Nancy Pelosi: Ignorant about natural gas
Nancy Pelosi’s mouth emits a lot of natural gas, but she has no idea about how the other kind is produced.
Conn Carroll at Heritage teaches her a lesson:
The day before the Democratic National Convention Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) went on Meet the Press and told Tom Brokaw:
I’m, I’m, I’m investing in something I believe in. I believe in natural gas as a clean, cheap alternative to fossil fuels. … These investments in wind, in solar and biofuels and focus on natural gas, these are the real alternatives.
As we pointed out at the time, natural gas is not an alternative to fossil fuels … it is a fossil fuel. And as the “Energy Kids Page” of the Energy Information Administration (EIA) explains, it is a fossil fuel that needs to be drilled for.
One would hope that Pelosi had studied up on the issue since then, but her comments after the House passed a bill codifying the ban on most of the Outer Continental Shelf shows she still does not. Pelosi told The Washington Post: “We’re not trying to give incentives to drill, we’re giving incentives to invest in renewables and natural gas that will take us where we need to go.”
Again, where does Pelosi think natural gas comes from? If the government is “giving incentives” to natural gas, it is giving incentives to drill. That is how we get natural gas.
Drill, baby, drill that into your head before you embarrass yourself again.
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She stays in San Fran because she believes she bought that bridge.
Nancy, this is a hole in your head, this is your ass. I hope this clears things up for you…
Multiple quotes from Pelosi – not just one “slip of the tongue” – that she doesn’t think natural gas is a fossil fuel –
Proof San Francisco IS another world -
What will that do to the Botox. Oh, and her daughter was a joke on Hannity and Combover last night.
Hey Nancy! Can we drill your brains?
All she knows is hot air.
If she eats enough marsh sludge and cheese, she’ll eventually make some of her own. Of course, the ‘fossil’ part will have to be expelled first, but then the gas should flow freely…
I am guessing Nancy doesn’t even know how to get on the internet, much less find Hot Air, tre.
No nancy, I said THIS is a hole in you head siiggghhhh (goes with #2)
I wonder if she knows that biofuels (or any Democrat) are also hydrocarbons, which means they emit the dreaded greenhouse gas carbon dioxide when burned.
She in trouble for not knowing church history and now for not knowing jack about drilling. Where did she get her information from? Barack? Next time Nancy speak to Sarah. She know a thing or two about drilling.
Apparantly she thinks that drilling our heads will solve the energy problem…
W.H.A.T.A.M.O.R.O.N.
Speaker Pelosi’s investments will be in the Boston and B & M Baked Beans market, that’s where natural gas comes from don’t you know Madame Speaker… Drill Here! Drill Now! Pay Less!
This woman is not qualified to be two heart beats away from being President.
Aw c’mon , folks… dontcha know she’s invested in natural gas stocks and production….. dontcha want her to make a buck? What better way than to hijack Congress and lie to us…. ( sarc off)
On September 17th, 2008 at 12:33 pm, Rogue Cheddar said:
Hey Nancy! Can we drill your brains?
Only if we want to open a black hole that will destroy us all!
Had to. Sorry.
You could change that headline to:
and be more accurate.
Nuisance Nan is the laughing stock of Congress.
Betcha that if Obamessiah wins, the Dems open the offshore areas for drilling and then take credit for prices dropping. Just like they’ll take credit for “winning” the Iraq war, fixing the economy, lowering the ocean levels, ending global warming, etc., etc.
How appropriate, considering she will allow us to drill only where the resource is difficult to find and is very scarce.
Pelosi is beyond infantile. She gets elected due to the infantile electorate in that bastion of liberal tolerance, San Francisco, the City Without A Clue. Thus, they elect a Speaker Without A Clue. They should rename the Democratic Party as the Clueless Party and be done with it.
People please…. you have to understand the science.
Wind is a natural fuel that we have been unable to properly utilize until now. They are opening the ability to drill 100 miles offshore because THAT IS WHERE THE WIND IS STORED.
The wind has been trapped under the seabed for the last 40,000 years after the oceans rose suddenly – trapping the wind. This coincided with man killing off all of the sabertooth tigers, giving him excessive spare time to create expressionist paintings in various European caves while laying bare Easter Island.
Thank goodness Pelosi understands the criticality and value of our stored wind resources. I only wish I had the capibility to drill for wind in my OWN backyard.
Wow — is she really that stupid, or did she “misspeak”?
Just when you think you’ve heard the worst…
Much like “women’s rights” has morphed into “choice” which now means anything but keeping the unborn child. Same with alternative fuels, anything – anything but drilling for oil. This country runs on oil. If you love it, you’ll fuel it. Drill… NOW!!
Dear Nancy, natural gas is not that stuff produced by Congress. It actually comes out of the ground frequently from the same hole that oil comes out of.
What an idiot.
She really is a dolt. Only the cocoon of the MSM protects her from exposure.
I hope we can clear these Democrat weirdos out by 2010.
Nan and hillary have those same runaway bride bug eyes, I wonder what they’re taking…. some hevey meds is my guess.
drug test Congress….
If she is such a big fan of natural gas why is she pushing the “no-drill” drilling HR 6899 bill which effectively legislates a permanent ban on offshore drilling? Who’s natural gas are we going to use? Oh, that’s right, hers and the other “9 percenters” in Congress. They spew out enough gas to fuel the entire world.
Correct me please, but doesn’t natural gas come from the same wells/areas that we drill for oil?
BTW, Nancy, wind is not a new energy. It is how Columbus got here.
Just sent the below to my rep, Mr. Hoyer:
Dear Sir,
I know you as one of the last elected representatives who would ever place attaining a political advantage ahead of the good of our great country.
Therefore, I encourage you to please have a “drill now and allow to drill everywhere” along with “promoting nuclear power” processes in your important energy bill that will help our country’s economy and security.
Again, since you are indeed a true patriot, am sure you would never be associated with any energy-limiting-proposal that would harm our beloved country.
Thank you for placing our country first.
Vernon D. Keyser
Huntingtown, Md
In other words, we’re going to do nothing to acquire real resources; obvious resources. We’re going to waste billions on a fantasy.
Wow, who would have assumed that she wouldn’t know more about energy than people who spend their whole lives doing this for a living. Same goes with Obama, the man knows nothing. I hope his teleprompter doesn’t break down while doing appearences.
She is really the dumbest and has no business being in Washington.
You are not wrong. Here in northwest NM we drill specifically for natural gas and sometimes accidentally hit oil.
Unless we start marching on congress demanding they explain their treasonous acts, yes, i believe this bill is an act of treason. Willingly placing the national security of this nation and the security of its citizens at the highest of risk to its enemies is tant amount to treason. We will be the most vulnerable we have ever been since the foundation of this country.
We need to march on washington, d.c., and let them know we will not allow this treason to continue. Let them know we cannot be fooled by this psuedo drilling bill. Becuase it will not produce what we need to remain a viable economic power nor a country of power and strength.
Pelosi and Reid are traitors and must be tried for treason. As they are leading a congress of traitors.
jdsbc98,
ditto. There are others who need to join her in being booted!
I guess Pelosi thinks natural gas comes from all the marijuana smoke in San Fran. Apparently her brain has had too much of the wrong kind of gas on it.
The only thing Nancy isn’t ignorant about is Botox.
Her investment portfolio, and that of her family, would illustrate why she is promoting natural gas and wind energy. It is all about personal gain.
Any elected official who is in a position to direct energy, banking, and insurance policies, who are financially invested in those sectors, should recuse themselves.
An example of another one who didn’t and whose family and friends have profited by her committee direction regarding military contracting….Diane Feinstein.
She repeated that ridiculous natural gas statement THREE times on “Meet the Press” about three weeks ago.\
Stuck on stupid.
Not to mention that natural gas is not a good choice for auto fuel. The best thing you could do with it if you want to use if for auto fuel is to make methanol with it, but since we have very few flex-fuel vehicles that can run on methanol, there’s no market for it.
Nancy knows about Natural gas.
Hey, Nancy, pull my finger!
I’ve been saying folks, this Speaker is an embarrassment, and a joke. Walking, talking, joke.
This ignoramus really needs to be shown for what she is. She is swimming in the waters of energy policy with a chum bucket tied to her waist, and I see a barracuda stalking her, quietly circling and smelling all that easy bait.
Strike, Sarah! Strike!
Maybe they’ll open up ANWR for natural gas drilling and we can “accidentally” pump out a few billion gallons of oil as a by-product.
Could you imagine a government run by Pelosi, Reed and Obama. Heaven help us all.
Meanwhile I think Pelosi knows what Natural Gas is: She is full of it.
I wish we could clear ALL of these weirdos out of congress by 2010, republicans and democrats alike..
But it won’t happen.
That will keep the Kennedys out.
I hope Nancy keeps on sharting! Her remarks clearly show her to be a saavy, brilliant leader…
I’m so glad that Sarah is up for VP to show Pelosi and her ilk what a sucessful woman is. Pelosi has set back the advancement of women with her incompetence.
So Nancy’s OK with he less polluting hydrocarbons. Natural gas still results in the release of CO2 and nitrogen oxides when burned. In addition, particulate matter, sulphur oxides and reactive hydrocarbons are emitted when burnt.
IT’S STILL GOING TO CAUSE GLOBAL WARMING/ sarc
Here’s something from The Corner @ NRO.
Spread the word, and let’s kill this nonsense!
Energy Gangsterism [Iain Murray]
Note the bold line about Alaska. Our radiantly lovely Sarah’cuda isn’t going to like that. Not. One. Bit.
The Democrats are sitting ducks on this energy issue. WE HAVE %70 OF THE PEOPLE ON OUR SIDE HERE! WHY THE HELL SHOULD ANYONE COMPROMISE WITH THE LOSERS, AGAINST %70 OF AMERICA!
DAMMIT CRAPWEASEL RINOS, WAKE UP!
She’s probably holding out for some sort of “wine as fuel” plan.
NATURAL GAS POLLUTES
What, was anyone expecting natural gas would be an exception to the rule for her?
No monopoly last for ever. We are spiraling a vortex, and ala chaos theory, order can reappear where least expected. Any thing becomes possible.
We have had the NON-productive stealing from the productive for a long, long time, and we may reorganize around productive people, finally shedding the thiefs.
Sheesh, doesn’t she have advisers, or at least one staff member who knows how to use Google?
Good job, San Francisco, you have elected a brain-dead nimrod to represent you in Congress. Thanks for the entertainment.
Seriously, we’ve got to get this idiot out of any position of power. Giving any kind of responsibility to someone this freakin stupid is highly dangerous.
LMAO, Drill Near, Drill How?
Nancy Pelosi is completely insane. Nothing she says is ever true or accurate or scientific. She knows only corruption, cheating, lying, and theft. She thinks she runs the Catholic Church. She believes BO is de Massah I. How did the democrats sink so low as to have her as speaker? Because almost all democrats are just like her except that they aren’t multimillionaires. The Democrats are the greatest threat to this nation we have faced since we faced them during the civil war. They tried to destroy the Nation in 1861, and are trying again now. Only this time, we are the ones who are armed, who lead the military, and are not self destructive. War is upon us, it does no one any good to deny it. At least prepare, network with loyal Americans and stand firm.
Oh yes. In addition to Sarah, Newt will easily make Pelosi and crew look stupid, and have a visibly great time doing it. He needs to go on a T.V. and radio offensive starting today. What a contrast between Speaker Gingrich and Speaker Pelosi. Let’s give ‘em hell!
Sarah Palin
Newt Gingrich
Mitt Romney
Fred Thompson
Micheal Steele
…..and more all over TV, radio and the internets. Start it up post-haste!
STAND UP AND FIGHT!
FIXED!
I keep hoping for her pilot to set the autopilot for the Rockies, jump with a parachute, and do something heroic for Americans.
I’m looking for investors interested in “green” power. I’m proposing a multi-phase energy recovery program based in Washington, D.C. Initially, we need to build a natural gas (Methane is natural.) pipeline to the Capitol Building and the Congressional Office Buildings to recover the gas generated there. Concomitant with that, we will retrofit a heat recovery system to the ventilation system to save the thermal energy from the hot air that is produced there. The expansion of the system will include the homes and local offices of Congresscritters and Senators and may include mobile recovery systems that can follow them on the campaign trail. Normally mobile recovery systems would be too expensive, but considering the amount of methane and hot air generated on the campaign trail, I believe it to be cost effective.
If you’re interested, please let me know soon.
ECS
http://theturkeyfootbrand.blogspot.com/
Huh, I thought it just showed up in my furnace? Ok, no one in Hawaii has a furnace…
Yes, this is the woman holding our nation hostage when it comes to energy.
The Straight Fart Express
That’s what I’m talkin’ about!
Take the fight to the enemy, on his ground! Grease your war machines with his guts! Kick his sorry butt everywhere, all the time!
We will fight on the trail! We will fight on the Hill! We will never surrender!
Now let’s go!!!
Doesn’t manure convert to a nitrate as it ages??
Just remember: IT’S NOT HER FAULT.
No matter what happens… no matter how stupid she seems… no matter how poorly her book does, or her ratings are, or anything else:
IT’S NOT HER FAULT.
This seems to be all it takes to be elected by the idiots who support her. A party line with only one point: denial.
WOWZER, that is a direct hit !!!!!
Yes, it’s not her fault, just her brain on botox.
Nancy Pelosi is completely insane. Nothing she says is ever true or accurate or scientific. She knows only corruption, cheating, lying, and theft. She thinks she runs the Catholic Church. She believes BO is de Massah I. How did the democrats sink so low as to have her as speaker? Because almost all democrats are just like her except that they aren’t multimillionaires. The Democrats are the greatest threat to this nation we have faced since we faced them during the civil war. They tried to destroy the Nation in 1861, and are trying again now. Only this time, we are the ones who are armed, who lead the military, and are not self destructive. War is upon us, it does no one any good to deny it. At least prepare, network with loyal Americans and stand firm
This is an amazing post with which I fully agree. The left IS a major threat in so many ways. Unfortunately, not many people are fully cognizant of the magnitude of the threat. Hence, we do nothing.
Nancy Pelosi:
Ignorantblinks about natural gasNancy Pelosi’s definition of increasing “natural gas” production is probably to devise a means of hooking up hoses and collection tanks to an assortment of bovine recta.
She probably also thinks that this would have the bonus of helping to avert “global warming.”
But she’s a liberal, what did anyone expect? She doesn’t have to know, or even to think, she only needs to feel.
All this natural gas talk out of Pelosi is because she has been T-Boned, by Pickens himself. If she thought she could make a buck out of it she would open a fart factory.
No worries my friends, I have a simple Eco-Friendly plan that will lead us to energy independance.
Harvest Liberals For Oil
It will create a new market and thousuands of “jobs” for our beloved veterans while saving the whales and our Constitution.
Captain Ed @ Hot Air has a great new post up now:
These Senators had better be listening to their people, and looking closely at the polling data on this energy debacle the Democrats have given us.
This is our energy D-Day. Do we have the guts to take the beach and push through for a breakout?
Did Sarah Palin actually say that we should drill Nanzi Pelosi’s head and run the country on hot air?
I think I understand Nanzi’s confusion – the word ‘natural’ in natural gas, (Oh look! There goes Bambi!). Let’s start a new campaign petitioning Nanzi to adopt measures to get more ‘natural oil’.
Actually…CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) is a very good motor fuel for vehicles. It burns cleaner than gasoline but does have a lower “stored energy per unit volume” rate than gasoline.
CNG is attractive to fleet operators however (think city governments for police & city services). They can set up their own centrally located fueling station and fill up their tanks. The cost of CNG is about 75% that of gasoline. It ain’t that bad a deal really. Now why anyone would want methanol? It is used to make MTBE…a fuel additive that is carcinogenic and has been foisted upon us by the EPA, TreeHuggers-R-Us and the ilk of Clueless Nancy and her cohorts in the name of “saving the planet”. There was a fuel spill due to a truck wreck near one of Dallas’ drinking water supply lakes. It took millions of $$ and thousands of man-hours to contain the MTBE laden gasoline once it hit the ground and was running downhill towards the lake. Gasoline would simply float on the water and could be contained with booms. MTBE, since it is methanol based, fall out of the gasoline and goes into solution in the water…and then the fit hits the shan (Thanks Michelle, I usually said “then the defecant hits the rotary, oscillatory air moving device”)
How can anybody say that Pelosi does not know natural gas?
She is an expert on it. She is full of it. Her mouth contains the strategic reserves.
eric
aka the Tygrrrr Express
Let’s not forget what Pelosi is involved with. She is invested in CLNE, part of a triple play involving natural gas, a giant wind farm, and a water grab by T Boone Pickens.
I updated my information from the original article by digging deeper into the water grab in Texas and by detailing how Nancy Pelosi LIED to the media about her investments.
Pelosi is not trying to save the planet, she is protecting her investments in CLNE. If she was SERIOUS about saving the planet, as she says she is, she would be exposing the great water grab and not investing in a company that is indirectly connected with it.
I also want to say that T Boone Pickens is not the problem here, although the water grab thing is something he needs to address. The real issue is the hypocrisy and the conflict of interest of Nancy Pelosi.
I wouldn’t want to quibble with an engineer, but I’ve seen it argued elsewhere that one of the big problems with CNG is storage. The tank is pretty big and heavy and you can’t carry enough for long trips.
The more she and her cohorts screw the people …the more they will pay in November.
Natural Gas is good because it is “Natural”.
Crude Oil is bad because it is “Crude”.
Can we get a Marketing firm to help us introduce “Organic Oil” or “Mother Nature’s Oil”?
/vacuous twit
It would be a good idea to institute some qualifications to hold congressional office. Once an individual is qualified, then we can vote. I think they should at least be as smarter than a 5th grader. What an embarrassment this woman is…actually, what an embarrassment most of congress is.
And a valid point that is. That’s why I said that it is best for fleet operations like city vehicles.
The City of Mesquite has been CNG powered for a number of years.
CNG…by yielding only about 1/3 the “bang per unit volume of gasoline” can’t really be a long drive solution.
Ethanol has the same problem. Not nearly so much bang per gallon…and worse mileage too.
Gasoline is truly amazing in the amount of stored energy that it contains.
Nancy is heavily invested in the T Boone Pickens NG/windmill scheme.
The only way to make money on it is to get the federal gov to subsidize it heavily.
Follow the money folks, follow the money……
The question shouldn’t be what she is ignorant about; that could take volumes. The question should be about what she knows; that’s a pamphlet.
This woman’s ignorance is staggering…
Meanwhile Putin and Russia are going into the Artic, saying that Global Warming is a good thing, making oil more accessible. Acting in the best interest of their country they intend to find more oil fields and drill more.
Meanwhile we have Pelosi, saying “We don’t need to drill, it will only add to Global Warming.”
And yet she runs the House of Representatives.
It comes from cows. Right? Isn’t that what the government told us a few years ago? Biggest producers of methane gas is cows? If so, I am a RICH woman.
Yo bug-eyes…..
go here
Idiot.
Our Senator from TN has been taken to task for his part in the “Gang of 10″ debacle. His response is “They were misunderstood and misquoted by certain parts of the media (right wing talk radio)”. We Tennesseans made a serious error in electing Corker. Unforetunately, there is no recall provision in TN law.
Can someone explain to me what is going to happen to my heating bills when every idiot in the world is burning natural gas in their cars?
My assumption is they will be somewhere in low earth orbit.
piglosi is just plain ignorant on almost every issue there is…the house passes lifting the ban on drilling my butt…can’t drill within 50 miles (gee most of the oil is within that range), then states can decide about drilling 50-100 miles, and then the feds get to decide on the 100+ miles…of course according to the high seas act that is…well at least one good thing they will allow us the shale oil in the upper mid-west…how considerate of them….
Ignorant Nancy has gas.
Soylent Green Go Juice…I like it….I like it a lot!!!