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   odograph Posted 8:08 am
   08 Sep 2008

   hit and miss, but ...

   I think Tom has been hitting more than missing lately.

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   GreyFlcn Posted 2:49 pm
   08 Sep 2008

   Can I Has News Coverage?

   Perhaps we could shine some light on this:

   Previously, Mr. Mustache pointed out that McCain hasn't voted for Renewable Energy at all this year.  8 times in a row.
   http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/13/opinion/13friedman.html ...

   Perhaps the stronger point to make however is that there's more you can do than vote.

   • You can sponsor a bill
     
   • You can co-sponsor a bill
     
   • You can make a senate floor speach about it

   McCain has NEVER done any of these things for Renewable energy. Throughout his entire 26 year Senate career.

   (Timestart 5:45) http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/rea/news/podcast?id=5 ...

   Obama, of course, has many times.

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   When you consider McCains statement:
   

   "I'm not one who believes that we need to subsidize things. The wind industry is doing fine, the solar industry is doing fine. In the '70s, we gave too many subsidies and too much help, and we had substandard products sold to the American people, which then made them disenchanted with solar for a long time."
   http://www.grist.org/feature/2007/10/01/mccain/

   Pretty hard to swallow that "McCain supports Renewable energy".

   One might say McCain's real energy strategy is "Do Everything, besides Renewable Energy".

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   Infact it seems like the only reason McCain has any support for dealing Climate change at all, is merely to dole out PorkBarrel for the Nuclear industry.
   http://www.triplepundit.com/pages/environmental-groups-le ...
   http://www.grist.org/news/daily/2005/05/16/3/

   -David Ahlport

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   amazingdrx Posted 3:56 pm
   08 Sep 2008

   Better than usual

   But still the same old Fried..man.

   Better to talk about it this way Tom.

   Demand reduction.  Sure the energy yechnology is key, but at first it is all about recognizing that only demand reduction can save our economy.  Without that rescue from stagflation produced by soaring oil prices, we won't have the capital to develop the new technology.

   We need a plan somewhat like Obama's.  He is going in the right direction by proposing an incremental 4% per year increase in mileage standards.

   But more is needed, we need an actual incremental oil demand reduction, say 4% per year, 1% per quarter.  It's easy to measure, and at first it is easy to attain.  

   Sinple fuel economy measures, like tire inflation and engine tuneups and consumer moves towards higher mileage cars, bikes, and mass transit would get uas through the first year or two.  This is the sort of thing that can be done with encouragement, like FDR used during WW2.  

   Patriotic sacrifice, the president making it clear that these savings are necessary to revive the economy and keep our lweadership position, financially, politically, and militarilly in the world.  Obama is the kind of leader who can inspire that.

   As the currency strengthens, inflation wanes, and investor, consumer, and business confidence is restored by this steady progress, bolstered by the feeling of participation and collective success through sacrifice, the capotal will be there for the next phase.

   As oil war ends, finally, with the realization that we are now getting control of the oil supply/demand equation, by steadily reducing demand; capital will become available for investment in a shift to plugin hybtids, freight rail instead of long haul trucking, and ground source heating/cooling.

   This will be the source of years of gradual oil demand reduction.  And as manufacturing and job and tax base are restored, the boom will power itself, with continuing innovation, to finally eliminate oil omports completely after 10 to 15 years.

   The foreign policy and trade leverage gained will allow our leaders to spread peace worldwide by facing down dictatorships economically, with negotiation, techniological aid, and deomcratization of politics and freedom of markets through example.  Rather than the vain attempt to use military force.

   This is the sort of simple plan a leader like Obama can initiate.  And the huge fledgling manufacturing and resource market economies of this world, like China, Russia, and India,now under kleptocratic rule, will see that our way is better and emulate it voluntarilly.

   http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog John Schneider, Northern Wisconsin

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