Obama and the democrats energy plan is simply to keep evergy prices high and ensure that tax revenues remain high. only a few weeks ago, the democrats admited that they like to keep gas prices high and there was even talk of increasing the gas tax by another 10 cents.
Pelosi’s call for Natural Gas is also foolhardy since there’s no way we can have more natural gas unless we drill more wells. Pelosi and Pickens will benefit in the increase of natural gas prices through their investment with CLNE. the less Natural Gas supply and increase in usage (as Pickens is pitching that Natural gas be used in cars more) would ensure an increase in natural gas prices that would affect millions of household using natural gas for cooking and heating.
the alternative energy that democrats are promising are not even ready to be a raliable energy source. the national grid can not store wind and solar energy effectively since storage stations (with large battery capacity) can’t come on line at a low price. if we reduce the use of coal and natural gas for electricity and replace them with wind and solar right now, you will have blackouts all across the country as wind and solar can’t supply the needed electricity during peak hours.
the democrats are trying to fool the people into thinking that wind and solar can replace 20% of our electricity needs right now which is not the case.
nuclear power is our best chance for reliable clean electricity and increasing domestic oil and natural gas production is our best chance in reducing foreign oil. all other alternative energy projects wil take decades to satisfy even just a quarter of the country’s energy needs. it’s very irresponsible for the political democrat hacks to say that we can be energy independent in just a decade.
