This would be their best shot, I think.  True, it didn't pass when they tried to add it onto the "economy in crisis, let's give away free money" bill, but it would certainly be alot better than goin' it alone on a bill that would cut tax breaks to big oil.  And bushy would probably be far more likely to sign it.

But they need to understand...they will NOT be able to pass the green creds so long as they rely on increased taxes from oil to do it.  Not so long as this administration is in power.

And even if we win big in the elections and get a green prez and win more green (mostly democrat) members of the Congress (and that's a fairly LARGE assumption), the creds will still go out by the end of the year and construction on wind, solar, and many others will be cut back significantly until the credits are in place again, which could take months after the new administration comes in.

I'd love more taxes for big oil as well, but we aren't gonna get it soon.  So let's just cut it out for now and get the green creds passed some other way, so we can coast smoothly into increased production next year rather than have to go through a stop-and-see approach, okay?

All we're asking for (in the short term) is an even playing field. Isn't that something we've been promised by one or two elected officials?

If you continue to do what you've always done you'll continue to get what you've always got. - Yogi Berra