[sickoflibs]

I knew this would be a disaster :"more reliable, affordable, and clean sources of energy to power "

Bi-partisonship ? Work together? Not only did this not make oil cheaper but it drove up the price of food.

[Sacajaweau]

Presidents serve and rely on advisors. The market is playing games with commodities.

[thackney]

Don’t forget to include the additional requirements of the
Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007

http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2007/12/20071219-1.html

Increasing the supply of alternative fuel sources by setting a mandatory Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) requiring fuel producers to use at least 36 billion gallons of biofuel in 2022

Reducing U.S. demand for oil by setting a national fuel economy standard of 35 miles per gallon by 2020 – which will increase fuel economy standards by 40 percent and save billions of gallons of fuel.

The bill will require all general purpose lighting in Federal buildings to use Energy Star® products or products designated under the Energy Department’s Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) by the end of Fiscal Year 2013.

The bill will update the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to set new appliance efficiency standards

The bill will establish an Office of High-Performance Green Buildings (OHPGB) in the U.S. General Services Administration.

The Bill Responds To The President’s “Twenty In Ten” Vision And Will Produce Some Of The Largest CO2 Emission Cuts In Our Nation’s History

[Conservative Vermont Vet]

"THAT'S RIGHT, BETTER GET USED TO IT. I WAS NOT SUCCESSFUL IN RAMING THE SHAMNESTY BILL DOWN YOUR THROATS, BUT AT LEAST I WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR SIGNING A BILL WHICH 'MANDATES' Y'ALL GET RID OF THOSE PESKY, INCADESENT LIGHT BULBS AND BURN EVEN MORE CORN IN YOUR GAS TANK.

WELL, AFTER ALL, Y'ALL GETTING THAT BIG STIMULUS CHECK SOON AND YOU CAN SPEND IT ON THE EXTRA COSTS OF GAS AND FOOD.

I WARNED YOU BEFORE YOU ELECTED ME, THAT I WOULD BE THE CONSUMATE, 'COMPASSIONATE CONSERVATIVE', I JUST NEGLECTED TO TELL YOU I WOULD ALSO BE AN EVEN BIGGER AND MORE DEDICATED, RINO THAN MY DAD. TEE HEE!."

[Piquaboy]

All we got out of that energy bill is a crock of BS.

[tobyhill]

The only real problem in the ‘05 “Energy Bill” was that it didn't include drilling or refineries. It's ok to search for alternative sources in due time but in the short term we needed product, oil and gas.
During this time I spoke to a Democrat Congressman and told him that drilling in ANWR and coastal regions for at least the short term, 3-8 years, was going to be needed because we just didn't have the product to wait till alternatives were ready. I was told, “ANWR will never be opened as long as he has a say in the matter”.

[tobyhill]

****Our reliance on imported energy did not come about overnight, and it will take time to reverse.****

President Bush did nail that one but he should have also included that unless we immediately drill at home that time to reverse will be very painful.

[Mr. K]

wasn’t this right about the time gas prices started climbing up?

[SERKIT]

My Energy Manifesto (aka Let's Grow a Pair):

* Cease all ethanol subsidies. (If an entrepreneur want to “go for it” let ethanol be successful on its own merits with good ‘ol American market forces.) Ethanol takes away from food production and the unintended consequence is higher food costs. As diesel prices go up, the cost of farming tips the balance of cost to make ethanol a bad idea. Just say "no" to ethanol! Even Jimmy Carter says that diverting farm production from food to fuel is dumb – even HE gets it. This will create only ONE "blend" of gasoline and will cease regional "boutique" blends (gasohols) which are stupid, costly, and meaningless. Trucking custom blends around the country is wasteful. Ethanol blends may actually lead to fewer miles to the gallon, and adds to the cost of production and transportation. Newer cars do not need oxygenated fuels.

* Lift the restrictions in order to drill for oil in Alaska, Gulf of Mexico, and other sites in the CONUS as a matter of national security.

* Encourage the petro industry to construct state-of-the-art refineries and/or retrofit current and dormant ones and crank up production for our newly-accessed oil in the CONUS. Use the "model" of the Joliet refinery, built in the late 1970's (it is still considered 'new' since few others have been built since). The Joliet refinery specializes in "sour-heavy" crude and ONLY cracks US-pumped oil. Screw the "light-sweet" from foreign countries who hate us.

* Make all “carbon credit” scams unlawful, including "cap and trade" feel-good screwing of Americans. Discrediting Algore should have been a slam-dunk a long time ago. Stop electing Reps who buy into the Global Warming / Global Cooling / Climate Change Hoax. CO2 is not our enemy!

* Construct SEVERAL, regional Pebble-Bed Modular Reactors (or other similar modern designs) that are rechargeable, and cleaner than any current nuclear generator design. Refine spent nuke fuel for recycling. DO SOMETHING NUCLEAR to resolve energy problems.

* Use the residual heat from the reactors above to process motor fuel from coal and/or shale. Even though Clinton "stole" some of the best coal reserves, we still have a lot to use (much of it in Illinois which has high unemployment).

* Become independent enough to make the cartels (i.e. OPEC) inconsequential.

* Lift or cap the tax on gasoline. When the tax is higher than the profit margin, the argument over what is “obscene” becomes moot.

* List (chapter and verse) all the regulations and laws that need to be repealed in order to drill, and drill now. Use this list as the new "Contract With America for Energy Security". Have a mega-bill introduced that in one fell swoop removes the self-imposed energy embargo. California is dying from self-inflicted denial of oil.

If you squint real hard, and read between the lines, the ‘manifesto’ will require fewer RINOs and LibDems and the election of some clear-minded conservatives to even consider the above.