by Carlhole » Sat 20 Sep 2008, 19:18:32
$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Plantagenet', 'I') like the Republican's energy agenda better then Obama's plan. I think the US needs more energy development to deal with the coming effects of Peak Oil, and the republicans want to pursue development of every kind of energy available--- and thats exactly what I'd like to see done.
Some of the specifics I'd like to see:
1. I would expect the Republicans to pass Roscoe Barnett's (R-Md) bill and follow Palin's plan to open ANWR
2. They'd pass Dana Rohrbacher's (R-Ca) bill to suspend the EIS process for new solar power plants.
3. They'd pursue McCain's plan to build nuclear power plants
4. They'd pursue McCain's plan to open the OCS to drilling
5. They'd pursue other energy options (wind, solar, hydrogen, geothermal, advanced biofuels).
6. They'd phase out the damaging ethanol subsidies that are driving food prices higher (McCain has opposed them for years).
The dems don't support #1, 2, 3, and 4. Pelosi and the dems in Congress have blocked even having a vote on #1, 2, and 4. And Obama and the dems strongly support even more wasteful ethanol subsidies (#6).
That just sounds like a standard political talking point.
A broad energy bill will have to pounded out during the next administration. And I expect it to be a priority. There will be a whole lot of deals made such as is normal in Washington. Drilling will probably be part of it, they'll offer tax credits and incentives for renewable energies, they'll raise cafe standards, nuclear will probably see a resurgence, hopefully they'll spur R&D into cellulosic and other things... And they will do more or less these same things regardless of whether McCain or Obama wins.
But you keep posting these fanatically partisan threads nearly everyday and you've done it for months. Most of them have nothing to do with energy. You'll go on and on about trivial things like the Obama flag nonsense or Palin's email thing or all kinds of spurious, disparaging stories that identify you as an obsessive Republican fan. I mean, you obsess about the Republicans like that
Britney video guy obsesses about Britney Spears!
Why?
Say the Democrats disappeared completely. They no longer provided any opposition to the GOP's policies and goals. And the Republicans became the sole political party, how would you describe how life for Americans would change after a decade or two?