Dick Gephardt is now a lobbyist for the coal companies who wants to defeat efforts by Democrats to put caps on carbon emissions?!! Dick Gephardt the former Democratic House Majority Leader, lobbying for the coal companies; is there something wrong with this picture? Al Gore stuck to his guns when he was defeated and didn’t trade his long cherished beliefs about environmental issues for money. Dick Gephardt sold his soul to the devil for money!
He now is working for Peabody Coal and lobbying for more money to develop Clean Coal. In the Clean Coal environmental model, the coal companies will use carbon sequestration to offset the carbon emissions. That means burying the carbon dioxide in the ocean, which turns into thick gooey gunk that sinks to the bottom of the ocean. Wonder how many eco-systems in the ocean this will upset? Never mind that we get the majority of the oxygen we breathe from phytoplankton in the ocean and we have no idea how carbon sequestration will impact delicate balance of the ocean’s eco-system. Dick Gephardt is protecting jobs but this perhaps shows why the Democrats were on a losing streak under his leadership. This is so short sighted and so one dimensional. And to think, I he was once my favorite candidate in 2004. What a fool I was! I guess I'm taking off my rose-tinted glasses and learning to see things for the way they are. Good riddance Dick Gephardt!
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