American public when they learned of this imminent energy alternative announcement?

ILWAUKEE - Saying the nation is on the verge of technological breakthroughs that would "startle" most Americans, President Bush on Monday outlined his energy proposals to help wean the country off foreign oil.....
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060220/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_energy

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/3675936.html

CBS News: "Bush: U.S. on Verge of Energy Breakthrough"
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/21/ap/politics/mainD8FT7V980.shtml


Now, cynically (realistically) I never expected anything to come from his visit to the Golden Colorado National Renewable Energy Laboratory (except the pressure to reverse his funding cuts)but has there been any press asking what the big announcement was supposed to be? Or did UAE, the residual from Cheney's shooting, etc., etc., let them (once again) get away with making these big claims which are never revealed? Oh, to have a press that actually holds them to account...

:shrug:

[rodeodance]

1. you aren't startled?

[Roland99]

5. I started to be startled. Then I stopped.

[Beetwasher]

2. Chimpy's Going To Announce That Scientists Discovered That His

Stupidity can actually create electricity and he's going to use it to power the whole country.

[DinahMoeHum]

10. . . .or his farting creates natural gas. . .

all those beans in his burritos, doncha know?

:evilgrin:

[Burried News]

3. I think it's in the bag by the door ...

It needs a few more refinements.

[FSogol]

4. Should I hold off on planting switchgrass on my half acre? n/t

[Canuckistanian]

6. False alarm

Bush saw one of these:

[elehhhhna]

7. Clue: It's called the Presidential Hot Air initiative.

It's cheap and UNLIMITED!

[The_Casual_Observer]

8. I'm still waiting for a launch date on the "flight to mars"

[Javaman]

9. In the last days of WWII, hitler often talked of miricle weapons...

that would save germany.

Fast forward to today.

[hlthe2b]

13. Great point.... he definitely did...

[sui generis]

11. Also the cure for social security

at 74 if you still owe any credit card debt, mortgage or car payment you will be turned into biodiesel.

That's gonna be a bottomless supply of biodiesel.

[DinahMoeHum]

12. Maybe it's the poop from his dog. Check this out. . .

Link:
http://articles.news.aol.com/news/article.adp?id=20060222095109990010&cid=2194

(snip)
SAN FRANCISCO (Feb. 22) - San Francisco, a leader in urban recycling, is preparing to enlist its canine population for a first in the United States: converting dog poop into energy.
(snip)
Norcal Waste Systems Inc., the city's garbage company, plans to test collection carts and biodegradable bags in a city-center park popular with dog walkers.
(snip)
Dog feces could be scooped into a methane digester, a device that uses bugs and microorganisms to gobble up the material and emit methane, which would be trapped and burned to power a turbine to make electricity or to heat homes.
(snip)


:bounce:

[hlthe2b]

14. I can't wait for him to embrace this....

Solution for all humanity... SCOOP THE POOP! (of course if we could harnass all the hot shit emanating from the REPUGS, we might actually be somewhere)