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AubreyJ’s Energy Update Report
Yes We Can!!!?
Tuesday, March 24, 2008
Image Credit: Chesapeake
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President Obama Talks the Talk on Energy Independence while leading our Country toward Financial Ruin by being so ill-prepared
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The following is from the White House Website - My Take is in RED…
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ENERGY AND THE ENVIRONMENT
.The energy challenges our country faces are severe and have gone unaddressed for far too long. [Gone Unaddressed!!! That is a right-out LIE! President Bush and the Republicans in Congress, time and time again have tried to push through legislation that would have had us OFF of Foreign Oil for several years now. BUT NO… God forbid we do something stupid like DRILL for our own Oil and Natural Gas!] Our addiction to foreign oil doesn't just undermine our national security and wreak havoc on our environment -- it cripples our economy and strains the budgets of working families all across America. President Obama and Vice President Biden have a comprehensive plan to invest in alternative and renewable energy, end our addiction to foreign oil, address the global climate crisis and create millions of new jobs.
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[Note: Nothing Obama plans for helps us today or in the near future. If anything drastic should happen to the Oil Markets over the next 5-10 years or so… We Are SOOO Screwed!!! You just THINK the Economy is bad now… Let gas prices jump to $4.00 or more a gallon again! Then sit back and watch as prices in the stores JUMP and your cooling/heating Bills go out of sight… The Obama-Biden Comprehensive New Energy for America Plan is anything BUT well thought-out.]
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The Obama-Biden comprehensive New Energy for America plan will:
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* Help create five million new jobs by strategically investing $150 billion over the next ten years to catalyze private efforts to build a clean energy future. [How many millions of new jobs will we create, TODAY, by developing our OWN Energy here at home? How Many BILLIONS of Dollars will flow into so many local economies around the country, TODAY? How many States like California could get out of the financial messes they find themselves in today, just by Developing their OWN Energy Resources!!!?]
* Within 10 years save more oil than we currently import from the Middle East and Venezuela combined.
* Put 1 million Plug-In Hybrid cars -- cars that can get up to 150 miles per gallon -- on the road by 2015, cars that we will work to make sure are built here in America.
* Ensure 10 percent of our electricity comes from renewable sources by 2012, and 25 percent by 2025.
* Implement an economy-wide cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050.
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Energy Plan Overview
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Provide Short-term Relief to American Families
* Crack Down on Excessive Energy Speculation.
* Swap Oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to Cut Prices.
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Eliminate Our Current Imports from the Middle East and Venezuela within 10 Years
* Increase Fuel Economy Standards.
* Get 1 Million Plug-In Hybrid Cars on the Road by 2015.
* Create a New $7,000 Tax Credit for Purchasing Advanced Vehicles.
* Establish a National Low Carbon Fuel Standard.
* A “Use it or Lose It” Approach to Existing Oil and Gas Leases.
* Promote the Responsible Domestic Production of Oil and Natural Gas..
Create Millions of New Green Jobs* Ensure 10 percent of Our Electricity Comes from Renewable Sources by 2012, and 25 percent by 2025.
* Deploy the Cheapest, Cleanest, Fastest Energy Source - Energy Efficiency.
* Weatherize One Million Homes Annually.
* Develop and Deploy Clean Coal Technology.
* Prioritize the Construction of the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline.
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Reduce our Greenhouse Gas Emissions 80 Percent by 2050
* Implement an economy-wide cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050.
* Make the U.S. a Leader on Climate Change.
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My overall take is this…
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The Obama Plan is in all a Plan most ALL Americans wish to achieve in the years to come. But our Energy needs, until then, have to be answered NOW and we have but TWO Choices.
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1) Stay dependent on Foreign Oil and Gas, as we are now, for the next 10/20/30 years or more. OR…
2) Start Drilling and using our own Natural Resources while we let the Obama Plan have time to work itself out..
My vote is number TWO!!!
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Wake Up America!!!
AubreyJ………
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POST UPDATE:
Thursday, March 26, 2009
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Yesterday afternoon, Wednesday, March 25th, I received the following email from my Senator, David Vitter (R-LA). Thought you might wish to read it too, so here it is…
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Dear Friend,
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We in Louisiana have long known of the economic benefits of oil and gas exploration and production. It creates jobs, provides revenues to the state and local governments and helps bring family energy bills down as the supply of energy on the market increases.
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I recently led a group of committed Senate and House members in introducing a bill that would increase our domestic energy production and in the process save or create two million jobs and help bring real relief to family budgets across America… all without costing the taxpayers more of their hard-earned money. It is called the No Cost Stimulus Act of 2009, and it was introduced with support from the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, National Black Chamber of Commerce, National Association of Manufacturers, Americans for Tax Reform and Alliance for Worker Freedom.
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The bill forces the Secretary of the Interior to move forward with offshore leases rather than continuing to block energy development off the East and West Coasts. It would also open ANWR for oil and gas development and use the revenues derived from production to support alternative and renewable energy.
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The No Cost Stimulus bill also reconciles outstanding environmental law issues that have been used to slow production and development by continually tying up projects in lawsuits that prevent job creation. And it extends state boundaries so states have more say in what happens off their coasts, providing them with a tool for greater energy production opportunities and creating new opportunities for individual states to increase their own revenues without asking the federal government to bail them out.
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We can create more jobs in Louisiana and throughout the country by simply harnessing our natural resources and increasing our energy production… and we can achieve this goal without increasing our debt or raising taxes on Louisiana families.
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Sincerely,
David Vitter
U.S. Senator
