Interesting,

It amazes me how few really know what is important about a candidate, but will pick apart a few items of little impact, while ignoring Constitutional issues entirely.  

Thanks for posting Ron's voting record, and I hope others look at the important issues more carefully on all candidates, not just Ron Paul.  There is no candidate which everyone will agree with on every issue, but you have to start focusing on the most important ones first, and that starts with Constitutional ones in my opinion.

Anyone who voted as Ron Paul has will get my vote.  He is the first person who has been saying it like it is without worrying about who he will offend in Washington. He is a maverick compared to all the rest, and that is what we need for the office of president.

As to his stand on energy, nuclear fusion is a safe alternative, just look at France to see the future of clean and safe energy, they are building a nuclear fusion facility which most do not even know exists.  And as far as coal goes, there are also advanced coal to fuel technologies, also environmentally safer than burning coal, so until people understand what Ron means when he says he supports nuclear and coal, they should be current on why he advocates the above, and if people become educated on issues of importance, then we will see positive changes in gov.

The bottom line is to end foreign oil dependency first, implementing environmentally safe energy technologies is the right first step, and this would include solar, geo-thermal, nuclear, oil sands and shale tar extraction seperation along with liguid fuel from coal conversion.  We have many options for alternative energy, yet few are talking about them.

Peace,

Nuclear energy is the safest energy form out there, and don't let Chernobyl and Three Mile Island fool you.  Look at France to see how it does work, safely and cleanly.  As for coal, the technology exists for smokestack scrubbers and has for decades.  Dr. Paul's pollution positon is simple:  pollution violates property rights and should be dealt with accordingly.

Aliza, I suggest you do some more research and revisit your positions, because if you want to vote for Cuckoocinich, then you'll get more government, more taxes, and more pollution.

BTW, the #1 polluter in the world is the military in the warzone...

So I guess we can put the all the nuclear waste in your backyard.  Good to know.  I have done the research.  And this is what I see.  There is no way that nuclear is cleaner from start to finish then putting solar on the rooftops of houses. We now have nano flex sheeting that brings the cost of solar down below that of nuclear. There are lots of ways to look at this.

Good thing Dr. Paul doesnt stoop to name calling eh?  It is rather unbecoming in an adult.  As I said I like some of what Dr. Paul has to say and some I find really disturbing for the long run of the earth.

Aliza

I am with Aliza on this.  I don't believe there is really a safe way to store the waste.  I also believe nuclear plants would be a great target for "terrorists."

I do like Kucinich's views best, but I don't believe ANY candidate could get us out of the current mess we're in.  I think we might just be headed into an illuminati-induced crash.  Maybe I'm wrong.  I hope so... it would be nice to be wrong on this one.  I'd like to see us all thrive (wild animals included).

Hi aliza,

I wanted to ask you if you knew how they created solar panels?

One of the materials, Cadmium telluride is toxic.  It cannot be handled without appropriate gloves and it's dust is toxic as well.

Now I wonder what kind of effect manufacturing these panels would cause if it were to become a federal mandate.  Disposing them could be an issue too if your local town didn't have a recycling facility for them. You can't just throw them out in the trash. Unfortunately if every house to have them, some people would do just that.

There will always be dangers when creating energy! That's just how it is, so don't automatically reject coal or nuclear energy.  Just because solar panels look clean, does not necessarily mean they are perfect.

This goes along with the new Compact Fluorescent light bulbs everyone is pushing for. They have mercury in them and people are going to start throwing them out in their garbage cans further polluting the Earth with mercury. Like we need anymore mercury in the environment!  

I could never vote for Kucinich. Ugh the thought of him being president scares me. He wants to INCREASE the size of government rather than decrease it and he wants to ban all guns.  That's a nightmare and the beginning stages of a tyrannical government.

Birdlady, The Sierra Club released a report about the mercury in compact fluorescents.  The mercury released by coal burning plants to power one incandescent is much greater than the total mercury in one fluorescent.  So the fluorescents are better, but I'm more interested in the LED technology.  Very long life and low wattage.

There is also some solar technology that uses parabolic mirrors that is much cleaner, cheaper, and more efficient than the plastic based technology.  The only problem is that it wouldn't be as compact as the latest stick-on, and people are so caught up looks that they might consider these not in line with the design of their house.  Strange how these values work.  Wind, geothermal, small non-damming hydro, algae based biofuels, hydrogen (see Honda's new ideas about home manufacturing) are some other technologies.  It might not be a good idea to focus on just one.  Getting off the grid with many different technologies appropriate to your region might be the best way to go.

As far as big vs. less government, it seems to me that no matter what happens, the corporations are in control.  They buy the government if the government has power.  If there's less government, they'll still do whatever they please and likely wreck the survivability of our species and many more.  

Maybe these political theaters have nothing to do with our survival.  Maybe our survival depends on us as individuals.  Maybe the choices we make in everyday life will be the deciding factor...

Ron Paul also supports letting the people decide through the market which technologies win out.  He's all for consumers coming together through places like "Dr. Mercola's" website to educate people.  That's called FREEDOM for you and me.  He would support you aliza in what you're trying to do to inform people of the dangers of coal and nuclear energy.  It may take while, and if the IRS is gone, you and I may have more money in our pocket to help drive the market to more cleaner energy.

The wrong approach is government sanctioned and tax-payer funded energy.  BIG goverment, less freedom for you and me.

Good point karlak and as I said before about Ron Paul.

I love Mercola and honestly think and believe Ron Paul is our best choice for President.  However I do have a legitimate fear that Ron Paul will over privatize anything he gets his hands on.  The last thing I want to see is Mega Corporations with already God Like powers in our Country fill the gap that our defeated corrupt Government will leave if Ron Paul succeeds.  I hope he has a plan for the corporate powers that are just beneath the surface of political corruption.  If not we will find that our Government was kind and caring compared to the types of demons that run most Large Scale corporations like Monsanto in the U.S.  I am not bashing Ron Paul; in fact I donated money to his campaign and plan to do so again.  Let's just keep an eye out to make sure that a Corporate Tyrant/Emperor does not emerge from the ashes.  Instead let's summon the phoenix of the peoples understanding and good intentions to bear the front of American change and herald a new coming into the world unlike anything we have ever seen before!

“Life is not an eternal search for GOD; Life is an eternal expression of GOD”.  AMEN

PEACE and Blessings be with you all…