Your Opinion and Comments:

Energy Policy?

Instead
of sloganeering and thirty second sound bites. Lets hear some
proposals. No I'm not talking about raising the CAFE standards. I don't
think you can legislate higher MPG cars anyway, the free market is
taking care of that. Did you notice that GM is converting four plants
that currently produce pickups and large SUV's to produce smaller SUV's
and the new plug in Volt electric car? Was that a response to the
higher CAFE standard or the laws of supply and demand? Pick your law, I
think it was the latter.

Instead
of punishing the oil companies for alleged windfall profits.( Like you
guys don't have oil stocks in your portfolios, I don't think I'd vote
for you if you don't because you're crazy!) How about giving or
extending tax breaks to consumers to buy hybrids or electric vehicles?
Extend the incentives to insulate our homes better, to buy energy
efficent flourescent bulbs, energy saving appliances,TV's etc. Instead
of using the regulatory stick use the economic incentive carrot of tax
breaks to allow us to keep more of OUR money, both on
April 15th and at the end of the month when our utility bills arrive.
Here's a novel idea, why don't you Senators jointly sponsor some of
these initiatives? Demonstrate you are committed to your country, not
just winning the big prize.

I
personally believe that a sincere attempt at energy independence or
less dependence on foreign oil, has to include more domestic
production, including ANWAR, drilling off the Gulf coast where the
Chinese are already drilling just outside the 12 mile limit. You think
they might be taking OUR oil there?

It
has to include include Wind, Solar , Geothermal and other " green
tecdhnologies" and by the way, how do you propose to handle all the
Indiana Bat and NIMBY objectons?

Where
do you stand on Nuclear power.? France produces 80% of their
electricity by nuclear power. I know Harry Reid doesn't want the
repository in HIS state. But it's time to get serious Senators. By the
way Harry, does that Nuclear repository create any high paying jobs
that are done by Americans.? Kind of difficult to outsource those jobs!

As
for ethanol, why aren't we asking the Brazilian's , Hey, how do you
guys do it? Isn't imitation the sincerest form of flattery? I
understand GM is building most of these Ethanol powered cars in Brazil
now. This isn't exactly new technology. The Germans were forced to
devlop synthetic fuels in WWII by alled bombers. Instead of taking
perfectly good food, such as corn, to make alcohol lets develop the
technologys to take sawgrass and other biomass to make clean burning
fuel.

Finally
Senaotrs what about clean coal technology? We are the equivalent of
Saudi Arabia in coal in this county. Why don't we invest the equivalent
of a new aircraft carrier in R & D in coal technology. I know
important work is being done in that are at PSU and other universites
as we speak.

Yes
John and Barack , this is one taxpayer who thinks thiswill be akey
issue in November . For me it ranks right behind National Defense. It
affects so many elements of our daily lives. Our national security,our
national sovereignty, our economy, cost of living, quality of life. I
am one American who woujd love to see Hugo Chavez and Amadinejad ( sp?)
deprived of all that oil revenue.

I need to hear where you stand and not in thirty seconds either!!

Your Opinion and Comments:

Steve what does the following mean to you.???

From Barack's book, Audacity of Hope:

"I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an
ugly direction."

HE DID NOT SAY STAND WITH AMERICANS!!!!!.