Will Republicans Support this effort in Congress? Or is it too Responsible?

Question

This August, the Senate and House of Representatives both passed landmark bills that - if combined, will put America on the path to energy independence and solving global warming.

Right now, members of the House and Senate are working to create a final version of the bill - which could and should include the best of both measures - that raises fuel efficiency standards to 35 miles per gallon and requires that 15% of our electricity be generated by wind, solar or other renewable power.
If Congress flips the switch, this bill will:
Cut 20% of our global warming emissions by 2030 and make significant progress on the long term reductions in global warming pollution that we need,
Save consumers more than $25 billion at the pump and billions more on their home energy bills,
Bring a new clean energy economy to life - an energy economy that, according to studies by the Union of Concerned Scientists, will keep and create hundreds of thousands of new, good-paying American jobs.

Answer 1

Doubtful.

That bill will impact and reduce the profit margins of the oil companies, who are big contributers and fund raisers for the GOP congressional candidates.

Not to mention that it will go far in helping clean up the air, which will adversely impact the profit margins of the HMO's and Big Pharma who are making a bank off of asthma sufferers and people with lung cancer.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Junk science but we have tons of oil here at home that we could tap to buy time to find better alternatives if the leftists would let us do it and of course new refineries since that is a larger problem than actual supply of crude

Answer 4

I am a conservative. I would not support legislation aimed at junk science. We have free enterprise in the US. It has worked to make us the most successful nation in the world.

Congressmen are incapable of writing legislation that will solve all of the world's problems.

I suspect that you are a tree-hugging liberal.

Answer 5

Hey, do what you want...but you better keep your windmills out of the Hamptons. Country Club Liberals don't like their view ruined.

Answer 6

Only if this will benefit corporate profits. The GOP's first priority is making corporate execs even richer. Everything else does not even fall a far second, as nothing else matters to them.

Answer 7

If it's so great, why hasn't it been done before?

You are good at listing the "pros." What are the "cons?"

Answer 8

What is global warming.....I am confused...