2012 Election Issues #1–Energy
Posted: 29 October 2012 Filed under: Elections, Energy, Observations, Politics | Tags: 2012 Elections, Energy Policies, Issues, Postaday 2012 10 Comments »The debates are over (mercifully) and now the dash for the finish line….we will hear lots of slogans, spin and utter bovine fecal matter (that is bullsh*t in case you were confused)…..but what about the issues…you know those stances that were seldom spoken about during the debates…..if you could call them debates (that is a future post in the making)……..let me give you a few of the issues that I think should have been more important during the debates……
Energy–
President Barack Obama proposes an “all of the above” strategy that embraces traditional energy sources such as oil and coal, along with natural gas, nuclear power and renewable sources such as wind, solar and hydropower. Obama has spent billions to promote “green energy” and backs a tax credit for the wind industry that his Republican rival Mitt Romney opposes. While production of renewable energy has soared, critics point to several high-profile failures, including Solyndra, a California solar company that went bankrupt, costing taxpayers more than $500 million.
Romney pledges to make the U.S. independent of energy sources outside of North America by 2020, through more aggressive exploitation of domestic oil, gas, coal and other resources and quick approval of the Keystone XL pipeline from Canada to Texas. Obama blocked the pipeline because of environmental concerns but supports approval of a segment of it.
Now this is something that needs attention……we can whine about a lot of things but some of us want more information…just keep in mind that academics are for sale……they strive for grant money and in doing so they become whores to special interests….just ask yourself….how funded that study…..and then you will know just who will benefit from the “findings”…….There needs to be a clarification by both candidates and their plans should be more informative.
Though Obama is head and shoulders above Romney on promoting clean, renewable energy he is still not giving it the attention it needs or to the consequences of our continued status quo use of fossil fuels.
For those who think our efforts with a few “high-profile failures, including Solyndra” were a bust, John Stewart has some facts that will make this notion silly in comparison to Romney’s venture capitalist busts.
Yea he is…..the problem is that the drill baby drill people are becoming more and more in a majority…this is where the biggest problem will be…
Ever since President Carter proclaimed the need for an energy policy, every candidate talks about energy … and the nation still lacks a energy policy.
So true….there are NO plans just minor ideas….and Congress will;l be NO help…..
None …. absolutely none ….
FYI: I’m working on a fitting message for Congress with the hopes of posting it Election Day night.
I look forward to reading it……the problem as I see it is no matter whose policy we get it will do little for us mere mortals but everything for the corporations……
A policy in name only, and one without substance.
Sounds like a valid prediction to me……
If we truly had an energy policy, we’d have many fewer problems and not be at the mercy of others.
Hansi, no matter where the oil is found….we will always be at the mercy of oil companies….gas will not go down only through the fluctuations in the market…..