Do any of the presidential candidates have an energy program?

Question

I mean I bet there are alternate sources out there and why wouldn't we use them if cost efficient? I have seen a great one on here that could make history. If Bushes are "cousins" to Saudi then what next when they leave?

Answer 1

Most of the candidates have proposals for energy programs. The issues for an energy program are somewhat clear-cut:

1) Will you allow new drilling in environmentally sensitive areas?

2) What part, if any, does coal play as an alternative to oil?

3) What fuel standards do you want to place on automobiles?

4) What part does nuclear power play?

5) What part does ethanol and bio-diesel play as an alternative to oil?

6) What incentives are you willing to give to other alternative energy proposals like solar, hydro, thermal, and wind power? How will you pay for those incentives?

Look, the general consensus of geologist is that we have about another 20-25 years of cheap oil (and at current U.S. demand a substantial portion of that oil will be imported). From a short-term free market approach, the U.S. is economically better off without an energy program. There are, of course, two problems with the short-term analysis. First, it ignores that an oil-based economy externalizes many of the environmental problems (and hence the costs) of consuming oil. Second, it ignores the mid-term economic and other dangers of sending that much money to countries that really do not like us. In the absence of deciding that their a strategic necessity to make oil too expensive (and other fuel forms relatively cheap) -- a decision that politicians have proven reluctant to take -- most of the proposed energy policies are merely the shuffling of the deck chairs on the Titanic.

The bottom line is that we are addicted to oil. Politicians love to talk about breaking the addiction but the actions needed to break the addiction are too painful for any politician to seriously propose. We will still be having this debate in 20 years when it may be too late to do much good.

Answer 2

I must make this clear before you read my answer. I am not talking about the 4.9 % of Americans who try to conserve energy, reduce, reuse and recycle, and are otherwise living by the creed of leaving a better place to live for our children.

Hahahahaha...poor deluded Americans. What energy crisis..we don't have no stinkin energy crisis..even though the rest of the world id going to suffer because of your piggish ways, it will almost be worth it to see all your SUV's up on blocks. And you having lost mega bucks because you can't resell and can't take a 5th out on your oversized houses....hahahahahahaha

Answer 3

Hillary just popped one out with a 50 mil price tag. Sorry no link.
It was on Yahoo news so I guess we can Google it. Global warming it takes Democrats a while to get onto buzz words. Must be PC ....

Answer 4

i could ask Obama what he skill while he says we will "look into offshore drilling." Does he recommend he's heavily pondering it, going to do it, or has no plans of doing it yet in simple terms asserting what's politically expedient. My persist with up question could be, assuming the above answer isn't expedience, what has replaced your suggestions interior the previous couple of years?

Answer 5

Yes, Mike Gravel favors windpower and Hussein supports
nuclear power plants. Which one would you like in your
back yard?

Answer 6

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