Top 10 Energy Questions for the US Senate

humanevents.com ^ | 05/29/2008 | staff

[Renkluaf]

There's a huge bill board that faces the helix going into the Lincoln Tunnel. For the month leading up to the November elections I'd love to put the following message on it:

Remember, every vote for a Democrat is a vote for higher energy prices!

[Arkansas Toothpick]

I’ve sent many emails to our senators about energy. If enough Americans do it, we can make a difference; unfortunately, these senators are entrenched and don’t feel any real pressure to help.

[b4its2late]

10. When was the last time you filled up your own gas tank?

Or driven themselves somewhere.....

[kellynla]

Taxpayers footing bill for luxury rides
http://www.onenewsnow.com/Politics/Default.aspx?id=102176

[b4its2late]

Charlie Rangel. What a total POS.

[muleskinner]

I’ve heard ethanol is starting to cause engine problems. Lots of sludge build up in engines, and those that follow the manual, which says change oil every 6000 miles, are needing rebuilds. Probably due to lower combustion temperature burning less of the fuel.

[SoConPubbie]

Forget about the Senate!

How about we start first with our Presumptive Presidential Nominee, John McCain.

He is wrong on all of these issues.

[doodad]

I can tell when the gas has ethanol. I don’t think it is my imagination as I have driven this car (and raced it) for 12 years. I had to stop today away from the non ethanol station near my house. I only put in enough to get home. Each station is, for the most part, independently owned and buys what they want so branding is not as important. Read the sticker on the pump.

[386wt]

The Chevron station near my home has gone from $3.97 a gallon for regular (stable price for one week) to $4.31 today. The day after the hearings it went to $4.19. Today it is $4.31.

Thanks for the hearings! /s

[lesser_satan]

bump

[sopwith]

“Everyone in America should cut and paste that into an email to EVERY congressman and senator in Washington.”

Thanks for the idea I did just that.

[fightinbluhen51]

I just did send this to my Congressman and two worthless liberal senators, along with this.

Dear Congressman,

I have but a few questions to ask you regarding the recent climb in fuel prices.

THE QUESTIONS (I am omitting them).

Perhaps once you answer these questions, you will begin to realize the strain that the American people have been put under in the last 5 months. Additionally, next week, the Senate will begin debating the bill authored by Warner, Lieberman, and Feinstein that will essentially amount to a “carbon tax” on consumers.

Don’t you think we are taxed enough with approximately 10%~15% of the cost of each gallon of gas going to either the state or federal government? Do you really think that corporations that fall under the carbon cap and trade system will really reduce their profit margins in order to pay the tax, or will they just pass the cost on to consumers through higher prices? Not to mention that this will ultimately ship more jobs over seas and discourage investment into our country (according to the Congressional Accounting office some one trillion dollars and nearly two million jobs in just a decade, Wall Street Journal May 27th, 2008, page A20). Why is it that approximately 40% of my pay check goes to a government agency in taxes, and then my “post tax” income has to fund state sales taxes and federal and state fuel taxes?

I am not asking you to vote no on Warner, Lieberman, Feinstein, I’m telling you to vote no! I am also telling you to give the American people some fuel pump relief with allowing the oil companies to drill and explore. There is no reason that we should not be exploring the same waters off of our coast that the Cubans and Chinese are exploring and drilling, especially when their environmental track records are very poor. While this is happening, we should be scraping regulation in order to create a free market environment that will allow investors to pour capital into good alternative energies. Government isn’t the solution to this problem, but it can certainly get out of the way of those that can fix the problem.

Finally, this is not rocket science. It need not be difficult to offer a short-term solution to get more supply on the market for our current infrastructure, while the intelligent people of the United States invest and create jobs for the future with alternative energy. By allowing our US companies to explore known energy deposits, we can stop the ridiculous speculation and create transparency and certainty that our citizens will have the energy we need to keep increasing the standards of living in our country and countries around the world.

Thank you for reading, and please consider these items when you seek my vote in the fall.

Sincerely,

FightinBluHen51
Maryland and USA Bred, Born, AND Raised Citizen