I want all of you to go out to your garages right now and make sure that your vehicle tires are properly inflated. *61 has promised us that in ten years we will be energy independent if we do that. Can you imagine such lunacy and yet many cretins will believe this. One of our biggest foreign policy challenges is to wean ourselves from foreign oil and yet Barky wants to tie the hands of those who can actually provide energy independence to our country. I say let's let American ingenuity and companies take over with a little encouragement. That is the way we have always solved our problems and the only way the energy issue will be solved. Government needs to get out of the way. A suffocating government is the enemy of all of us.
McCain * All of the
McCain
* All of the above: nuclear, wind, tide, solar, gas, coal. (Oct 2008)
* Offshore drilling & nuke power instead of $700B to enemies. (Sep 2008)
* FactCheck: Voted against new investments in renewable energy. (Sep 2008)
* FactCheck: US sends $357B to hostile countries, not $700B. (Sep 2008)
* FactCheck: Obama not opposed to nuclear energy; just Yucca. (Sep 2008)
* Attack the energy problem on every front. (Sep 2008)
* Job creation program with alternate energy & nuclear power. (Aug 2008)
* Address both the supply and demand sides of imported oil. (Jun 2008)
* Lexington Project: invest to achieve energy security. (Jun 2008)
* AdWatch: Obama is the "Dr. No" of energy security. (Jun 2008)
* GovWatch: No, Obama supported $150B in energy innovation. (Jun 2008)
* GovWatch: Build 45 new nuclear power plants by 2030. (Jun 2008)
* AdWatch: Realistic climate plan that clashes with GOP. (Jun 2008)
* End moratorium on offshore oil drilling. (Jun 2008)
* GovWatch: Favors wind & solar in ad; favors nuclear in bills. (Jun 2008)
* GovWatch: Gas tax cut goes to oil companies, not consumers. (Jun 2008)
* GovWatch: 2003: Ethanol doesn't increase energy independence. (Feb 2008)
* End reliance on petro-dictators with market-based reform. (Feb 2008)
* Be more active in addressing the issue of climate change. (Jan 2008)
* In favor of cap-and-trade. (Jan 2008)
* FactCheck: Oil independence will take 25 years, not 5 years. (Dec 2007)
* Climate change is real and must be addressed. (Dec 2007)
* Climate change is real; nuclear power is solution. (Oct 2007)
* Public pressure on oil industry to invest in alternatives. (Oct 2007)
* FactCheck: nuclear plants do emit no GHGs, but do have waste. (Jun 2007)
* Reinvest oil profits in nuclear power. (Jun 2007)
* Ethanol made no sense in `05 but with $60/bbl it makes sense. (May 2007)
* 2000: Held hearings on mounting evidence of climate change. (Jan 2004)
* 2000: Criticized Bush's withdrawal from the Kyoto Treaty. (Jan 2004)
* Energy 2001: 1st Republican to sign onto reducing GHGS. (May 2002)
* Strength Clean Air & Water Acts; but not Kyoto. (Jan 2000)
* Supports alternative fuels, emission controls, & CWA. (Jul 1998)
* Voted YES on disallowing an oil leasing program in Alaska's ANWR. (Nov 2005)
* Voted NO on $3.1B for emergency oil assistance for hurricane-hit areas. (Oct 2005)
* Voted NO on reducing oil usage by 40% by 2025 (instead of 5%). (Jun 2005)
* Voted YES on banning drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Mar 2005)
* Voted NO on Bush Administration Energy Policy. (Jul 2003)
* Voted YES on targeting 100,000 hydrogen-powered vehicles by 2010. (Jun 2003)
* Voted YES on removing consideration of drilling ANWR from budget bill. (Mar 2003)
* Voted NO on drilling ANWR on national security grounds. (Apr 2002)
* Voted NO on terminating CAFE standards within 15 months. (Mar 2002)
* Voted YES on preserving budget for ANWR oil drilling. (Apr 2000)
* Voted YES on defunding renewable and solar energy. (Jun 1999)
* Voted YES on approving a nuclear waste repository. (Apr 1997)
* Voted NO on do not require ethanol in gasoline. (Aug 1994)
* Sponsored bill for greenhouse gas tradeable allowances. (Feb 2005)
* Rated 17% by the CAF, indicating opposition to energy independence. (Dec 2006)
* Gas tax holiday for the summer. (Apr 2008)
* Supports immediate reductions in greenhouse gases. (Sep 1998)
Some of the fact checking is fun to read about McCain and his energy policy (or lack thereof) because he says one thing and does another...
Obama
* $15B to free us from foreign oil in 10 years. (Oct 2008)
* Nuclear power ok, as one component of energy mix. (Oct 2008)
* Nuclear power ok, as one component of energy mix. (Oct 2008)
* FactCheck: Both McCain & Obama plans kill oil tax loopholes. (Sep 2008)
* Drilling is a stop-gap measure, not a long-term solution. (Aug 2008)
* More Alaska oil & gas leases, plus new gas pipeline. (Aug 2008)
* GovWatch: $150B for electric car batteries & new technology. (Jun 2008)
* GovWatch: Supports nuclear power if it's clean & safe. (Jun 2008)
* GovWatch: Opposes Yucca Mountain for nuclear waste storage. (Jun 2008)
* Rebate checks instead of gas tax holiday. (May 2008)
* Gas tax holiday is a classic Washington gimmick. (May 2008)
* Voted for failed IL gas tax holiday & learned from mistake. (May 2008)
* $150B investment over 10 years to reduce oil usage by 35%. (May 2008)
* Figure out how to sequester carbon and burn clean coal. (May 2008)
* GOP right on cap-&-trade: guidelines instead of bureaucracy. (Apr 2008)
* Raise fuel efficiency standards to reduce long-term demand. (Apr 2008)
* Reduce carbon emissions by 80% by 2050. (Feb 2008)
* FactCheck: Self-contradictory on Bush's clean-energy plan. (Jan 2008)
* Reduce the consumption of energy and be more efficient. (Jan 2008)
* Aggressively address accelerating climate change. (Dec 2007)
* Fuel efficiency and Middle East stability help on fuel costs. (Oct 2007)
* Nuclear power ok if we safeguard against waste & terrorism. (Sep 2007)
* Explore nuclear power as part of alternative energy mix. (Jul 2007)
* Cheney met environmentalists once; but Big Oil 40 times. (Jul 2007)
* Cap-and-trade carbon emissions; raise CAFE standard. (Jun 2007)
* Stop sending $800M a day to Mideast dictators for oil. (Mar 2007)
* Wants Detroit to build more hybrids & use more ethanol. (Oct 2006)
* We cannot drill our way out of our addiction to oil. (Oct 2006)
* 3-way win: economy, environment, & stop funding terror. (Jun 2006)
* Cap-and-trade is more specific on reducing greenhouse gases. (Jan 2006)
* Conserve, develop alternative fuels, increase efficiencies. (Oct 2004)
* 20% nation's power supply from renewable sources by 2020. (Sep 2004)
* 20% renewable energy by 2020. (Jul 2004)
* Invest in alternative energy sources. (Jun 2004)
* Increase CAFE to 40 mpg. (Jun 2004)
* Tradable credits for renewable energy. (Jun 2004)
* Renewable Fuels Standard: require ethanol in fuel supply. (May 2004)
Voting Record
* Passed tax credit for installing E85 ethanol at gas stations. (Feb 2008)
* Sponsored legislations that improve energy efficiency. (Sep 2004)
* Voted YES on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies. (Jun 2007)
* Voted YES on making oil-producing and exporting cartels illegal. (Jun 2007)
* Voted YES on factoring global warming into federal project planning. (May 2007)
* Voted YES on disallowing an oil leasing program in Alaska's ANWR. (Nov 2005)
* Voted YES on $3.1B for emergency oil assistance for hurricane-hit areas. (Oct 2005)
* Voted YES on reducing oil usage by 40% by 2025 (instead of 5%). (Jun 2005)
* Voted YES on banning drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. (Mar 2005)
* Sponsored bill for tax credit for providing 85% ethanol gas. (Apr 2005)
* Sponsored bill to notify public when nuclear releases occur. (Mar 2006)
* Sponsored bill raising CAFE by a 4% per year until 2018. (Jul 2006)
* Rated 100% by the CAF, indicating support for energy independence. (Dec 2006)
* Sign on to UN Framework Convention on Climate Change. (Jan 2007)
* Designate sensitive ANWR area as protected wilderness. (Nov 2007)
* Set goal of 25% renewable energy by 2025. (Jan 2007)
* Let states define stricter-than-federal emission standards. (Jan 2008)
BOTH of them are for Nuclear Energy and I cannot abide that.