Obama's Energy Approach

[RunInRed 16,454]

A compare and contrast via Obama's website:

In 2000, countries like Germany made a major commitment to increase the use of renewable energy and begin to get off oil. We elected George Bush and Dick Cheney -- who gave us a secret energy task force, a war in Iraq and the same old energy policies.

Eight years later, gas prices are soaring above $4 a gallon and the nation stands at a crossroads.

We can either “go big” and follow Barack Obama’s 2007 blueprint to create a new energy economy -- or we can rely on John McCain’s sudden 2008 urge to drill for offshore oil – a distracting idea which won’t reduce gas prices but will boost oil company profits.

The facts are clear. Only one candidate has a detailed plan that is at Apollo moon-mission scale, using technologies that work right now. Barack Obama. Clean energy isn’t pie in the sky – the Germans created 250,000 jobs in less time than it will take for John McCain and Big Oil to drill for oil offshore -- and bring it to market. Failing to invest in new energy means we will continue to fall behind in the competitive race for new jobs and manufacturing.That’s not the road to smart energy independence; it’s a backwards formula for more Exxon dependence.

CHALLENGE: Providing Immediate Financial Relief for Families This Summer

Obama: Supports a second round of rebate checks to help families offset the cost of $4.00 gas this summer.

Worth: $300 per family

(Obama Second Stimulus Plan)

McCain: Proposed a gas tax gimmick that would take out $10 billion from our under-funded national highway trust fund and give it to the oil companies, while likely driving up the price of gas at the pump.

Worth: $28

(Tax Policy Center)

CHALLENGE: Green Collar Jobs

Obama: Comprehensive plan for renewables, fuel economy and energy efficiency will help create as many as 5 million new green jobs.

McCain: No green jobs plan.

CHALLENGE: Making America’s Economy Vibrant and Competitive in the Long Haul

Obama: Supports an Apollo-scale investment of $150 billion investment over 10 years to jumpstart renewable energy technology development and deployment.

McCain: Has repeatedly opposed new investments and incentives in for renewable energy. Until this week.

CHALLENGE: The Next 10 Years of Oil

Obama: 3 million barrels of oil savings. The plan will reduce U.S. oil consumption by about 3 million barrels of oil per day by 2018.

(Obama Energy Plan)

McCain: Not a drop more. McCain plan to open up our coastlines to drilling would not bring meaningful new production on-line for ten years.

(McClatchy News Service)

CHALLENGE: Ending Excessive Speculation in Oil Markets

Obama: Supports fully closing the Enron Loophole and eliminating offshore loopholes that encourage excessive speculation. Obama's Plan will ease the impact of rising prices.

McCain: Sen. Phil Gramm – one of Senator McCain’s chief economic advisors – was responsible for sneaking the Enron Loophole into law.

CHALLENGE: Fuel Economy v Offshore Drilling

Obama: Supports doubling the fuel efficiency of autos by 2018, saving American consumers from purchasing a half trillion gallons of gas. Taking this one step will achieve more than three times the oil savings than could be produced under even the most optimist scenarios of drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf and Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

(Obama Energy Plan: Department of Energy)

McCain: Repeatedly opposed legislative efforts to increase CAFE standards. Now supports simply enforcing existing standards.

CHALLENGE: Energy Efficiency

Obama: Plan will reduce the energy intensity of our economy 50% by 2030, through improvements in building efficiency, smart grid, and giving utilities an incentive to invest in efficiency rather than new production.

McCain: No energy efficiency plan.

CHALLENGE: Windfall Profits Tax

Obama: Supports implementing a well-designed windfall profits tax on profits made over $80 per barrel to help families pay energy bills

McCain: Supports $4 billion per year in new tax breaks for major U.S. oil companies, including $1.2 billion per year for Exxon-Mobil – the most profitable company in the history of the world.

(Center for American Progress)

http://my.barackobama.com/page/content/newenergy

http://www.barackobama.com/issues/pdf/EnergyFactSheet.pdf

Any one want to post McCain's plan so we can have an issues-based discussion?

[CCTAU 3,336]

We've already heard his energy approach. Any price is acceptable only if it GRADUALLY rises.

Nice load of bull**** you posted though.

[RunInRed 16,454]

Great response. We all look forward to your continued value-add posts.

[Tigermike 3,046]

Great response. We all look forward to your continued value-add posts.

So says the boards worse at no value added post.

Obama's energy policy is NO DRILL AT ANY POINT, OR ANY TIME, NO WHERE!

[TheDrewYouKnew 3]

My plan is better and has just as much a chance of becoming reality:

CHALLENGE: Providing Immediate Financial Relief for Families This Summer

Obama: Supports a second round of rebate checks to help families offset the cost of $4.00 gas this summer.

Worth: $300 per family

(Obama Second Stimulus Plan)

TheDrewYouKnew: Supports a second round of rebate checks to help families offset the cost of $4.00 gas this summer.

Worth: $600 per family

(BS Politics.com)

CHALLENGE: Green Collar Jobs

Obama: Comprehensive plan for renewables, fuel economy and energy efficiency will help create as many as 5 million new green jobs.

TheDrewYouKnew: Super Comprehensive plan for renewables, fuel economy and energy efficiency will help create as many as 10 million new green jobs.

CHALLENGE: Making America’s Economy Vibrant and Competitive in the Long Haul

Obama: Supports an Apollo-scale investment of $150 billion investment over 10 years to jumpstart renewable energy technology development and deployment.

TheDrewYouKnew: Supports an Apollo-scale investment of $300 billion investment over 5 years to jumpstart renewable energy technology development and deployment.

CHALLENGE: The Next 10 Years of Oil

Obama: 3 million barrels of oil savings. The plan will reduce U.S. oil consumption by about 3 million barrels of oil per day by 2018.

(Obama Energy Plan)

TheDrewYouKnew: 6 million barrels of oil savings. The plan will reduce U.S. oil consumption by about 6 million barrels of oil per day by 2012.

(TheDrewYouKnew Energy Plan)

CHALLENGE: Ending Excessive Speculation in Oil Markets

Obama: Supports fully closing the Enron Loophole and eliminating offshore loopholes that encourage excessive speculation. Obama's Plan will ease the impact of rising prices.

TheDrewYouKnew: Supports fully closing the Enron Loophole faster than Obama would and eliminating offshore loopholes that encourage excessive speculation faster and better than Obama would. TheDrewYouKnew's Plan will ease the impact of rising prices and result in a decrease in cancer rates.

CHALLENGE: Fuel Economy v Offshore Drilling

Obama: Supports doubling the fuel efficiency of autos by 2018, saving American consumers from purchasing a half trillion gallons of gas. Taking this one step will achieve more than three times the oil savings than could be produced under even the most optimist scenarios of drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf and Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

(Obama Energy Plan: Department of Energy)

TheDrewYouKnew: Supports tripling the fuel efficiency of autos by 2012, saving American consumers from purchasing a trillion gallons of gas. Taking this one step will achieve more than six times the oil savings than could be produced under even the most optimist scenarios of drilling in the Outer Continental Shelf and Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

CHALLENGE: Energy Efficiency

Obama: Plan will reduce the energy intensity of our economy 50% by 2030, through improvements in building efficiency, smart grid, and giving utilities an incentive to invest in efficiency rather than new production.

TheDrewYouKnew: Plan will reduce the energy intensity of our economy 99.9% by 2010, through improvements in building efficiency, smart grid, and giving utilities an incentive to invest in efficiency along with frequent hugs and kisses.

CHALLENGE: Windfall Profits Tax

Obama: Supports implementing a well-designed windfall profits tax on profits made over $80 per barrel to help families pay energy bills

TheDrewYouKnew: Supports implementing a well-designed windfall profits tax on profits made over $10 per barrel to help families pay energy bills, college education, drug rehab, AA, baby momma drama therapy, and new gold grillz.

(Keppin' it real)

OTHER PROMISES:

TheDrewYouKnew : Will also ensure a cure for AIDS, cancer, and bird flu by 2010. I will then send refund checks to all minorities in amounts that they individually determine are appropriate based on the "Be honest" forms that will be distributed at local K-Marts and voting places on election day. I will ensure that crime becomes nonexistant half way through my second term, and I promise to make nice with the leaders of all foreign nations whether they like it or not. Gas will be $1.00 a gallon again, and college will be free for anyone who tried hard or fills out an "I honestly did my best" form. No more grades will be given out since that would be unfair and racist, and for the same reason sports will no longer keep score. After I'm elected everyone will get a trophy, and I hereby order McDonalds to give one free Southern Style Chicken biscuit to every American every day as long as I am in office.

Obama: none

[RunInRed 16,454]

Now that was funny, I don't care who you are.