{"id":36701,"date":"2019-06-05T10:32:14","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T17:32:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/?p=36701"},"modified":"2019-06-05T10:32:14","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T17:32:14","slug":"has-biden-disqualified-himself","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.politicsplus.org\/blog\/2019\/06\/05\/has-biden-disqualified-himself\/","title":{"rendered":"Has Biden Disqualified Himself?"},"content":{"rendered":"

This year, I shall not attack Democratic Candidates.  However, when the behavior or a position of a Democratic candidate falls short of what I believe the party needs, I will say so with no attack intended.  Joe Biden recently unveiled his climate change plan.  It has two problems.  First, segments of it appear to be plagiarized.  Second, and far more important, the plan reflects the policies of the fossil fuel industry.<\/font><\/p>\n

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\"0605CarbCap\" <\/p>\n

Sections of the former vice president\u2019s plan, noted an observant climate campaigner, \u201clooked like the type of thing the coal industry, trade groups, and coal companies themselves say. <\/p>\n

Almost immediately after releasing a climate plan Tuesday that green groups slammed as woefully inadequate<\/a> in part due to its embrace of industry-backed proposals<\/a> such as \u201ccarbon capture<\/strong>,\u201d presumptive 2020 Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden faced accusations of plagiarizing language from a number of sources, including a coalition consisting of major fossil fuel companies\u2026 <\/p>\n

Josh Nelson, vice president of the progressive organization CREDO Mobile, was the first to highlight<\/a> possible instances of plagiarism in Biden\u2019s plan<\/a>, noting on Twitter that the section \u201cabout carbon capture and sequestration includes language that is remarkably similar to items published previously by the Blue Green Alliance and the Carbon Capture Coalition\u201d\u2014two organizations backed by major fossil fuel companies and labor unions. <\/p>\n

\u201cMembership of the Carbon Capture Coalition, where some of Biden\u2019s language seems to have originated, includes Shell, Peabody Energy, Arch Coal, and Cloud Peak Energy<\/strong>.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u2014Josh Nelson, CREDO Mobil…  [emphasis added<\/em>]<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Inserted from <Raw Story<\/a>><\/font> <\/p>\n

On the issue of plagiarism, I don’t consider it a big deal.  In all probability it was prepared by an aide, and Biden didn’t know.  He has updated it with proper citations.<\/font> <\/p>\n

Biden’s support for CCS is far more ominous.  There is a reason that there are no large scale CCS plants anywhere in the world.  Such a facility would require so much extra fuel and energy to operate that to do so would be cost prohibitive, a probable increase of up 60% or more.  That makes CCS the pie in the sky for the fossil fuel industry, an excuse to keep on pumping carbon as long as fools believe it’s coming real soon now.<\/font> <\/p>\n

Joe Biden has apparently been taken in, as I do not believe that he would intentionally feed corporate criminal bullshit to American voters.  Nevertheless, he is doing so. If he wins the Democratic nomination, I will support him.  However, I believe this position disqualifies him as a viable candidate for the Democratic nomination, and urge you support others.<\/font> <\/p>\n

RESIST!!<\/font><\/h1>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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