Kerry Outlines Plan for Energy Independence During Democratic Radio Address to the Nation

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[Bommer]

wow. what a plan. curb my enthusiasm.

[bitt]

and the specifics are...?

until we see the sort of fuel available like we saw in the movie 'Back to the Future', all speculation in quick available fuel sources for our national needs right NOW point to Alaska, IMHO.

[ARCADIA]

Kerry said we should go to the Saudi government and other OPEC nations and demand that they increase supply....tax incentives for consumers to buy and manufacturers to build the efficient vehicles of the future.

So we are either going to beg or threaten to go for war for oil, and we are going to trade down to mopeds. It sounds wonderfull; My dog has buried better stuff then this.

[Miss Marple]

Discussion on the business block this morning on Fox covered gas prices. Stewart Varney is adamant that we should be drilling for oil here. Wayne Rogers said it wouldn't matter because we don't have the refinery capacity. Varney said we should build the refineries. Gal with southern accent, Fox business reporter, advocated a gas tax to reduce demand!!! The discussion got fairly heated.

The President is not going to release the strategic reserve. That is there for a national emergency, not to get prices lower. It is for running essential industry and supplying the military in case oil suppliers refuse to sell to us, or are prevented from doing so.

[Felis_irritable]

"To help families and the economy now, Kerry said we should go to the Saudi government and other OPEC nations and demand that they increase supply."

Or what JFK? Or EXACTLY what? Demonrats always leave out the details, because the masses don't read past the sound bite. This morning, I read that the Saudis *are* actually jawboning OPEC to increase production, so what's up JFK??

"He also said we should divert oil that is being used to fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and bring it instead to the market to bring down prices."

Another grand idea. Call me a conservative, but what happens if a major terminal is blown up? We just say "Oh well?" Let's see, a Zodiac, 50# of C4, gee, nobody's done that before...

[MarkT]

I heard that, at great personal sacrifice to himself but for his country, he was going to offer to marry the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia...it makes you proud to be an American.

[woofer]

wow. what a plan. curb my enthusiasm.

Egg-zackly my reaction.

You'd think he would at least mention that the reduction of refining capacity vs. usage increases and regulated fuel formulation costs escalation in proportion to the rise in crude price are the real culprits, not how much oil is sucked from the ground or imported.

[prophetic]

and now he FLIPS.......

[TomGuy]

Kerry said

(1) we should go to the Saudi government and other OPEC nations and demand that they increase supply.

Free economics. They can charge whatever price they want. Demand? And if they reply, "Shove it!"?

(2) we should divert oil that is being used to fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and bring it instead to the market to bring down prices.

Clinton used the SPR to shore up prices in the latter days of his administration. That is why it is having to be refilled. The SPR is of 'strategic' purposes in the event of National security or National disaster issues. It isn't a storehouse to lower prices. Use it all now to shore up prices, and when the next price hike hits, it will be empty. And what if some kind of disaster or security breach causes a need for the SPR before it is refilled then?

His plan will invest in new technologies and alternative fuels, and establish a realistic fuel economy standard coupled with tax incentives for consumers to buy and manufacturers to build the efficient vehicles of the future

Well, that's about as vague as it can be. And that is his long-range plan? Whooptie do! I bet that is copied right out of Jimmy Carter's plan when he was running for reelection. The context of that quote has been repeated in every political platform since Carter.

As with most of the 'plans' Kerry has, they are long on meaningless gobbledygook rhetoric, and short on substance or real content.

[tet68]

John Kerry invents Gasohol II.

What is with these socialists, go to the saudis and DEMAND
they reduce prices?
That's like going to the IRS and DEMAND they reduce taxes.

[rmmcdaniell]

The liberals' idea for energy independence

[ozdragon]

Kerry has pointed out the obvious. He has not articulated a plan.
Suggestion:
1) Drill ANWR and offshore CA.& FL
2) Streamline process so that new oil refineries can be built
3) Streamline process so that 20 new nuclear power plants can be built
4) With added electric power available from the new nuclear power plants we can develop competitive electric cars for local use
5) Tax the sale of all new cars & SUVs that do not achieve 25 mpg highway $2,000. These funds will be used to build the nuclear plants and provide funds for alternative energy research.

[Dog Gone]

His plan will invest in new technologies and alternative fuels

I guess like the windmill farm he and Ted Kennedy oppose in the waters off Cape Cod because they destroy the view.

[jmstein7]

Here's a plan: drill in ANWR!

[TomGuy]

and the specifics are...?

Kerry served in VietNam and he's got the medals to prove it. How dare you question his patriotism?




lol

[jmstein7]

Troll alert!

This guy (signed up today) was kicked off when he was boxsmith13. Now he has just signed up with a new name -- and not a creative alteration at that.

He is a troll of the worst kind -- pay no heed to his remarks.

Please make sure he gets the treatment he deserves :)

[waRNmother.armyboots]

B.S. Pardon my french...oh that would be Kerry talking...

Mr SUV man wants to promote fuel efficient vehicles. Emptying the Strategic Oil Reserves will not help the situation as it is the WORLD WIDE demand for oil and the US limited refining capacity (thank you enviro wackos "Teresa Heinz Kerry") that is creating the increased oil prices. Maybe what we should recommend is that Americans eat less as we have an obesity problem and spend some of that money we spend on fast and fat food on gas for our autos or maybe just recommend that most Americans do without one of their numberous expressos or lattes a week at $3 a pop to pay for the increase in the cost of gasoline.

[chance33_98]

raising CAFE standards will actually INCREASE not DECREASE our dependence on foreign oil.

Well, where I live that would mean my local cafe would have to bring in better coffee beans and food from further away, which takes more gas as the trucks have further to drive :)