On Sat, 24 Jan 2004 04:38:50 -0000, you wrote: >There was an engergy plan contest here a while ago, so I thought some >might be interested in seeing what the front running candidate for >president would propose. Well, I think it is interesing but too long >term. Many things he is looking for based on results in 15-20 >years. Also, there still remains much discussion about fossil fuel. >There is little attention to solar power and what there is is rather >vague. Natural gas and coal are big topics. Well, I stil like my >plan better. ^_^ > >http://www.johnkerry.com/issues/100days/environment.html >
I think that's just his summary page. There are other speeches and areas where he has dealt with additional topics or similar topics in a more comprehensive way. So, I think the webmaster did a mediocre job on what was at one time Mr. Kerry's signature topic. There's no immediately apparent mention of biofuels for example, but a search of "biofuels" on his website, turns up this speech which has a paragraph about them: http://www.johnkerry.com/pressroom/speeches/spc_2002_0122.html I'm a Kerry fan. This occurred at first because I was so impressed with his level of knowledge on Energy Policy and a few other issues. On Energy Policy but also on many other issues, he seemed willing to be subtle and not go for the easy answer all the time. He seemed to me *much* less insulting in that respect than many other candidates. He was able, in my fallible opinion, to be clear and concise, but also to be subtle where needed. I've been glad to see him develop his range, as he has, rather than staying too much on the Energy Policy topic. For a little while there, with his strengths in discussing energy policy, and President Bush's absurd weaknesses in that area, Kerry seemed in danger of staying too much on that one topic and coming off as a one-trick-pony overly anxious to exploit a weakness of finite political currency value. But that was awhile ago, and Mr. Kerry now seems a much more diverse and balanced candidate to me. It's funny how his star was waning just a month or two ago when he fired some manager, and now he's thought of as doing well. We seem to have this over-focus on who wins the first couple of sprints rather than who is ready to last and win the whole 26 miles 385 yards. And we seem to be incapable of delienating the question of "Who do I personally think would make a good President" vs. "Who do I predict will win?" They're different questions. In any event, with respect to Energy Policy, I always perk up my ears when Kerry speaks, but as someone who prefers him to the present President, I'm also glad that he hits that them not-overly-often, to stay away from playing a strong card more than he perhaps should. That way, I think when he plays that card, it is more valuable and very effective in a long term win-the-race way. The only danger then would be to remind him to play the card sometimes, because we *do* need to hear strong criticism, at length, during this political season, of present horifically needlessly bad US Energy Policy. MM Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/index.php?list=biofuel Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/biofuel/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
