From today's Tennessean:
Thompson doesn't rule out drilling in Everglades
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP ) -- Republican presidential hopeful Fred Thompson seemed taken by surprise when asked Tuesday about oil drilling in the Everglades, apparently unaware it's been a major Florida issue.
Before answering, he laughed at the question."Gosh, no one has told me that there's any major reserves in the Everglades, but maybe that's one of the things I need to learn while I'm down here," Thompson said after talking over state issues with Gov. Charlie Crist.
Thompson, who has called for seeking U.S. oil resources wherever they exist, was asked by an Associated Press reporter whether that included drilling in the Everglades.
"I'm not going to start out by taking this, that or the other off the table in terms of our overall energy situation," he said.
In 2002, when Thompson was a Tennessee senator, President Bush announced plans to spend $120 million to buy oil and gas rights on 390,396 acres of federally protected land in the Everglades to safeguard them from drilling.
So... Fred just sealed the deal as to whether or not I will be an Anti-Thompson Pundit. What is the deal with these candidates all being idiots when it comes to alternative fuels?
There are a million different options for converting energy to motion; yet we are hell bent on only using the most polluting and least available resource on the planet. Whats the viability of a hydrogen car?
Now let me ask that question again with a nationwide conversion of gas stations prior to the release of these vehicles(I.e. add one hydrogen pump per station... Nationwide)? To dangerous you say... Well what about a Hydrogen Fuel Cell that can burn oxygen too? (i.e. H2O...)
So... Which party wants my vote? (I know who's getting it; but still come on and fight for it again... at least then we would assume our leadership is changing for the better) I suggest one of you come out with an ENERGY PLAN, and when you do... Make sure it excludes Fossil Fuels; and Includes Alternative Fuel Technology.
