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Post by twinsmomfla99 on Nov 2, 2017 18:17:41 GMT
www.axios.com/rick-perry-fossil-fuels-sexual-assault-2505431646.htmlThe man has no shame. This is his latest effort to change the narrative on fossil fuels so they are not perceived as harmful. BTW, the title is not a direct quote by Perry, but it does summarize what he implied by his statement, I.e. women are safer because lights powered by fossil fuels reduce sexual assault. (Research suggests there is no increased safety for streets with better lighting.)
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Nov 2, 2017 19:08:23 GMT
WHAT PLANET DRUGS ARE THESE PEOPLE ON?  ?? Does Africa have coal? Northern Africa has oil, but in the jungles?!?!?!? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2017 19:11:15 GMT
What the effing eff?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2017 19:13:10 GMT
What? I'm having a hard time believing that actually came out of someone's mouth.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Nov 2, 2017 19:48:32 GMT
so it's nothing to do with the attitudes of the men who perpetrate sexual assaults on the women in those African countries, but SOLELY whether there's streetlights or not, huh? I can't wait to hear what Stephen Colbert and Seth Meyers do with those statements!
EA: he sounds like an IDIOT: "I just got back from Africa, I'm going to finish up with this, because I think I heard a lady say there are people dying. Let me tell you where people are dying, is in Africa, because of the lack of energy they have there."
I cannot BELIEVE he thought what he was saying made ANY sense, and that it would NOT make him look like an idiot!
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Post by Montannie on Nov 2, 2017 19:50:12 GMT
A dim bulb, he.
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Nov 2, 2017 19:50:46 GMT
I see what you did, there! hahaha!!
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Post by Darcy Collins on Nov 2, 2017 20:01:39 GMT
I am not a fan of Rick Perry and this bumbling statement does no favors to Africa where over 600 MILLION people have no access to electricity. The MAJORITY of the people living in 38 of the 49 sub-Saharan countries live without electricity — 95% of those living in Liberia, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Chad, Sierra Leone and Malawi do not have electricity. This is a real problem. I think this article does a good job of discussing the real issues of balancing the needs of the people living in Africa and the concerns about climate change. www.scientificamerican.com/article/africa-needs-fossil-fuels-to-end-energy-apartheid/ It's unfortunate that Perry is not able to actually articulate what's going on in Africa and we're left discussing a stupid comment about sexual assault and light bulbs while hundreds of millions of people still sit in the dark. |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Nov 2, 2017 20:09:07 GMT
Such a very serious matter! What they need is LIGHT and power. I would think solar and wind power might help them ....... |
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Nov 2, 2017 20:52:55 GMT
What he REALLY meant to say.............. Energy Dept. clarifies Perry's sexual assault commentsBY DEVIN HENRY - 11/02/17 03:05 PM EDT The Energy Department on Thursday said Secretary Rick Perry’s comments on fossil fuels and sexual assault were meant to highlight the importance of electricity to parts of Africa.
“The secretary was making the important point that while many Americans take electricity for granted there are people in other countries who are impacted by their lack of electricity,” spokeswoman Shaylyn Hynes said in a statement. Perry said Thursday morning that fossil fuels could help prevent sexual assault in Africa by electrifying more of the continent.“When the lights are on, when you have light that shines, the righteousness, if you will, on those types of acts,” he said. “From the standpoint of how you really affect people’s lives, fossil fuels are going to play a role in that. I happen to think it’s going to play a positive role.” Perry was in Africa last week for an energy conference. During his visit, he met with African groups and citizens who told him about the urgent need for electricity in impoverished parts of the continent. “One person told him about how light can be a deterrent to sexual assault and security in remote areas,” Hynes said. “Another leader told him about how women in their country have to go to the store every day for a new carton of milk because they don't have a working refrigerator. Those powerful stories stuck with him and that is what he was sharing with the crowd in Washington today.” thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/358480-energy-dept-clarifies-perrys-sexual-assault-comments |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2017 20:54:40 GMT
linkRick Perry is a fool. And my first though was Africa would be a perfect place to have renewable clean energy. I have never been to Africa but it occurred to me they there is great potential there for solar, wind, & hydro power. Another plus would be the jobs it would create making the solar panels, wind turbines & hydro plants. So I did my own research to see if it was unrealistic. I found “Renewable Energy Development” a report by African Energy Policy Research Network. It was done in 2003. According to the report there is great potential but limited policy and investment interest and lack of technology. But that was in 2003. We’ve come a long way in clean energy technology and should really push Africa toward a clean energy solution. Its easy to push fossil fuels because they have been around for a long time and change is hard. But in the long run renewable clean energy would be the best way to give Africa the power they need. Especially since the potential is already there.
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Post by dewryce on Nov 2, 2017 21:34:22 GMT
Am I the only one that is sick and tired of someone having to tell me what these politicians *meant* to say?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2017 21:35:27 GMT
linkRick Perry is a fool. And my first though was Africa would be a perfect place to have renewable clean energy. I have never been to Africa but it occurred to me they there is great potential there for solar, wind, & hydro power. Another plus would be the jobs it would create making the solar panels, wind turbines & hydro plants. So I did my own research to see if it was unrealistic. I found “Renewable Energy Development” a report by African Energy Policy Research Network. It was done in 2003. According to the report there is great potential but limited policy and investment interest and lack of technology. But that was in 2003. We’ve come a long way in clean energy technology and should really push Africa toward a clean energy solution.Its easy to push fossil fuels because they have been around for a long time and change is hard. But in the long run renewable clean energy would be the best way to give Africa the power they need. Especially since the potential is already there. There's a lot going on in Africa as far as renewable energy but, like a lot of things, it's a lack of outside investment that stops it progressing at the rate it should. It's greatly underfunded as it stands at the moment. It's a shame that Rick Perry didn't understand that and focus on what is needed and how to promote that investment rather than how many street lights there was in a particular area. Fossil fuel will be just as unhealthy for them and no better than the kerosene lamps used now four new African renewable energy get fundingUnpacking renewable energy in AfricaJust a couple of links, there are many more out if you google renewable energy in Africa. |
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Post by crimsoncat05 on Nov 2, 2017 21:35:43 GMT
What he REALLY meant to say.............. aren't all the spokespeople getting TIRED of having to 'explain' what the bumbling idiots MEANT to say? Wouldn't it be nice to have people in charge who actually SAID what they MEANT to say in the FIRST PLACE?!? During his visit, he met with African groups and citizens who told him about the urgent need for electricity in impoverished parts of the continent. fossil fuels aren't the only way to get electricity; but that doesn't help his narrative any, does it? |
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Post by amom23 on Nov 2, 2017 21:48:55 GMT
Am I the only one that is sick and tired of someone having to tell me what these politicians *meant* to say? No you aren't!  |
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Post by jayfab on Nov 2, 2017 21:54:38 GMT
Am I the only one that is sick and tired of someone having to tell me what these politicians *meant* to say? Nope, I'm sick of it too! SaveSave |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2017 22:06:40 GMT
linkRick Perry is a fool. And my first though was Africa would be a perfect place to have renewable clean energy. I have never been to Africa but it occurred to me they there is great potential there for solar, wind, & hydro power. Another plus would be the jobs it would create making the solar panels, wind turbines & hydro plants. So I did my own research to see if it was unrealistic. I found “Renewable Energy Development” a report by African Energy Policy Research Network. It was done in 2003. According to the report there is great potential but limited policy and investment interest and lack of technology. But that was in 2003. We’ve come a long way in clean energy technology and should really push Africa toward a clean energy solution.Its easy to push fossil fuels because they have been around for a long time and change is hard. But in the long run renewable clean energy would be the best way to give Africa the power they need. Especially since the potential is already there. There's a lot going on in Africa as far as renewable energy but, like a lot of things, it's a lack of outside investment that stops it progressing at the rate it should. It's greatly underfunded as it stands at the moment. It's a shame that Rick Perry didn't understand that and focus on what is needed and how to promote that investment rather than how many street lights there was in a particular area. Fossil fuel will be just as unhealthy for them and no better than the kerosene lamps used now four new African renewable energy get fundingUnpacking renewable energy in AfricaJust a couple of links, there are many more out if you google renewable energy in Africa. Thanks for posting the articles. I quit looking after I answered my question to me about wondering if clean renewable energy would be viable in Africa. Glad to see it’s happening. |
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Post by Darcy Collins on Nov 2, 2017 22:15:29 GMT
There's no question renewable energy will be relevant in Africa, just as it needs to be relevant around the world. I do hope however that people read the article I posted where African leaders discussed their concern that THEY be forced to handicap their economic development as the cost and technical issues with renewable energy catch up. I think it's arrogant in the extreme while the UK, US and every other developed nation spent decades burning fossil fuels and CONTINUE to burn fossil fuels, we expect countries with vastly fewer resources to rely only on renewable energy. There are real people in Africa today living in extreme poverty with very few options.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 2, 2017 23:18:41 GMT
Which is bullshit because what people need is ENERGY, not necessarily fossil fuels. And the best hope to energize parts of the continent still in the dark is DISTRIBUTED RESOURCES (small gen - solar, wind, bio, etc.) and storage. The reason so much of the continent doesn't have energy is because of the old CENTRALIZED model of power generation from huge plants needing thousands of miles of wires to deliver from plants to substations to streets to homes. But Africa will get there - storage costs are coming down and solar prices have already plummeted. They need ENERGY. Not necessarily and certainly not only fossil fuel run centralized power plants. Just like they leapfrogged over the centralized phone companies and went straight to cell phones, many parts of the world that are still w/o electricity will bypass centralized generation in favor of going directly to distributed solar and then solar + storage. www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/06/26/the-race-to-solar-power-africa |
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Post by twinsmomfla99 on Nov 2, 2017 23:27:45 GMT
I am not a fan of Rick Perry and this bumbling statement does no favors to Africa where over 600 MILLION people have no access to electricity. The MAJORITY of the people living in 38 of the 49 sub-Saharan countries live without electricity — 95% of those living in Liberia, South Sudan, Central African Republic, Chad, Sierra Leone and Malawi do not have electricity. This is a real problem. I think this article does a good job of discussing the real issues of balancing the needs of the people living in Africa and the concerns about climate change. www.scientificamerican.com/article/africa-needs-fossil-fuels-to-end-energy-apartheid/ It's unfortunate that Perry is not able to actually articulate what's going on in Africa and we're left discussing a stupid comment about sexual assault and light bulbs while hundreds of millions of people still sit in the dark. What is even more sad 😞 is the idea that fossil fuels are the answer. With the solar technology available today, coal should not even be in the discussion for electricity for Africa. If they have NO electricity/power grid, why would you waste your resources on fossil fuels when you could start with a RENEWABLE source that is widely available n the region? Solar power would be more economical than n the long run, so why tie yourself to coal/oil/gas? ETA: So I started this response before dinner and did not hit submit. When I came back and did submit, several others had expressed these same or similar thoughts in a much better way. Carry on. 😃 |
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Post by delila on Nov 3, 2017 18:50:45 GMT
The only good thing Rick Perry has going for him is his hair!!! He does have nice hair. Here in Texas we call him Mr Good Hair!!!! Otherwise he's a total tool.
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