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| Policy - Election '08 |
| Saturday, 22 November 2008 06:33 |
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The Obama-Biden Plan The energy challenges our country faces are severe and have gone unaddressed for far too long. Our addiction to foreign oil doesn"t just undermine our national security and wreak havoc on our environment -- it cripples our economy and strains the budgets of working families all across America. Barack Obama and Joe Biden have a comprehensive plan to invest in alternative and renewable energy, end our addiction to foreign oil, address the global climate crisis and create millions of new jobs. The Obama-Biden comprehensive New Energy for America plan will: Help create five million new jobs by strategically investing $150 billion over the next ten years to catalyze private efforts to build a clean energy future. Within 10 years save more oil than we currently import from the Middle East and Venezuela combined. Put 1 million Plug-In Hybrid cars -- cars that can get up to 150 miles per gallon -- on the road by 2015, cars that we will work to make sure are built here in America. Ensure 10 percent of our electricity comes from renewable sources by 2012, and 25 percent by 2025. Implement an economy-wide cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050. Energy Plan Overview Provide Short-term Relief to American Families Crack Down on Excessive Energy Speculation. Swap Oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to Cut Prices. Eliminate Our Current Imports from the Middle East and Venezuela within 10 Years Increase Fuel Economy Standards. Get 1 Million Plug-In Hybrid Cars on the Road by 2015. Create a New $7,000 Tax Credit for Purchasing Advanced Vehicles. Establish a National Low Carbon Fuel Standard. A “Use it or Lose It” Approach to Existing Oil and Gas Leases. Promote the Responsible Domestic Production of Oil and Natural Gas. Create Millions of New Green Jobs Ensure 10 percent of Our Electricity Comes from Renewable Sources by 2012, and 25 percent by 2025. Deploy the Cheapest, Cleanest, Fastest Energy Source – Energy Efficiency. Weatherize One Million Homes Annually. Develop and Deploy Clean Coal Technology. Prioritize the Construction of the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline. Reduce our Greenhouse Gas Emissions 80 Percent by 2050 Implement an economy-wide cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050. Make the U.S. a Leader on Climate Change. Affiliated Greentech Portals at Investorideas.com Renewableenergystocks.com and Environmentstocks.com
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Clean Tech: Why Some Believe McCain is Best Choice for Clean Tech Investors Image by Getty Images via Daylife This is not a political blog and I am not going to make an endorsement of either the Obama-Biden or McCain-Palin ticket. (Not yet, anyway.) Cop-out? Nada. Why?I am decidedly Independent, with a capital... Read more Election '08 | | TUSEDAY, 9 September 2008 |
Republican Convention In Minneapolis-St Paul Coming Up Glenn Greenwald reports that that Minneapolis police are busy arresting prospective peace demonstrators in advance of the Republican convention - apparently "thought crime" is a valid reason for breaking into people"s homes in the "land of the free" nowadays and... Read more Election '08 | | Sunday, 31 August 2008 |
Evacuating New Orleans The SMH reports that New Orleans Ray Nagin has ordered the city to be evacuated as Hurricane Gustav approaches - Evacuation order as Gustav approaches. New Orleans mayor Ray Nagin has ordered the city emptied tomorrow in the face of... Read more Election '08 | | Sunday, 31 August 2008 |
Change Is ComingI was somewhat startled by one of the headlines in today"s SMH - "Change Is Coming", it reported John McCain saying, which had me wondering he was conceding defeat to Obama before the election has even been held.Turns out it... Read more Election '08 | | Friday, 5 September 2008 |
Gore's oil challengeHobart MercurySaturday 19/7/2008 Page: 13FORMER US vice-president Al Gore has called for a "man on the moon" effort to ditch oil and switch all of the nation"s power production to wind, solar and other carbon-free sources within 10 years. He... Read more Election '08 | | Augustonday, 11 August 2008 |
McCain Chooses Palin As Running Mate I was rather bemused when I saw the weekend headlines announcing "McCain chooses Palin" as his running mate for his doomed campaign for the presidency this year - surely Michael Palin isn"t eligible, was the first thought that ran through... Read more Election '08 | | Septemberonday, 1 September 2008 |
Sarah Palin - Future Shock Personified ?Adam Greenfield has some interesting thoughts about the American culture war as a manifestation of Future Shock - Thoughts for an eleventh September: Alvin Toffler, Hirohito, Sarah Palin (via Jamais Cascio). There"s more at the link.I think we actually had... Read more Election '08 | | Septemberonday, 15 September 2008 |
Cops vs BlocsBob Morris is doing a good job of following the RNC protests, today featuring John Robb and FutureJacked - Protest is dead. Long live global guerillas.What we are seeing now on the streets outside the RNC is the open source... Read more Election '08 | | Wednesday, 3 September 2008 |
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