rightwinger
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See not that far apart after all, it's my opinion that too much focus is put on the cause and very little effort is made on this nations future solutions. Right-winger you know of course as we have debated this issue many times that as far as solutions go, most Americans seem to be a little closer than some are willing to admit. I for one think that to explore every technology to rid our nation of its need to finance middle eastern and south american tin pots can not happen soon enough. However in my opnion to spend billions of taxpayer money to help other nations conform to a set of standards based on IPCC conclusions is not taking this nations best interest at heart.
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You are quite correct - greater expansion of natural gas, nuclear, and cleaner-coal energy alone would greatly reduce our dependence on foreign oil - and yet through restrictive regulation and crippling tax structure, these industries are always fighting for survival.
Natural gas in particular is a great option - we could run vehicles as well as heat homes with it. (the latter of course being done already) It burns more cleanly than coal, or wood, we have huge reserves of it, and the use-technology is already there.
And yet this current president and the Democrat leadership rarely mentions it.
Why?????
It comes down to political clout and lobbyists. The oil companies are still our most powerful energy lobby so we get ...drill baby drill. Coal is still king in many states. Solar and wind are still niche energy sources and can help but not solve our energy problems. Nuclear is still the boogy man and is ignored. The biggest savings is in energy conservation but nobody makes money off that so it is ignored
We need a BIPARTISAN energy commision to develop a comprehensive energy plan for the next 50 years not what is good for the next 5 years