Your Questions About Green Living

Alternative Fuels Question?

Shouldn’t we build the infrastructure to store the energy we already waste at night?
Also build to store the energy the nukes could be producing as they ramp them down 60-75% at night?
This would be about 5%.
We could store the energy at night, then use it during peak times.
Since you will need storage to make any alternative energy, (except hydraulic) viable, ins’t storing already wasted energy the first option?
Wouldn’t that eliminate more gas consumer than solar/wind.
Without storage we won’t be able to take any existing plants offline.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/7598212.stm

Did Hillary lie when she accuses Obama’s vote on the 2005 Energy Bill as having hurt America?

According to MSNBC’s Dan Abrams, Hillary has been untruthful and she distorts the facts. The Energy Bill – which Hillary rejected – actually was profitable for America.
It raised taxes SLIGHTLY On The Oil Industry As A Whole. Although the Energy Policy Act of 2005 contained $14.3 billion in tax breaks, most of those breaks were for electric utilities, nuclear power plants, alternative fuels research and subsidies for energy efficient cars and homes.

AP also reported The AP reported, “Clinton is on shakier ground when attacking Obama for supporting “Dick Cheney’s energy bill,” and not just because it’s a stretch to assign the vice president name – red meat to Democrats – to the legislation. The 2005 act that she describes as packed with billions of dollars in oil industry breaks actually raised taxes on the oil and gas industry by about $300 million over 11 years, according to the Congressional Research Service. The nonpartisan analysis found $2.6 billion in tax cuts for the oil and gas industry and $2.9 billion in tax increases. The bulk of tax breaks went to other sources of energy, including alternative fuels favored by both Clinton and Obama.” [AP, 2/15/08]
Obama Worked Consistently to Improve Energy Bill, Which Took Important Step Towards Energy Independence. When Obama first voted for the bill, he said that he voted for the bill reluctantly and that he was disappointed with the missed opportunity to do something bolder to move the country towards energy independence by recognizing the importance of a fuel alternative. Obama played a leadership role in promoting seven amendments that strengthened the 2005 bill when it was on the floor and did not stop fighting to strengthen the bill after it was passed, introducing legislation in 2007 to end some of the most egregious tax breaks for the oil industry that were part of the 2005 bill. [HR 6, Vote 139, 6/15/06; SA 851 to HR 6, Passed by UC, 6/23/05; HR 6, Vote 141, 6/16/05; HR 6, Vote 145, 6/21/05; SA 919 to HR 6, Passed by UC, 6/23/05; 110th, S. 115, Referred to Finance, 1/4/07; S. 133, Introduced 1/4/07; S. 767, Passed Commerce Committee, 5/8/07]
http://obama.senate.gov/news/050728-tax_credit_for_e85_fuel_in_ene/
2005-2007: Obama Introduced Legislation Repealing Tax Breaks And Other Perks For the Oil Industry, Requiring Yearly Increases In CAFE Standards, And Requiring Significant Increases In Renewable Fuel Mandates And Alternative Energy Incentives. Since 2005, Obama has introduced legislation suspending the 2005 energy bill’s tax incentives and other perks for the oil industry in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, requiring significant increases in the renewable fuel mandates over the next few years, requiring yearly increases in CAFÉ standards, and providing incentives for E-85 fuel pump installation, alternative vehicle research and production. [S. 115, 110th Congress; S. 23, 110th Congress; S. 133, Introduced 1/4/07; S. 2202, Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 10/18/2007 S. 2984, 109th Congress; S. 1324, Introduced 5/7/07; Press Release, 5/7/07]

Did Hillary lie when she accuses Obama’s vote on the 2005 Energy Bill has hurt America?

According to MSNBC’s Dan Abrams, Hillary has been untruthful and she distorts the facts. The Energy Bill – which Hillary rejected – actually was profitable for America.
It raised taxes SLIGHTLY On The Oil Industry As A Whole. Although the Energy Policy Act of 2005 contained $14.3 billion in tax breaks, most of those breaks were for electric utilities, nuclear power plants, alternative fuels research and subsidies for energy efficient cars and homes.

AP also reported The AP reported, “Clinton is on shakier ground when attacking Obama for supporting “Dick Cheney’s energy bill,” and not just because it’s a stretch to assign the vice president name – red meat to Democrats – to the legislation. The 2005 act that she describes as packed with billions of dollars in oil industry breaks actually raised taxes on the oil and gas industry by about $300 million over 11 years, according to the Congressional Research Service. The nonpartisan analysis found $2.6 billion in tax cuts for the oil and gas industry and $2.9 billion in tax increases. The bulk of tax breaks went to other sources of energy, including alternative fuels favored by both Clinton and Obama.” [AP, 2/15/08]
Obama Worked Consistently to Improve Energy Bill, Which Took Important Step Towards Energy Independence. When Obama first voted for the bill, he said that he voted for the bill reluctantly and that he was disappointed with the missed opportunity to do something bolder to move the country towards energy independence by recognizing the importance of a fuel alternative. Obama played a leadership role in promoting seven amendments that strengthened the 2005 bill when it was on the floor and did not stop fighting to strengthen the bill after it was passed, introducing legislation in 2007 to end some of the most egregious tax breaks for the oil industry that were part of the 2005 bill. [HR 6, Vote 139, 6/15/06; SA 851 to HR 6, Passed by UC, 6/23/05; HR 6, Vote 141, 6/16/05; HR 6, Vote 145, 6/21/05; SA 919 to HR 6, Passed by UC, 6/23/05; 110th, S. 115, Referred to Finance, 1/4/07; S. 133, Introduced 1/4/07; S. 767, Passed Commerce Committee, 5/8/07]
http://obama.senate.gov/news/050728-tax_credit_for_e85_fuel_in_ene/
2005-2007: Obama Introduced Legislation Repealing Tax Breaks And Other Perks For the Oil Industry, Requiring Yearly Increases In CAFE Standards, And Requiring Significant Increases In Renewable Fuel Mandates And Alternative Energy Incentives. Since 2005, Obama has introduced legislation suspending the 2005 energy bill’s tax incentives and other perks for the oil industry in the Energy Policy Act of 2005, requiring significant increases in the renewable fuel mandates over the next few years, requiring yearly increases in CAFÉ standards, and providing incentives for E-85 fuel pump installation, alternative vehicle research and production. [S. 115, 110th Congress; S. 23, 110th Congress; S. 133, Introduced 1/4/07; S. 2202, Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works. 10/18/2007 S. 2984, 109th Congress; S. 1324, Introduced 5/7/07; Press Release, 5/7/07]

Woo-hoo finally a serious energy bill?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071218/ap_on_go_co/congress_energy

will raise standards for appliances, increase alternative energy production, and make the fleet gas mileage requirment on new cars to be 35mpg and include trucks and SUVs in that calculation. Suprisingly, Bush says he intends to sign it too. I think this will solve a lot of problems personally. Do you support/disagree?
small cars are much cheaper to build than big SUVs, and if everyone is driving smaller cars people will feel less of a need to buy a big car to keep up with the Joneses, you will need less gas, plus demand will go down which can lower price

Give me a good reason to disagree with Brodman’s view? ?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081001/ap_on_re_eu/eu_france_us_nuclear;_ylt=AgJ.Win4nWk1pLvWzA6q3S50bBAF

Mine is that taking on so much additional debt trying to retool instead of manage a financial crisis will extend the defecit to such an extent that America will not only lose its credit rating but will not be able to raise the funds for Nuclear or Alternative Energy.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081001/ap_on_re_eu/eu_france_us_nuclear;_ylt=AgJ.Win4nWk1pLvWzA6q3S50bBAF