What do Bush and the House Republicans have against Alternative Energy?

Question

House shifts $16 billion toward renewable energy!
Republicans called it a "no-energy bill" because it lacks new drilling incentives, and they derided the new emphasis on renewables as "green pork." The White House threatened to veto the bill on concerns that it could boost energy prices.

Didn't Bush say that the USA is addicted to oil and needs to find alternate energy sources? Or was he just refering to ethanol?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070805/pl_nm/usa_energy_house_dc_3

Answer 1

Roughly three years ago in a televised State of the Union Address, Bush dropped a hint on what a portion of the Republican plan for alternative energy might be.

He mentioned pulling in the big oil companies to explore the development of hydrogen based fuels as a possible alternative to fossil fuels.

So, after the oil companies have spent decades with that giant money-sucking vacuum ... sucking the dollars out of the pockets of the American consumer, you might think the power and influence of big oil is now diminishing ... diminishing due to waning fossil fuels and the growing green movement.

What exactly is it that the Republicans love to say when justifying a rationale for supporting corporate interests while actively fighting American workers who are negatively impacted by those interests?

"Let the Free Market Decide"

In this scenario, the free market would have decided the days of big oil, had come and gone ... the strangle hold of big oil on all of us had run it's course and the corrupt, self-serving oil and gas industry was now dying.

But there's the problem ... the oil and gas industry is a prime Republican contributor. In addition, the ruling elite is heavily invested in oil and gas.

So ... enter the Republicans with their little energy plan, big oil is potentially crowned "Lords of the Hydrogen" ... so they can rape us all over again.

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Answer 2

Bush is the greenest president we have ever had. Did you know his ranch in texas is on solar and that the truck he drives down there is on alternate fuel. He also had some solar installed at the white house. Bush is pro alternate energy, he just recognizes the fact that america is unable and unwilling to do it right now. These technologies still need major work before they can become our primary energy sources. The bill also contains a number of punitive energy use taxes and price controls similar to ones that resulted in an oil shortage in the 70's. I agree with Bush, its a bad bill, and I am a alternate fuels researcher. I would love to see more money placed in the alternate energy research arena. But we dont need all of the other garbage they heaped into this bill.

Answer 3

You need alot more research my frend. I'm far from rep. nor do i care for bush.
But we have been working on all these types of energy sense the 70's, and for all the same reason's. we have made some progress yes, but we are way far from being close to making it fesuable, either cost or product for bio fuel's. The tech just isn't there yet.
You think energy crunch is something new. It isn't. This generation seem's to think it is. One only has to go back in the not so distant past.
They need to teach a little 70's era history, to adress these issues.
When i was little they said the oil would run out around 2000 or so. Hughe grants where made and there still being paid.
basicially the moneys there, but the tech. is still far off .

Answer 4

Before you all condemn the bill, or condemn the President for a threatened veto, it would be wise to look at the bill and see just what kind, if any, earmarks for unrelated things are hidden in the bill. I was watching cspan last night for a little bit, and saw a republican congressman from Arizona trying to get some explanations as to why there were so many large earmarks in the defense spending bill that didn't have anything to do with defense. He was going after dems and repubs alike and was getting no good answers.

Answer 5

The objections they have is that it hurts their rich oil industrialist friends personally, because it means they will have smaller dividend checks. Now they will receive checks of only $5 million rather than $10 million. That means they can only buy one yacht this year instead of two. Poor babies! That also means their friends will have fewer funds to contribute to the Republican Party, which is their ultimate concern. But no matter. The Republican Party is now on their way out of power. The issue uppermost in the minds of voters is the bogus conflict in Iraq, to which they are determined to put an end. En masse they will not vote for anyone who gives the slightest hint they will perpetuate the policies of the current regime.

Answer 6

Follow the money. The Bush family is heavily into the oil companies. They also have major ties to the Saudi Arabian power families, who derived most of their wealth through the sale of oil.
Bush did make the statement that you mentioned in your question, but it was more lip service than any policy shift for his administration. That was what the voters wanted to hear but he never backed it up with any substantial legislation.

Answer 7

The Bush administrations hands are so deep in the Oil Companies pockets, if you made as money off of Oil as they do, would you want the world to go Green?!?

Answer 8

Just how long would it take to get alternative energy off the drawing boards, constructed, developed and up and running ?? Probably decades. So what do we do until then???

Answer 9

Why do many libs believe Bush generated and steered Katrina? Why do many libs believe Bush caused the bridge collapse In Minnesota? Not all people are of sound mind. That includes Democrats, Republicans and others.
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Answer 10

It cuts into the profit of their oil companies. Halliburton stock would plummet if we didn't have to do business with them or any of their subsidies/aliases.