Congress on 5 week vacation, NO energy plan!

[JaggedEdge]

I respect the Republicans staying to discuss energy solutions despite Pelosi turning the lights out on them. It's very symbolic... I'm so pissed off at the Speaker in perticular and the government in general!

Shockingly, Bush is gaining a lot more respect from me as he nears the end of his term.

[thcbongman]

I respect the Republicans staying to discuss energy solutions despite Pelosi turning the lights out on them. It's very symbolic... I'm so pissed off at the Speaker in perticular and the government in general!

Shockingly, Bush is gaining a lot more respect from me as he nears the end of his term.

Pelosi turning the lights out on them? They should be out campaigning in their home state, where some of the republican seats are in jeopardy. You are right in the fact it's merely symbolic if you'd thought they all the sudden halt discussions. No one is taking a leisure vacation. It gives both parties more time to research to fully assess the current crisis. It's not a decision to be rushed, given that gas prices for the moment have dropped with Bush's announcement.

The energy policy needs both parties cooperating and working together to develop the policy. Both parties proposed good ideas and will need a combination of opening land for drilling and coaxing oil companies to make it a priority to research alternative energies. Here drill some oil in exchange of starting an aggressive campaign to research and standardize alternative energy. We managed to get to the moon with such an aggressive focus, it'd be bullshit if it can't be done for a new source of fuel.

[daihashi]

hey rusty i do believe im on nuclear power for texas. and isnt texas on its own power grid unlike any other state.

as for carbon credits, thats the biggest load of crap there is, waste away and pay someone so you feel better. what a joke.

and ill drive a 300lb car like billions of other people especially with gas at $4 a gallon. we have the infustructure and technology to have electric cars. we dont have the infustructure for hydrogen, ethenol or other forms that they are have tried.

plain and simply the electric car is our best bet. can plug em in anywhere you go. unlike other forms of hybrids

Except for the fact that only just a few years ago we had black outs across multiple states. Imagine if everyone was plugging in to charge their car

couple that with the fact that one of our largest energy producers.. Hoover Dam will most likely not be producing energy in 20-25 years due water levels receding quickly.

And for those people who are talking about a 300lb Car. The electric car was used in California produced by GM. It was called the EV1. Ford had a similar car called the THiNK I think.. lol The state of california had mandated that 10% of all vehicles sold between something like 1996-2002 (don't quote me on this.. those years are most likely wrong but it was something around this time frame I think). The car looked very much like a Geo Storm and could get up to 120 miles per charge I believe.

General Motors EV1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

We do have the infrastructure for Natural Gas. Natural Gas vehicles emit 30% less pollution that Gasoline motors and 23% less emissions than diesel. On top of that we have an ENORMOUS amount of natural gas reserves.

We have like 4 natural Gas filling stations in the area that I live in. It's unfortunate that more NGV vehicles are not being sold as we try to make this transition.

[daihashi]

The dems are proving themselves to be a pack of elitists that have NO grip on real life. Maybe this is why the Great Obama can't pull away from an old white republican when it should be SO EASY considering Bush's ratings.

Have a good one!:s4:

It's sad but true. Obama should be able to demolish McCain but he just can't seem to put the poor old guy down even with McCains lack luster campaign.

[Mississippi Steve]

And your surprised by this how??? They are not gonna *DO* anything until February when the new congress is in session.