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Posted on 02/02/2016 10:29:57 PM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign Tuesday rolled out a plan to increase building energy efficiency standards as a way to cut emissions and save on energy costs.
The plan, her campaign said Tuesday, looks to improve building codes, provide more information about buildings' energy usage and expand appliance energy labeling as ways to reduce energy consumption.
The proposal would save households and businesses $70 billion, or $600 per household, annually if implemented, Clinton's campaign said, and reduce taxpayer spending on energy in federal buildings by $8 billion. Its goal is a one-third reduction in energy waste within ten years.
The far-reaching plan also looks to lock in state policies it says are effective at cutting energy usage. The proposal features a host of grant programs, including those for cities to implement building codes that advance energy efficiency improvements and for states that phase out fuel oil and propane as home heating methods during the winter.
The latter proposal, especially, looks to appeal to New Hampshire voters, who go to the polls next week to cast votes in the Democratic presidential primary.
Clinton's website notes that nearly 70 percent of New Hampshire families utilize oil or propane for home heating, something that leads to both air pollution and swings in home heating costs. Her plan will help with both, the campaign said.
The energy efficiency plan is the latest plank of Clinton's climate change agenda, which she began to unveil last summer.
"Deploying more clean energy isn't enough-we also need to cut energy consumption, which will save families and businesses money and reduce the greenhouse gas emissions that drive climate change," said a fact sheet about the plan.
Pikers.
Frackers have cut the price of petroleum by 2/3 and the price of natural gas by 80% since 2008.
Maybe he/she's stumping for Hillary...
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They are. As we’ll soon see, she’ll skate or walk.
LOL, good one.
Welcome to Maricopa County
Clinton’s Falcon-900 N506BA (rented)
burns 4 gallons per mile.
part of that fuel burn is excess weight
from the hoist needed to
lift Clinton into the plane.
Nice touch with the tattoo.
Why don’t we just make energy cheap and stop this zero sum game of trying to squeeze consumers?
Pump our own energy and cut OPEC completely out of the American market. Americans can still bet their money on all the other commodities but not oil and natural gas. Consider the country and the economy first. Who knows how it might have changed our foreign policy over the last 35 years.
Yeah, a Clinton plan will save money. Bwahahaha.
Somehow the $$$$ would end up in Clinton’s pocket.
Only a small trickle would, but it would be a large amount.
That’s the way powerful Dems (and some GOP) roll. Think of Solyndra and other boondoggles... most of the money was flat-out wasted, but the backers did get some benefit. Or, of the contract to build the Obamacare website, which went to a company where Michelle had a friend who was a high officer. Or, of decisions made by Clinton which favored those who had contributed relatively minor amounts (compared to the benefit received) to the Clinton Foundation.
Would you explain more of what you mean?
Why do Democrat plans for reducing energy waste always call for ME to spend more money?
expand appliance energy labeling as ways to reduce energy consumption.
WHAT A CROCK OF CRAP! How stupid does she think we are?
I actually like LEDs. Have been buying them on sale when I find them, little by little. Just bought some small LED strip lights to replace the old style bulb lights in our boat.
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That info was at the same source so I added it.
Global Warming on Free Republic here, here and here
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