Oh brother. Here we go again with the loonies and their energy ideas that somehow sound similar to the Big Oil dream list. Hard to even imagine, isn't it? They still lack the creativity to think outside of what Big Oil wants. The last thing anyone needs is investment into clean energy sources of the future when we could hand over the keys to the environment to the polluters.
"Democrats have focused solely on what they call green jobs. Those are jobs from alternative energy. I support green jobs, but why discriminate?" Barrasso said. "American energy means American jobs, which is why I support red-white-and-blue jobs."Don't discriminate...get it? Huh? Get it? Huh? Ya got it? Oh the yuks are there aplenty with this bunch. I'll bet their boondoggles with the Big Oil folks are a laugh a minute. Yes, what we really need today is oil shale extraction because the environment hasn't been punished enough in the cause of Big Oil profits. Nobody likes visiting the Rockies anyway and last time I checked, they don't get any tourist money so it should be fine to turn it into a dump for the cause of oil profits. Go team, go!
He said renewable energy such as wind and solar power is important, noting that Wyoming has world-class wind resources. But Barrasso said wind and solar only account for about 1 percent of U.S. electricity, far below what is needed to meet the nation's energy needs.
Barrasso also said Democrats were misguided by ruling out the use of U.S. oil in places such as the Outer Continental Shelf and Alaska.
