A “Use it or Lose It” Approach to Existing Oil and Gas Leases.
Obama and Biden will require oil companies to develop the 68 million acres of land (over 40 million of which are offshore) which they have already leased and are not drilling on.
Promote the Responsible Domestic Production of Oil and Natural Gas.
An Obama-Biden administration will establish a process for early identification of any infrastructure obstacles/shortages or possible federal permitting process delays to drilling in the Bakken Shale formation, the Barnett shale formation, and the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska. « Return to New Energy for America
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.
Obama and Biden will set an aggressive energy efficiency goal -- to reduce electricity demand 15 percent from projected levels by 2020.
Weatherize One Million Homes Annually.
Obama and Biden will make a national commitment to weatherize at least one million low-income homes each year for the next decade, which can reduce energy usage across the economy and help moderate energy prices for all.
Develop and Deploy Clean Coal Technology.
Obama’s Department of Energy will enter into public private partnerships to develop five “first-of-a-kind” commercial scale coal-fired plants with clean carbon capture and sequestration technology.
Prioritize the Construction of the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline.
As president, Obama will work with stakeholders to facilitate construction of the pipeline. Not only is this pipeline critical to our energy security, it will create thousands of new jobs. « Return to New Energy for America
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.
The Obama-Biden cap-and-trade policy will require all pollution credits to be auctioned, and proceeds will go to investments in a clean energy future, habitat protections, and rebates and other transition relief for families.
Make the U.S. a Leader on Climate Change.
Obama and Biden will re-engage with the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCC) -- the main international forum dedicated to addressing the climate problem. They will also create a Global Energy Forum of the world’s largest emitters to focus exclusively on global energy and environmental issues.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Tuesday, September 30, 2008
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008-presidential-candidates/issues/candidates/john-mccain/
McCain..........................
DO YOU THINK CLIMATE CHANGE IS CAUSED BY HUMAN ACTIVITY? IF NOT, WHAT IS YOUR VIEW ON THE ISSUE? WHAT, IF ANYTHING, WOULD YOU DO TO DEAL WITH CLIMATE CHANGE?
Based on consensus among the world's scientists, I believe that global climate change is real, consequential, and related to human activities. Noticeable effects from the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are already being felt on earth, and scientists are convinced that the effects will grow more significant and costly. Experts believe that the effects of these changes - including increased ground temperatures, reduced water supply, rising sea levels, and changing agricultural patterns - can result in social, economic, and political upheaval that impact U.S. national security. Furthermore, market forces, political instability, terrorism and environmental pressures make our dependence on foreign oil a strategic vulnerability. We must act now to strengthen American security. As president, I will pursue a market-based, cap and trade system to achieve appropriate limits on greenhouse gas emissions as efficiently and effectively as possible. I will ensure that such a system is harnessed as a means of diversifying the nation's energy mix to make us less dependent on foreign oil and to place America at the forefront in the development of the energy and environmental protection technologies the world will demand for many years to come. I will also ensure that these efforts meet several key tests, including proper protection of consumers and the economy, preventing other countries from dodging their responsibilities, promoting the development and deployment of advanced technology, and prioritizing the best interests of America's economic, environmental, and national security. I will not support schemes advanced by other policymakers and candidates that would use this problem to levy new taxes that will be more successful at filling government coffers and empowering bureaucrats than achieving necessary environmental objectives as flexibly and efficiently as possible.
SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT HAVE A ROLE IN ENCOURAGING DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGY-EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGIES AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY RESOURCES? IF YES, HOW WOULD YOU DO IT?
I believe we must act now to increase our energy security, but the strategy I propose won't be another grab bag of handouts to this or that industry and a full employment act for lobbyists. Energy efficiency by using improved technology and practicing sensible habits in our homes, businesses and automobiles is a big part of the answer, and is something we can achieve right now. And new advances will make conservation an ever more important part of the solution. Improved light bulbs can use much less energy; smart grid technology can help homeowners and businesses lower their energy use, and breakthroughs in high tech materials can greatly improve fuel efficiency in our oil-dependent transportation sector. We can easily deploy such technology today for less than $100 per flexible-fuel vehicle. We can also provide fuel options and improve the fuel efficiency of our vehicle fleet by making them out of high tech materials that improve their strength and safety. We are doing that very thing right now to beat our foreign competitors in the aerospace industry. Alcohol fuels made from corn, sugar, switch grass and many other sources, fuel cells, biodiesel derived from waste products, natural gas, and other technologies are all promising and available alternatives to oil. America's electricity production is for the most part petroleum free, and the existing electric power grid has the capacity to handle the added demand imposed by plug-in hybrid vehicles. We can add more capacity and improve its reliability in the years ahead. With some of the savings from cutting subsidies for industries that can stand on their own, we can establish a national challenge to improve the cost, range, size, and weight of electric batteries for automobiles. Fifty percent of cars on the road are driven 25 miles a day or less. Affordable battery-powered vehicles that can meet average commuter needs could help us cut oil imports in half. The reward will be earned through merit by whoever accomplishes the task. I want to improve and make permanent the research and development tax credit. I want to spend less money on government bureaucracies, and, where the private sector isn't moving out of regulatory fear, to form the partnerships necessary to build demonstration models of promising new technologies such as advanced nuclear power plants, coal gasification, carbon capture and storage, and renewable power so we can efficiently use our most abundant resources.
DO YOU THINK CLIMATE CHANGE IS CAUSED BY HUMAN ACTIVITY? IF NOT, WHAT IS YOUR VIEW ON THE ISSUE? WHAT, IF ANYTHING, WOULD YOU DO TO DEAL WITH CLIMATE CHANGE?
Based on consensus among the world's scientists, I believe that global climate change is real, consequential, and related to human activities. Noticeable effects from the accumulation of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere are already being felt on earth, and scientists are convinced that the effects will grow more significant and costly. Experts believe that the effects of these changes - including increased ground temperatures, reduced water supply, rising sea levels, and changing agricultural patterns - can result in social, economic, and political upheaval that impact U.S. national security. Furthermore, market forces, political instability, terrorism and environmental pressures make our dependence on foreign oil a strategic vulnerability. We must act now to strengthen American security. As president, I will pursue a market-based, cap and trade system to achieve appropriate limits on greenhouse gas emissions as efficiently and effectively as possible. I will ensure that such a system is harnessed as a means of diversifying the nation's energy mix to make us less dependent on foreign oil and to place America at the forefront in the development of the energy and environmental protection technologies the world will demand for many years to come. I will also ensure that these efforts meet several key tests, including proper protection of consumers and the economy, preventing other countries from dodging their responsibilities, promoting the development and deployment of advanced technology, and prioritizing the best interests of America's economic, environmental, and national security. I will not support schemes advanced by other policymakers and candidates that would use this problem to levy new taxes that will be more successful at filling government coffers and empowering bureaucrats than achieving necessary environmental objectives as flexibly and efficiently as possible.
SHOULD THE GOVERNMENT HAVE A ROLE IN ENCOURAGING DEVELOPMENT OF ENERGY-EFFICIENT TECHNOLOGIES AND SUSTAINABLE ENERGY RESOURCES? IF YES, HOW WOULD YOU DO IT?
I believe we must act now to increase our energy security, but the strategy I propose won't be another grab bag of handouts to this or that industry and a full employment act for lobbyists. Energy efficiency by using improved technology and practicing sensible habits in our homes, businesses and automobiles is a big part of the answer, and is something we can achieve right now. And new advances will make conservation an ever more important part of the solution. Improved light bulbs can use much less energy; smart grid technology can help homeowners and businesses lower their energy use, and breakthroughs in high tech materials can greatly improve fuel efficiency in our oil-dependent transportation sector. We can easily deploy such technology today for less than $100 per flexible-fuel vehicle. We can also provide fuel options and improve the fuel efficiency of our vehicle fleet by making them out of high tech materials that improve their strength and safety. We are doing that very thing right now to beat our foreign competitors in the aerospace industry. Alcohol fuels made from corn, sugar, switch grass and many other sources, fuel cells, biodiesel derived from waste products, natural gas, and other technologies are all promising and available alternatives to oil. America's electricity production is for the most part petroleum free, and the existing electric power grid has the capacity to handle the added demand imposed by plug-in hybrid vehicles. We can add more capacity and improve its reliability in the years ahead. With some of the savings from cutting subsidies for industries that can stand on their own, we can establish a national challenge to improve the cost, range, size, and weight of electric batteries for automobiles. Fifty percent of cars on the road are driven 25 miles a day or less. Affordable battery-powered vehicles that can meet average commuter needs could help us cut oil imports in half. The reward will be earned through merit by whoever accomplishes the task. I want to improve and make permanent the research and development tax credit. I want to spend less money on government bureaucracies, and, where the private sector isn't moving out of regulatory fear, to form the partnerships necessary to build demonstration models of promising new technologies such as advanced nuclear power plants, coal gasification, carbon capture and storage, and renewable power so we can efficiently use our most abundant resources.
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/2008-presidential-candidates/issues/candidates/john-mccain/
OBAMA.................
WHAT TYPES OF REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES DO YOU PLAN ON IMPLEMENTING OR PROMOTING IN ORDER TO DEAL WITH CLIMATE CHANGE AND TO MAKE OUR COUNTRY LESS OIL DEPENDENT?
Global warming is not just the greatest environmental challenge facing our planet -- it is one of our greatest challenges of any kind. Combating global warming will be a top priority of my presidency, and I will attend to it personally. Putting a price on carbon is the most important step we can take to reduce emissions. I will enact an economy-wide market-based cap-and-trade system to reduce U.S. carbon emissions by 80 percent by 2050. I will devote significant resources from a permit auction toward accelerating the development and deployment of low carbon technologies and addressing the economic challenges imposed on key industrial sectors. Another top priority for my energy and global warming agenda will be changing the cars we drive and the fossil fuels we burn. I will increase fuel efficiency standards by 4% per year, lift the 60,000-per-manufacturer cap on buyer tax credits to encourage more Americans to buy ultra-efficient vehicles, and encourage automakers to make fuel efficient hybrid vehicles. Domestic automakers will get either assistance shouldering their health care legacy costs in exchange for investing 50 percent of the savings into technology to produce more fuel-efficient vehicles or generous tax incentives for retooling assembly plants. I proposed a National Low Carbon Fuel Standard to reduce the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions of passenger vehicle fuels sold in the U.S. by 10 percent in 2020 and require additional reductions of 1% annually thereafter.
WHAT TYPES OF REGULATIONS AND GUIDELINES DO YOU PLAN ON IMPLEMENTING OR PROMOTING IN ORDER TO DEAL WITH CLIMATE CHANGE AND TO MAKE OUR COUNTRY LESS OIL DEPENDENT?
Global warming is not just the greatest environmental challenge facing our planet -- it is one of our greatest challenges of any kind. Combating global warming will be a top priority of my presidency, and I will attend to it personally. Putting a price on carbon is the most important step we can take to reduce emissions. I will enact an economy-wide market-based cap-and-trade system to reduce U.S. carbon emissions by 80 percent by 2050. I will devote significant resources from a permit auction toward accelerating the development and deployment of low carbon technologies and addressing the economic challenges imposed on key industrial sectors. Another top priority for my energy and global warming agenda will be changing the cars we drive and the fossil fuels we burn. I will increase fuel efficiency standards by 4% per year, lift the 60,000-per-manufacturer cap on buyer tax credits to encourage more Americans to buy ultra-efficient vehicles, and encourage automakers to make fuel efficient hybrid vehicles. Domestic automakers will get either assistance shouldering their health care legacy costs in exchange for investing 50 percent of the savings into technology to produce more fuel-efficient vehicles or generous tax incentives for retooling assembly plants. I proposed a National Low Carbon Fuel Standard to reduce the lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions of passenger vehicle fuels sold in the U.S. by 10 percent in 2020 and require additional reductions of 1% annually thereafter.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
McCain and more green living issues
Cheap, Clean, Secure Energy for America
Transform Electricity
Nuclear Power: Nuclear power is a proven, reliable, zero-emission source of energy, and it is time to recommit to advancing our use of nuclear power. The U.S. has not started construction on a new nuclear power plant in over 30 years. Currently, nuclear power provides 20 percent of our overall energy portfolio. Other countries such as China, India and Russia are looking to increase the role of nuclear power in their energy portfolio and the U.S. should not just look to maintain, but increase its own use. John McCain will put our country on track to construct 45 new nuclear power plants by 2030 with the ultimate goal of eventually constructing 100 new plants.
It is also critical that the U.S. be able to build the components for these plants and reactors within our country so that we are not dependent on foreign suppliers with long wait times to move forward with our nuclear plans. The development of new nuclear plants will re-create a U.S. industry that has disappeared: manufacturing components of nuclear power plants, as well as assembling and operating the plants. A rough estimate is that 45 new nuclear power plants will create roughly 700,000 jobs - jobs in construction, engineering, operation and maintenance.
Coal: John McCain will commit $2 billion annually to advancing clean coal technologies. Coal produces the majority of our electricity today. Some believe that marketing viable clean coal technologies could be over 15 years away. John McCain believes that this is too long to wait, and we need to commit significant federal resources to the science, research and development that advance this critical technology. Once commercialized, the U.S. can then export these technologies to countries like China that are committed to using their coal - creating new American jobs and allowing the U.S. to play a greater role in the international green economy.
The development of clean coal technology will revitalize coal mining and return jobs to some of America's most economically disadvantaged areas. The demonstration projects alone will employ over 30,000 Americans.
Renewables: John McCain will encourage the market for alternative, low carbon fuels such as wind, hydro and solar power. According to the Department of Energy, wind could provide as much as one-fifth of electricity by 2030. The U.S. solar energy industry continues its double-digit annual growth rate in 2008. To develop these and other sources of renewable energy will require that we rationalize the current patchwork of temporary tax credits that provide commercial feasibility. John McCain believes in an even- handed system of tax credits that will remain in place until renewable energy has progressed to the point that it is competitive with conventional energy sources.
http://www.johnmccain.com/Issues/JobsforAmerica/energy.htm
Transform Electricity
Nuclear Power: Nuclear power is a proven, reliable, zero-emission source of energy, and it is time to recommit to advancing our use of nuclear power. The U.S. has not started construction on a new nuclear power plant in over 30 years. Currently, nuclear power provides 20 percent of our overall energy portfolio. Other countries such as China, India and Russia are looking to increase the role of nuclear power in their energy portfolio and the U.S. should not just look to maintain, but increase its own use. John McCain will put our country on track to construct 45 new nuclear power plants by 2030 with the ultimate goal of eventually constructing 100 new plants.
It is also critical that the U.S. be able to build the components for these plants and reactors within our country so that we are not dependent on foreign suppliers with long wait times to move forward with our nuclear plans. The development of new nuclear plants will re-create a U.S. industry that has disappeared: manufacturing components of nuclear power plants, as well as assembling and operating the plants. A rough estimate is that 45 new nuclear power plants will create roughly 700,000 jobs - jobs in construction, engineering, operation and maintenance.
Coal: John McCain will commit $2 billion annually to advancing clean coal technologies. Coal produces the majority of our electricity today. Some believe that marketing viable clean coal technologies could be over 15 years away. John McCain believes that this is too long to wait, and we need to commit significant federal resources to the science, research and development that advance this critical technology. Once commercialized, the U.S. can then export these technologies to countries like China that are committed to using their coal - creating new American jobs and allowing the U.S. to play a greater role in the international green economy.
The development of clean coal technology will revitalize coal mining and return jobs to some of America's most economically disadvantaged areas. The demonstration projects alone will employ over 30,000 Americans.
Renewables: John McCain will encourage the market for alternative, low carbon fuels such as wind, hydro and solar power. According to the Department of Energy, wind could provide as much as one-fifth of electricity by 2030. The U.S. solar energy industry continues its double-digit annual growth rate in 2008. To develop these and other sources of renewable energy will require that we rationalize the current patchwork of temporary tax credits that provide commercial feasibility. John McCain believes in an even- handed system of tax credits that will remain in place until renewable energy has progressed to the point that it is competitive with conventional energy sources.
http://www.johnmccain.com/Issues/JobsforAmerica/energy.htm
more on McCain and Green
Our nation's future security and prosperity depends on the next President making the hard choices that will break our nation's strategic dependence on foreign sources of energy and will ensure our economic prosperity by meeting tomorrow's demands for a clean portfolio. John McCain has made the necessary choices - producing more power, pushing technology to help free our transportation sector from its use of foreign oil, cleaning up our air and addressing climate change, and ensuring that Americans have dependable energy sources. John McCain will lead the effort to develop advanced transportation technologies and alternative fuels to promote energy independence and cut off the flow of oil wealth to repressive dictatorships like Iran.
"In recent days I have set before the American people an energy plan, the Lexington Project -- named for the town where Americans asserted their independence once before. And let it begin today with this commitment: In a world of hostile and unstable suppliers of oil, this nation will achieve strategic independence by 2025."
John McCain, June 25, 2008
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Expanding Domestic Oil And Natural Gas Exploration And Production
John McCain Will Commit Our Country To Expanding Domestic Oil Exploration. The current federal moratorium on drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf stands in the way of energy exploration and production. John McCain believes it is time for the federal government to lift these restrictions and to put our own reserves to use. There is no easier or more direct way to prove to the world that we will no longer be subject to the whims of others than to expand our production capabilities. We have trillions of dollars worth of oil and gas reserves in the U.S. at a time we are exporting hundreds of billions of dollars a year overseas to buy energy. This is the largest transfer of wealth in the history of mankind. We should keep more of our dollars here in the U.S., lessen our foreign dependency, increase our domestic supplies, and reduce our trade deficit - 41% of which is due to oil imports. John McCain proposes to cooperate with the states and the Department of Defense in the decisions to develop these resources.
John McCain Believes In Promoting And Expanding The Use Of Our Domestic Supplies Of Natural Gas. When people are hurting, and struggling to afford gasoline, food, and other necessities, common sense requires that we draw upon America's own vast reserves of oil and natural gas. Within the United States we have tremendous reserves of natural gas. The Outer Continental Shelf alone contains 77 trillion cubic feet of recoverable natural gas. It is time that we capitalize on these significant resources and build the infrastructure needed to transport this important component of electricity generation and transportation fuel around the country.
"In recent days I have set before the American people an energy plan, the Lexington Project -- named for the town where Americans asserted their independence once before. And let it begin today with this commitment: In a world of hostile and unstable suppliers of oil, this nation will achieve strategic independence by 2025."
John McCain, June 25, 2008
Read the entire speech...
________________________________________
Expanding Domestic Oil And Natural Gas Exploration And Production
John McCain Will Commit Our Country To Expanding Domestic Oil Exploration. The current federal moratorium on drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf stands in the way of energy exploration and production. John McCain believes it is time for the federal government to lift these restrictions and to put our own reserves to use. There is no easier or more direct way to prove to the world that we will no longer be subject to the whims of others than to expand our production capabilities. We have trillions of dollars worth of oil and gas reserves in the U.S. at a time we are exporting hundreds of billions of dollars a year overseas to buy energy. This is the largest transfer of wealth in the history of mankind. We should keep more of our dollars here in the U.S., lessen our foreign dependency, increase our domestic supplies, and reduce our trade deficit - 41% of which is due to oil imports. John McCain proposes to cooperate with the states and the Department of Defense in the decisions to develop these resources.
John McCain Believes In Promoting And Expanding The Use Of Our Domestic Supplies Of Natural Gas. When people are hurting, and struggling to afford gasoline, food, and other necessities, common sense requires that we draw upon America's own vast reserves of oil and natural gas. Within the United States we have tremendous reserves of natural gas. The Outer Continental Shelf alone contains 77 trillion cubic feet of recoverable natural gas. It is time that we capitalize on these significant resources and build the infrastructure needed to transport this important component of electricity generation and transportation fuel around the country.
Isearch research on McCain
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1739593,00.html
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1739593,00.html
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1739593,00.html
http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/17671aa4-2fe8-4008-859f-0ef1468e96f4.htm
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1739593,00.html
http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1739593,00.html
http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/17671aa4-2fe8-4008-859f-0ef1468e96f4.htm
Obama's stance on new energy
The Obama-Biden comprehensive New Energy for America plan will:
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• 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.
o Eliminate Our Current Imports from the Middle East and Venezuela within 10 Years
• 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.
• Provide Short-term Relief to American Families
o Enact a Windfall Profits Tax to Provide a $1,000 Emergency Energy Rebate to American Families.
on excessive oil company profits to give American families an immediate $1,000 emergency energy rebate to help families pay rising bills. This relief would be a down payment on the Obama-Biden long-term plan to provide middle-class families with at least $1,000 per year in permanent tax relief.
• Crack Down on Excessive Energy Speculation.
Barack Obama and Joe Biden will close energy industry market loopholes and increase transparency to prevent traders from unfairly lining their pockets, while driving up oil prices at the expense of the American people.
Swap Oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to Cut Prices.
With oil prices doubling in the past year, Barack Obama and Joe Biden believe we have an economic emergency that requires a limited, responsible swap of light oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) for heavy crude oil to help bring down prices at the pump. « Return to New Energy for America
Increase Fuel Economy Standards.
Obama and Biden will increase fuel economy standards 4 percent per year while providing $4 billion for domestic automakers to retool their manufacturing facilities in America to produce these vehicles.
• Get 1 Million Plug-In Hybrid Cars on the Road by 2015.
o These vehicles can get up to 150 miles per gallon. Barack Obama and Joe Biden believe we should work to ensure these cars are built here in America, instead of factories overseas.
o Create a New $7,000 Tax Credit for Purchasing Advanced Vehicles.
• Establish a National Low Carbon Fuel Standard.
o Obama and Biden will establish a National Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) to reduce the carbon in our fuels 10 percent by 2020. Obama and Biden will also require 60 billion gallons of advanced biofuels to be phased into our fuel supply by 2030.
Watch the Video
• 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.
o Eliminate Our Current Imports from the Middle East and Venezuela within 10 Years
• 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.
• Provide Short-term Relief to American Families
o Enact a Windfall Profits Tax to Provide a $1,000 Emergency Energy Rebate to American Families.
on excessive oil company profits to give American families an immediate $1,000 emergency energy rebate to help families pay rising bills. This relief would be a down payment on the Obama-Biden long-term plan to provide middle-class families with at least $1,000 per year in permanent tax relief.
• Crack Down on Excessive Energy Speculation.
Barack Obama and Joe Biden will close energy industry market loopholes and increase transparency to prevent traders from unfairly lining their pockets, while driving up oil prices at the expense of the American people.
Swap Oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to Cut Prices.
With oil prices doubling in the past year, Barack Obama and Joe Biden believe we have an economic emergency that requires a limited, responsible swap of light oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) for heavy crude oil to help bring down prices at the pump. « Return to New Energy for America
Increase Fuel Economy Standards.
Obama and Biden will increase fuel economy standards 4 percent per year while providing $4 billion for domestic automakers to retool their manufacturing facilities in America to produce these vehicles.
• Get 1 Million Plug-In Hybrid Cars on the Road by 2015.
o These vehicles can get up to 150 miles per gallon. Barack Obama and Joe Biden believe we should work to ensure these cars are built here in America, instead of factories overseas.
o Create a New $7,000 Tax Credit for Purchasing Advanced Vehicles.
• Establish a National Low Carbon Fuel Standard.
o Obama and Biden will establish a National Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) to reduce the carbon in our fuels 10 percent by 2020. Obama and Biden will also require 60 billion gallons of advanced biofuels to be phased into our fuel supply by 2030.
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Barack Obama and Joe Biden's Plan
• Invest In A Clean Energy Economy And Create 5 Million New Green Jobs:
o Obama and Biden will invest $150 billion over 10 years to advance the next generation of biofuels and fuel infrastructure, accelerate the commercialization of plug-in hybrids, promote development of commercial scale renewable energy,
o invest in low emissions coal plants, and begin transition to a new digital electricity grid.
o The plan will also invest in America's highly-skilled manufacturing workforce and manufacturing centers to ensure that American workers have the skills and tools they need to pioneer the first wave of green technologies that will be in high demand throughout the world.
• Obama and Biden will also create an energy-focused youth jobs program to invest in disconnected and disadvantaged youth.
• Boost the Renewable Energy Sector and Create New Jobs:
o The Obama-Biden plan will create new federal policies, and expand existing ones, that have been proven to create new American jobs.
o Obama and Biden will create a federal Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) that will require 25 percent of American electricity be derived from renewable sources by 2025, which has the potential to create hundreds of thousands of new jobs on its own.
o Obama and Biden will also extend the Production Tax Credit, a credit used successfully by American farmers and investors to increase renewable energy production and create new local jobs.
• Invest In A Clean Energy Economy And Create 5 Million New Green Jobs:
o Obama and Biden will invest $150 billion over 10 years to advance the next generation of biofuels and fuel infrastructure, accelerate the commercialization of plug-in hybrids, promote development of commercial scale renewable energy,
o invest in low emissions coal plants, and begin transition to a new digital electricity grid.
o The plan will also invest in America's highly-skilled manufacturing workforce and manufacturing centers to ensure that American workers have the skills and tools they need to pioneer the first wave of green technologies that will be in high demand throughout the world.
• Obama and Biden will also create an energy-focused youth jobs program to invest in disconnected and disadvantaged youth.
• Boost the Renewable Energy Sector and Create New Jobs:
o The Obama-Biden plan will create new federal policies, and expand existing ones, that have been proven to create new American jobs.
o Obama and Biden will create a federal Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS) that will require 25 percent of American electricity be derived from renewable sources by 2025, which has the potential to create hundreds of thousands of new jobs on its own.
o Obama and Biden will also extend the Production Tax Credit, a credit used successfully by American farmers and investors to increase renewable energy production and create new local jobs.
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
Writing to Explore Scenario 4: Civic Writing(135)
SCENARIO 4 Civic Writing: A Profile of a Local Agency
What local nonprofit agencies exist in your area? (SEAS) Student Environmental Awareness Society. They promote awareness about the environment to the campus, and find new sustainable activities in order to have a clean and it.green community. What do you know about how they function? I know that they promote awareness by scheduling activities, events, and surveys. What do you know about the work that they do in your community? Do you interact with any local, county, state, or federal agencies or departments? As of right now, I do not participate with this organization, but I want to look more into it. What experiences (good or bad) have you had with such entities? I have none at all, but I do appreciate their motives to make the campus a green one. They have recycling bins everywhere and in the residence hall.
Select one local nonprofit or government agency or organization in which you are interested and about which you would like to learn more. The agency or organization may be your city or county government, your local school system, or a nonprofit organization such as United Way.
Writing Assignment: Investigate the nonprofit or government agency or organization you have chosen. Explore what it does, where and how it functions, where its funding comes from, who works for it, and how its functions relate to other aspects of your community. Then construct a paper in which you explain your exploration of the agency or organization. Since this is not an informative paper, your focus should be on the exploratory process you used to learn about your subject.
You will need to identify these things for your profile:
Audience: The students of USFSP, faculty, and anyone of the community
Purpose: I want to aware the students of this campus that we are the ones that can make a change. This is our community, therefore we should take care of it and aware others about what sustainable activites can we do in order to have a greener campus. I want to inform the readers about SEAS, and what exactly istheir objectuve
Voice, Tone, Point of View: I want to have an informative but persuasive voice in my writing.
Context, Medium, Genre: see Mc-Graw Hill Guide Chapter 15 and appendix C for help determining what medium & genre might be most effective
Guiding Questions for Exploring/Writing your Profile of a Civic Agency:
· What do I as writer/explorer want to know about this agency? I want to know their objective, what message are they trying convey, what are their plans in order to fulfill their objectives, and what are they doing right now to better the community.
· Where am I most likely to find this information? I can find the needed info on the usf website, and I can check articles. I also intend on calling the director of SEAS to receive direct information, and exactly what is happening in the organization.
· How do I get this information? (Can I find it online? Do I need to talk to someone? Who is best able to answer the questions I have?) Refer to above answser.
· When I get this information, what's next? I want to organize my information into an outline and begin drafting. Do I have new questions or am I done? I have gotten all of the information I think will contribute to this essay. Do I know everything I need to know to be able to talk knowledgeably about this agency? Yes I do. If not, what do I still need to know? I think in order to really talk from experience I would want to actively participate in this organization. By doing so I can really know what it is to take part in sustainability and make the community a green environment. If so, how do I share this information with others so that they will know the things I want them to know about the agency (this suggests that you know/have identified what you want others to know about the agency)? I want to aware people, such as the students of usfsp, faculty, and members of the surrounding communityof my findings and what I have learned throug researching this particular organization.
What local nonprofit agencies exist in your area? (SEAS) Student Environmental Awareness Society. They promote awareness about the environment to the campus, and find new sustainable activities in order to have a clean and it.green community. What do you know about how they function? I know that they promote awareness by scheduling activities, events, and surveys. What do you know about the work that they do in your community? Do you interact with any local, county, state, or federal agencies or departments? As of right now, I do not participate with this organization, but I want to look more into it. What experiences (good or bad) have you had with such entities? I have none at all, but I do appreciate their motives to make the campus a green one. They have recycling bins everywhere and in the residence hall.
Select one local nonprofit or government agency or organization in which you are interested and about which you would like to learn more. The agency or organization may be your city or county government, your local school system, or a nonprofit organization such as United Way.
Writing Assignment: Investigate the nonprofit or government agency or organization you have chosen. Explore what it does, where and how it functions, where its funding comes from, who works for it, and how its functions relate to other aspects of your community. Then construct a paper in which you explain your exploration of the agency or organization. Since this is not an informative paper, your focus should be on the exploratory process you used to learn about your subject.
You will need to identify these things for your profile:
Audience: The students of USFSP, faculty, and anyone of the community
Purpose: I want to aware the students of this campus that we are the ones that can make a change. This is our community, therefore we should take care of it and aware others about what sustainable activites can we do in order to have a greener campus. I want to inform the readers about SEAS, and what exactly istheir objectuve
Voice, Tone, Point of View: I want to have an informative but persuasive voice in my writing.
Context, Medium, Genre: see Mc-Graw Hill Guide Chapter 15 and appendix C for help determining what medium & genre might be most effective
Guiding Questions for Exploring/Writing your Profile of a Civic Agency:
· What do I as writer/explorer want to know about this agency? I want to know their objective, what message are they trying convey, what are their plans in order to fulfill their objectives, and what are they doing right now to better the community.
· Where am I most likely to find this information? I can find the needed info on the usf website, and I can check articles. I also intend on calling the director of SEAS to receive direct information, and exactly what is happening in the organization.
· How do I get this information? (Can I find it online? Do I need to talk to someone? Who is best able to answer the questions I have?) Refer to above answser.
· When I get this information, what's next? I want to organize my information into an outline and begin drafting. Do I have new questions or am I done? I have gotten all of the information I think will contribute to this essay. Do I know everything I need to know to be able to talk knowledgeably about this agency? Yes I do. If not, what do I still need to know? I think in order to really talk from experience I would want to actively participate in this organization. By doing so I can really know what it is to take part in sustainability and make the community a green environment. If so, how do I share this information with others so that they will know the things I want them to know about the agency (this suggests that you know/have identified what you want others to know about the agency)? I want to aware people, such as the students of usfsp, faculty, and members of the surrounding communityof my findings and what I have learned throug researching this particular organization.
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
writer's workshop
Writing workshop activity p. 132 Coalition for a sustainable campus What are the purposes of your two Writing to Explore assignments?
I want to research and learn more about the Presidential candidates. I want to be know exactly what are they campaigning and what are their views concerning recycling and becoming a greener USA. I want to know more on how to recycle, and the procedures. Therefore I can educate and aware others as well.
Who is your audience for your I-search project?
For my I-Search paper, I want to attract the new generation of voters. I want to inform them that we can make a difference, and how selecting the best candidate that will help them make a difference is a very important decision.
Who is the audience for your Profile of a Local Agency?
For my civic engagement assignment, I want to aware people that are interested in recycling, I want to educate them and inspire them to actively participate in becoming a greener campus, greener USA.
What is the rhetorical situation for your I-search paper? Local agency?
The civic engagement assignment is concerning the lack of recycling on the campus of USFSP let alone the USA. I want to write about CSC, and what is their purpose. I want to inform my readers what it is to have a greener lifestyle, how to execute that, how and what will be the short/long term rewards. The I-Search paper is concerning the high gas prices in today’s society, what kind of solutions are the candidates purposing that involves using efficient but reusable resources as fuel.
I want to research and learn more about the Presidential candidates. I want to be know exactly what are they campaigning and what are their views concerning recycling and becoming a greener USA. I want to know more on how to recycle, and the procedures. Therefore I can educate and aware others as well.
Who is your audience for your I-search project?
For my I-Search paper, I want to attract the new generation of voters. I want to inform them that we can make a difference, and how selecting the best candidate that will help them make a difference is a very important decision.
Who is the audience for your Profile of a Local Agency?
For my civic engagement assignment, I want to aware people that are interested in recycling, I want to educate them and inspire them to actively participate in becoming a greener campus, greener USA.
What is the rhetorical situation for your I-search paper? Local agency?
The civic engagement assignment is concerning the lack of recycling on the campus of USFSP let alone the USA. I want to write about CSC, and what is their purpose. I want to inform my readers what it is to have a greener lifestyle, how to execute that, how and what will be the short/long term rewards. The I-Search paper is concerning the high gas prices in today’s society, what kind of solutions are the candidates purposing that involves using efficient but reusable resources as fuel.
Monday, September 8, 2008
Invention strategies
What are 3 invention strategies that you use? Three invention strategies that I use during my writing processes are: listing, freewriting, and brainstorming. I like to list keywords that I can potentially use during the research portion of the assignment. Freewriting allows me to properly visualize exactly how much do I know, what should I research more on, and how I can potentially organize my paper.
Why are invention strategies important? Invention Strategies are very important because it is a vital part of preparing a writing assignment. Without some of these strategies your wrting assignment can become confusing and less intriguing. I like to put these processes to use so I can clearly see how I am going to fabricate the writing assignment.
How can you incorporate invention strategies into your I-search and Writing to Explore assignments? By listing keywords such as Obama's campaign, McCain's campaign, low gas prices in America, and solutions to gas prices will allow for me to be prepared when I comes to research on my topic. I will be prepared to research, find more information, and possibly generate more keywords to search.
What revision strategies do you use? I like to utilize my peers as a great source for revision and my self, of course.
Why are these strategies important? In order to get feedback your work is important so you can make sure you are grabbing the reader's attention, approaching the topic correctly, preseting properly, and also for the more technical revisions (grammer and punctuation).
How can you incorporate them into your work? Once I have fabricated a rough draft, I will get one of my peers to revise my work. I want to make it clear that I want constructive critism and great feedback. By doing having one of my peers, such as my roomate, revise my writing I can see in what areas I may need improvement and see how does my writng affect the reader.
Why are invention strategies important? Invention Strategies are very important because it is a vital part of preparing a writing assignment. Without some of these strategies your wrting assignment can become confusing and less intriguing. I like to put these processes to use so I can clearly see how I am going to fabricate the writing assignment.
How can you incorporate invention strategies into your I-search and Writing to Explore assignments? By listing keywords such as Obama's campaign, McCain's campaign, low gas prices in America, and solutions to gas prices will allow for me to be prepared when I comes to research on my topic. I will be prepared to research, find more information, and possibly generate more keywords to search.
What revision strategies do you use? I like to utilize my peers as a great source for revision and my self, of course.
Why are these strategies important? In order to get feedback your work is important so you can make sure you are grabbing the reader's attention, approaching the topic correctly, preseting properly, and also for the more technical revisions (grammer and punctuation).
How can you incorporate them into your work? Once I have fabricated a rough draft, I will get one of my peers to revise my work. I want to make it clear that I want constructive critism and great feedback. By doing having one of my peers, such as my roomate, revise my writing I can see in what areas I may need improvement and see how does my writng affect the reader.
Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Assessing your Strengths and Weaknesses
(a. strengths, b. weaknesses)
rhetorical knowledge:
a. knowing what kind of tone would be appropriate to use
b. knowing specific formats from different rhetorical standpoints
critical thinking, reading, and writing:
a. excepting a different aspect once it is brought to my attention
b. the ability to generate ideas and view them in different aspects
writing processes:
a. able to utilize a specific and effective writing process
b. using my peers in the writing process
knowledge of conventions:
a. organizing an essay once the research and free writing is done.
b. grammar, punctuation needs improvemnet
rhetorical knowledge:
a. knowing what kind of tone would be appropriate to use
b. knowing specific formats from different rhetorical standpoints
critical thinking, reading, and writing:
a. excepting a different aspect once it is brought to my attention
b. the ability to generate ideas and view them in different aspects
writing processes:
a. able to utilize a specific and effective writing process
b. using my peers in the writing process
knowledge of conventions:
a. organizing an essay once the research and free writing is done.
b. grammar, punctuation needs improvemnet
National convention
This weekend I was able to watch the Democratic convention (re-run). Barack Obama seemed to touch up on all the issues concerning Americans today, such as the economy, oil (gas prices), healthcare, lessening taxes, and social security benefits for our generation. He did talk about other important issues concerning the black/Latino community and how we can improve the middle class. Listening to his speach gave me some hope for a better America, but it also arose a question in my head that led to insecurity. If elected, will he stick to his word and commit to it?
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