GOP Releases Energy Act
The Republicans in Congress have released a proposal that will increase advancements in addressing the energy crisis our country is currently facing. With the rising prices at the pump, a sinking economy, and the possibility of a national energy tax, “cap and trade,” Congress needs to address this issue with a pragmatic, environmentally conscious approach. The Republicans realize that Americans have fallen on hard times with the slumping economy, and they have created a proposal (unlike the Democrats, who have proposed the cap and trade tax) that would address this crisis without raising taxes.
Some of the initiatives included in the bill are:
- Lifting the drilling restrictions in ANWR, the Mountain West, and the Outer Continental Shelf
- Pushing for clean and emissions free nuclear energy, along with increasing the number of nuclear reactors
- Relying on our own renewable resources, such as clean-coal technology, wind and solar energy
- Cutting frivolous lawsuits that would hinder the development of energy advancements
Americans need to rid themselves of being dependent on foreign countries for oil and other energy sources. Our country offers the opportunity to be energy independent, and all we need to do is to tap into them without harming the environment, which is possible.
**Source: GOP.gov
Posted on June 11, 2009, in National Politics and tagged Congress, Energy, Republicans. Bookmark the permalink. 1 Comment.
If they put improvements to CAFE standards for trucks and vans in that bill, along with a few other things of that nature, such a bill could pass. A lot of Democrats are willing to support drilling in ANWAR if it is done as part of a plan to get us off of foreign oil. We just won’t make that concession if the only result is selling some oil.
A real omnibus energy bill needs to build more refineries as well. And some of those refineries need to be outside of the Gulf of Mexico. I’d like to see a small refinery in Alaska to reduce the cost of fuel used by Alaskans, particularly so that we aren’t paying $6 a gallon for fuel to run the machinery that is engaged in getting the oil out of the ground. Its an absurd situation.
I do have to point out the absurdity of calling ‘clean coal technology’ a renewable resource. I’m sure that you can make a case for why you think its a good idea to use coal, but the idea of calling it a renewable resource is pretty ridiculous unless we are prepared to bury a few hundred cubic miles of algae and decayed plant matter and then wait around for a couple million years