Comments on: Lock Down at Bank of America to Protest Coal Investments http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/08/13/lock-down-at-bank-of-america-to-protest-coal-investments/ Dispatches from the Youth Climate Movement Sun, 06 May 2012 08:12:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Stark http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/08/13/lock-down-at-bank-of-america-to-protest-coal-investments/#comment-65721 Thu, 26 Jun 2008 17:43:57 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/08/13/lock-down-at-bank-of-america-to-protest-coal-investments/#comment-65721 Who on here turned their lights on today?
Who would like to go to a hospital when they are sick, pregnant or in need of surgery?
Who turned on a computer, ipod, or cell phone?
Who went to a coffee shop today?
Who is concerned about their grandparents well being when they need to go to a nursing home and need to be hooked up to a medical equipment?
Who likes hot showers?
Who wants their kids to be educated and go to school every day?
Who likes to have a heater in the winter?
Who likes to have fans and air conditioners in the summer?
Who makes less than $250,000 a year and can’t afford the expensive alternatives today….

I for one do and unfortunately there is no alternative that is currently feasible today, or will be in the next 15 years, that will make it affordable to the masses other than energy created from power plants, of which a majority of them are coal powered. These new plants are utilizing technology that is less pollutive, more productive and safer every day. Let’s think about the reality of what is needed to keep our country / world going today before we protest something so basic and so important to every day survival. Yes – please let’s spend massive amounts of time and money researching and developing alternatives as a solution and get them to a point that enables them to be affordable as they are DESPERATELY NEEDED as we only have 250 years left of coal in the ground…. We need to focus on this as we all want a bright future, if it be from the lights we turn on to read to our children at night or the natural sun that we should all be out enjoying.

Instead of wasting our time protesting use your minds to help our world, go do research or donate your time to helping the environment. But protesting by day and benefiting from what you are protesting about at night doesn’t make a lot of sense to me. I believe there is a term for that, one of which I am polite enough not to use today…..

Sincerely,

Stark
starkbaddin@gmail.com

]]> By: Westcoast Climate Convergence Takes on Dirty Energy Companies « It’s Getting Hot In Here http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/08/13/lock-down-at-bank-of-america-to-protest-coal-investments/#comment-50645 Wed, 15 Aug 2007 18:47:43 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/08/13/lock-down-at-bank-of-america-to-protest-coal-investments/#comment-50645 [...] show that LNG is comparable to gasified coal (aka “Clean Coal,” a true oxymoron – see post about SE Convergence!) in its carbon [...]

]]> By: Patty http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/08/13/lock-down-at-bank-of-america-to-protest-coal-investments/#comment-50606 Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:52:49 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/08/13/lock-down-at-bank-of-america-to-protest-coal-investments/#comment-50606 Rock On!

No Coal! NO Nukes! No Kidding!

Definitely NO COMPROMISES!

]]> By: Eco-Activists Fighting Climate Criminals Need Help! « It’s Getting Hot In Here http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/08/13/lock-down-at-bank-of-america-to-protest-coal-investments/#comment-50604 Tue, 14 Aug 2007 18:48:16 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/08/13/lock-down-at-bank-of-america-to-protest-coal-investments/#comment-50604 [...] Eco-Activists Fighting Climate Criminals Need Help! Published by lizveazey, August 14th, 2007 Uncategorized Yesterday, police violently arrested five people at a nonviolent direct action at the regional Bank of America headquarters in downtown Asheville. [...]

]]> By: knigt http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/08/13/lock-down-at-bank-of-america-to-protest-coal-investments/#comment-50601 Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:07:08 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/08/13/lock-down-at-bank-of-america-to-protest-coal-investments/#comment-50601 haha..

]]> By: Susan http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/08/13/lock-down-at-bank-of-america-to-protest-coal-investments/#comment-50375 Tue, 14 Aug 2007 01:40:02 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/08/13/lock-down-at-bank-of-america-to-protest-coal-investments/#comment-50375 It’s awesome to see so many people carrying on the good fight. Thanks for all you do.

]]> By: Joy Towles Ezell http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/08/13/lock-down-at-bank-of-america-to-protest-coal-investments/#comment-50373 Tue, 14 Aug 2007 01:16:06 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/08/13/lock-down-at-bank-of-america-to-protest-coal-investments/#comment-50373 NO Coal — NO Nukes — NO Kidding!
NO Compromise!
Joy

]]> By: The Understory » No Coal No Nukes No Kidding (Climate Activists Lockdown in Asheville) http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/08/13/lock-down-at-bank-of-america-to-protest-coal-investments/#comment-50367 Mon, 13 Aug 2007 19:51:11 +0000 http://itsgettinghotinhere.org/2007/08/13/lock-down-at-bank-of-america-to-protest-coal-investments/#comment-50367 [...] Read the press release here [...]

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