It will only cost $1.5 trillion to $3 trillion with the right mix of government policies.
Posted on 07/19/2008 4:53:49 AM PDT by Zakeet
Former Vice President Al Gore urged Congress not to overturn a federal ban on offshore drilling and complained that lawmakers are "being stampeded by lobbyists for special interests" eager to lift the moratorium.
In a speech and interview, Mr. Gore called for moving the U.S. toward "zero-carbon" electricity over a decade, and reiterated his support for a carbon tax accompanied by a "sharp reduction" in payroll taxes.
"We have to switch from carbon-intensive fuels to renewable energy," Mr. Gore said. Although some recent opinion polls have found evidence of a shift in public opinion toward favoring more domestic drilling as a response to high oil prices, Mr. Gore declined to read much into those findings.
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Mr. Gore's comments come amid signs that climate change is sliding down Washington's priority list, as lawmakers have pivoted to voter concerns about high fuel prices. A bill to create a system for capping emissions of greenhouse gases in the U.S. economy was shelved in the Senate in June. A growing number of Democratic lawmakers also have said publicly in recent weeks that they could support a relaxation of the current drilling ban as a response to high oil and natural-gas prices.
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Mr. Gore called for a huge upgrade of the nation's electric grid, while "helping our struggling auto giants" switch to manufacturing plug-in electric cars. The Alliance for Climate Protection, a bipartisan group Mr. Gore leads, put the cost of his plan to switch to an entirely carbon-free electricity supply at approximately $1.5 trillion to $3 trillion, and said most of that investment could come from private sources with the right mix of government policies.
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It will only cost $1.5 trillion to $3 trillion with the right mix of government policies.
The special interest queen should keep his mouth shut.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
Just think, this man nearly won the presidency 8 years ago.
Instead of fighting off a recession, we would probably be in a major depression by now.
And he’s well on his way to becoming a billionaire by tapping into the carbon credit craze, so I don’t know what he would be upset about.
As I've said before, when gas and heating oil are $10 a gallon, people will burn radioactive baby seal oil to stay warm and to hell with the environment.
Does anybody know? Did he have any statement in the speech on how big of a battery we each would need to store electricity to use at midnight when there is no wind. Or do we just shut down the tv and the freezer and the pc? Also would we all have to buy DC to AC convertors for that power?
Inquiring minds want to know.
This idiot wants to shut down most electrical production in the USA and he wants non-environmentally friendly electric cars? Wow. Would we be permitted to plug these cars into candles, or is he going to ban them too?
Oh, and if Algore is so crazy about not polluting, then I think he should give up his private jet, his private cars and live without A/C in the summer in his posh Tennessee dacha.
An effective Republican party (please, try to hold your laughter to a dull roar) would use $4-plus gas and the inflation it’s unleashed to hammer the likes of Gore and Pelosi until they themselves contracted with a drilling company for a hole deep enough to crawl into and hide.
> Former Vice President Al Gore urged Congress not to overturn a federal ban on offshore drilling and complained that lawmakers are “being stampeded by lobbyists for special interests” eager to lift the moratorium.
Poor ol’ AlGore “The Inventor of the Internet”. He has worked so hard concocting “Global Warming” as the “Y2K-crisis” of this decade, and it could all go up in smoke if people became independent of Arab oil. Then where would AlGore be? Back to square one, no more speaker’s tours, no more carbon credits to help make him even richer...
Hey AlGore: can you say “Conflict-of-Interest”? I knew you could!
Why didnt this MORON put us on renewable energy when he cohabited the White House . What a Bunch of Hypocrits
Can't wait to see the price of corn when it hits the market up here......since some of the farmers...via huge grants...have built ethanol plants.
I am in the test phase of the wind powered car I’ve designed. The biggest problem so far is that all bridges crossing the roads are too low. The 150’ pedestal and the 75’ diameter blades just don’t do well with the 16’ average bridge.
I called Al Gore about this and next week he will announce that we need to rebuild all bridge and raise all utility cables cross roads to 250’ in 5 years.
I am also developing a fart powered rocket to put Al Gore on the moon by 2010. Not because it’s easy but because it’s necessary.
I’ll keep you all posted on both projects.
Keep in mind that this wouldn't apply to him or his commie friends. This would only apply to us serfs.
As I posted here earlier this week on another thread. The killowatt hours that this shyster uses in one month for ONE of his homes more than covers what I will use for the rest of my life (I'm 51) for my 1100 square foot attached townhouse.
I also have a fuel economy car, will never fly on a private airplane, will never own an SUV.
I also have a clothesline on my patio or hang up clothes inside on hangers to dry. I've yet to hear an enviro wacko lib talk about how we all need to go back to using clothes lines or say that they have one. (BTW, if any of you FReepers want to know where to purchase a clothesline or how to avoid hitting utility/phone/cable lines in your yard FReep mail me).
I know that God will judge me and its not something I'm especially looking forward to but Lord how I wish I could listen in when people like Gore, Carter, Kennedy, Kerry, the Klintoons go before Him!
(Former Vice President Al Gore urged Congress not to overturn a federal ban on offshore drilling and complained that lawmakers are “being stampeded by lobbyists for special interests” eager to lift the moratorium.)
WOW. I just got a new title. I am now a “lobbyist for special interest” instead of an American Taxpaying Citizen...
Hey Albore, STFU.....
What is the point of making it sound like Congress has to actually DO something to allow offshore drilling?
All Congress has to do is what they are best at, nothing. The offshore drilling ban will expire September 30 unless Congress reauthorizes it.
As general rule in life, do the opposite of what Al Gore recommends and you should do all right.
Seriously, why does the media listen to this guy? He was a government major in college and has no science background.
(An effective Republican party (please, try to hold your laughter to a dull roar) would use $4-plus gas and the inflation it’s )
Not fair. You say something extremely funny then ask us not to laugh........
There hasn’t been an effective Republican Party since the end of the Regan Presidency. OPh there was a little blip of what could be, with the Gingerich period but it did not last....
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