Oil And Coal Good For The Environment?

July 2nd, 2008, 10:57 AM EDT

That’s the argument Chris Horner attempted on Hannity and Colmes Tuesday night, in response Harry Reid’s correct assertion that oil and coal harm the environment and our health.

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But Horner, who is with the oil-funded Competitive Enterprise Institute, when asked if coal is good for the environment answered, “To the extent that it creates wealth, yes”.  So we are to judge envronmental well-being by how rich we are, according to Horner.  “Healtier is wealthier,” says the oil poet.  Yes, oil and coal are good for the environment that is in a vault in Horner’s bank, maybe.

Posted in Liberaland by Alan

Responses to this post...

  1. “It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon him not understanding.”

    - Upton Sinclair

    Posted by Michael
    July 2nd, 2008 at 11:04 am

  2. Horner misspoke.

    What he meant to say is that coal is “good,” to the extent that it creates “wealth”, and, in that case, the environment be damned.

    And he’s an old man, so why should he give a damn? He’ll be dead long before the mid-west turns into a desert.

    Posted by RC from Smithtown
    July 2nd, 2008 at 12:03 pm

  3. Anything that makes the rich richer and the poor poorer is good for the environment. Maybe we could burn the poor for fuel…

    (sarcasm)

    Posted by FuRyUs
    July 2nd, 2008 at 1:11 pm

  4. A PENNEY EARNED IS A PENNEY SAVED and up to now i thought that was just a saying

    Posted by tax paying fool
    July 2nd, 2008 at 8:51 pm

  5. That’s Harry Reid – where’s the Horner clip?

    Posted by TokyoTom
    July 3rd, 2008 at 1:36 am

  6. Sure fossil fuels harm the environment and our health. It has been so since the discovery of fire. Here we are in our modern day and we still need it, depend on it and our economy would collapse without it. You left wing wackos, ” What is the alternative?” Why throw your little temper tantrums on issues you can do absolutely nothing about. I’m sure every single American would love for a new evergy scource to be developed for a better quality of life. I’m sick of all the crying and stupidy. Really people get a damn life.

    Posted by annonymous
    July 5th, 2008 at 11:52 am

  7. well i really need o know some answers to my questions because i have to write a 2 page paper on coal and im not gettin any of my questions answered!!!!!

    Posted by John
    December 15th, 2008 at 7:43 pm

  8. Is coal a fossil?
    not a fossil fuel just a fossil?

    Posted by John
    December 15th, 2008 at 7:45 pm