Edmund Storms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is exactly what Obama has proposed to do in contrast to McCain who > wants to drill for oil and encourage nuclear power.
Just to clarify, Obama also supports nuclear power. The candidates are actually close together on energy policy, at least in their speeches and web sites. On energy, energy efficiency and global warming, McCain's views are closer to the Democratic party than the Republican party or the Bush administration. Perhaps McCain is insincere about this. I am not being sarcastic; I really do not know what he is thinking, but you might doubt his sincerity for the following reasons: His voting record is close to the Bush administration. Cheney endorsed McCain today. Cheney shaped the Bush administration energy policies, and energy is a very important issue to him, so either Cheney is having second thoughts about his own policies, or he believes McCain will continue to support these policies. Finally, Palin is entirely in favor of oil-centered, conventional energy policy. She does not believe that humans have caused global warming, although she thinks we should fix it. This begs the question: if we did not cause the problem with CO2 emissions, how can we fix it? No recent administrations, Democratic or Republican, have had effective policies on energy or energy efficiency. - Jed
