John Kerry has an energy policy. Wait, John Kerry? Really?

[Dionysos]

Full article here:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060626/...usa_kerry_dc_1

Kerry, who has not ruled out another White House run in 2008, proposed reducing U.S. oil consumption by 2.5 million barrels a day by 2015 -- the equivalent to the entire volume of U.S. imports of Middle Eastern oil.

He said the United States should build significantly more"flex fuel vehicles" that can run on something other than gasoline, such as "E85" -- a fuel blend consisting of 85 percent ethanol, or ethyl alcohol, and 15 percent gasoline.

Automakers are building E85-enabled cars but only six million vehicles, or 10 percent of all those on the road, can run on it.

"We must require, not just recommend, that an increasing percentage of new cars can run on E85 and that by 2020 all new cars will have the capacity to run on E85," Kerry said.

With many consumers angry over high gasoline prices less than six months before congressional elections, both parties have taken steps to underline differences on energy policy.

Republicans have accused Democrats of opposing efforts to increase domestic fuel supplies; Democrats have painted Republicans as out of touch on climate change and beholden tofossil fuels and Middle East oil.

Kerry said 10 percent of major oil filling stations should be required by law to offer at least one ethanol pump by 2010, and called for a series of tax credits to ensure that 20 percent of all passenger cars and trucks are hybrids by 2020.

"We can put ethanol pumps in every single gas station in America for what we spend in Iraq in just one week," he said.

Kerry called for an economy-wide cap-and-trade program to reverse greenhouse emissions growth from 2010 before moving to more rapid reductions aimed at cutting emissions by 2050 at 65 percent below what they were in 2000.

He plans to propose an amendment in the Senate to an energy spending bill that would require more than 1,800 E85 pumps across the country in the next year, he said.

[Nyteshade]

This from the guy who killed a program for a nuclear reactor that would have put out 1% of the waste that our current ones do and be a lot safer. Fuck Kerry.

[Dionysos]

Originally Posted by Nyteshade

This from the guy who killed a program for a nuclear reactor that would have put out 1% of the waste that our current ones do and be a lot safer. Fuck Kerry.

Maybe he's finally grown a spine on something important.

/unrealistically optimistic


One has to wonder where the hell this was in 2004.

[Element4040]

And where does he propose we obtain all this Ethanol? Furthermore, he is insinuating that it will help with the cost and that's false. Sure it will help the environment, but it's not going to be cheaper.

That's like saying we are going to Iraq because Saddam has WMD's.

[zerojunkie]

Originally Posted by Element4040

And where does he propose we obtain all this Ethanol? Furthermore, he is insinuating that it will help with the cost and that's false. Sure it will help the environment, but it's not going to be cheaper.

That's like saying we are going to Iraq because Saddam has WMD's.

Maybe we should lift the import tariffs on it instead, oh and maybe use something a little less expensive than corn to derive our ethanol from...in typical Kerry fashion though, it's not really a good idea, just something that he can use to say he has a position on a topic and get a few more votes. BTW, anyone catch the Thomas Freidman special on Discovery about alternative fuels and whatnot? I thought it was pretty well done.

[PETA]

who's John Kerry?

[Dionysos]

Originally Posted by xian

who's John Kerry?

You remember the Tree Shepherd that ran against Bush in 2004?

[Hey Bubu]

Originally Posted by Dionysos

You remember the Tree Shepherd that ran against Bush in 2004?