Why is Bush actively discouraging the development of alternative fuels?
when Congress passed the 2007 energy bill last December, it failed to extend any stimulus for wind and solar energy production. Oil and gas kept all t...
when Congress passed the 2007 energy bill last December, it failed to extend any stimulus for wind and solar energy production. Oil and gas kept all their credits, but those for wind and solar have been left to expire this December. The Democrats wanted the wind and solar credits to be paid for by taking away tax credits from the oil industry. President Bush said he would veto that. Neither side would back down, and Mr. Bush — showing not one iota of leadership — refused to get all the adults together in a room and work out a compromise. Meanwhile, Germany has a 20-year solar incentive program; Japan 12 years. Ours, at best, run two years.
While all the presidential candidates were railing about lost manufacturing jobs in Ohio, no one noticed that America’s premier solar company, First Solar, from Toledo, Ohio, was opening its newest factory in the former East Germany — 540 high-paying engineering jobs — because Germany has created a booming solar market and America has not.
In 1997, America was the leader in solar energy technology, with 40 percent of global solar production. Last year, we were less than 8 percent, and even most of that was manufacturing for overseas markets.
We can always count on Nonya to make excuses for Bush. Why do we even have a President, anyway???
Why must development of solar and wind power be funded by the government? Why must they be the only alternatives? Are there other methods of generating power? Are there private firms that are doing the necessary research? How come the cleanest method of generating power is never mentioned? What are we supposed to do for power between now and when the alternate sources are developed? What will we do if these sources do not produce the amount of power necessary to operate our homes and businesses?
I know how to answer these questions. Private business always does a better job than the federal government in research and development. If there are other methods than wind and solar then private business will find them. The only thing we have currently that is clean is nuclear but lord knows we are not allowed to use that. Even though much of Europe uses nuclear energy. I believe the total is around 75% of their total energy generation is from nuclear. What we should do in the meantime is drill in ANWAR, and ND and Colo. We need new refineries that will pollute less because of the new technologies that are available now that weren’t when the last refineries were built 30 years ago. We need to realize that just because Germany and Japan can do this in their much smaller countries does not mean it will work in a huge country like ours. This does not mean we abandon solar and wind, it just means we might need to explore still other options. Lastly, it is not all Bush’s fault. This problem has been coming for many years and no party has encourged private business to develop any of the alternate sources of energy. To blame just Bush is to take away blame from every President since Ike.
Americans only learn their lessons when it is too late..Why aren’t home builders Required to build whole roof top solar power homes, How come people don’t use cisterns anymore? This country is short sighted at best.
It’s because Republicans tend to care more about the big corporate players – including big oil – and care precious little about the little folk.
He has made huge astronomical profits in his oil stocks, why would he do anything to stop/change that?…
Bush is well acquainted with the big timers at the oil companies, and he fears that the use of alternative fuels or energy sources would eat into the obscene amount of money he is already getting as a result. The reason gas prices have sharply risen recently is probably due to the fact that his presidency is in its final months, and he wants to milk things for all they are worth. Greed, plain and simple.
Some observations:
* Wind and solar power are economic and technical long shots at best to significantly supplant fossil fuels as primary national energy sources. Nuclear would be the smarter option if anybody actually was serious about this.
* Everyone and his brother has been stomping on President Bush’s head for the last seven years. Now in his last year in office he is just killing time and tidying up loose ends for the next (presumably Democratic) president. We’re probably lucky he just doesn’t phone in sick from his ranch in Texas.
* People have been howling about how horrible the USA is for messing up their world with pollution and green house gases. If Germany and Japan are really on the right track by pushing these alternate energy then THEY can lead the world and stew about "Golly, why doesn’t anybody like us?". My money, however, says its just for political show.
All the lobbyist and campaign coughers all represent greed and thier willingness to keep the status quo, just think what the repracutions of cheap alternative fuel would be to the power players in the oil industry, they are holding the world hostage, while a few people hold the answers to our problems.
No matter what, it’s bush’s fault. Definitely the democratic controlled legislature cant be held responsible for legislation. Only the president can be held accountable for the actions of congress. They just have to do exactly as he says, all the time. The president is really like an american dictator. He makes all the rules, all the time, and congress just sit around doing nothing. so I say, just blame bush. It’s way easier than thinking.
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