Let me suggest an alternative:

· An adjustable oil and natural gas import tax…this would have OPEC on their knees begging us to buy their oil at $20 a barrel within 4 months

· Reduce the national speed limit to 55 mph

· Remove permitting obstacles to all new US toll roads

· Remove all governments and labor unions from all mass transit in the US…let the private sector do faster, better, safer and cheaper

· Expedite licensing of new nuclear power plants…think about all the truly good paying jobs involved here…nuclear power is our cleanest energy source

· Quickly proceed with permits for the newly discovered oil and gas fields in the Gulf of Mexico and in North Dakota (horizontal drilling)

· Remove permitting obstacles to new natural gas lines

· Remove any import taxes and/or regulations to the new turbo diesel VW Jetta TDI, that gets ….are you ready?……58 mpg!!!

Mr. President: forget about biofuels and wind farms…they are dead end streets. Furthermore, the above listed alternatives would cost the government nothing! Just step aside and let the private sector do it cheaper and better. And we would not have to borrow a penny for these projects! Private capital would rush into these projects!

You want clean air, good paying jobs and less dependence on foreign energy supplies, why here is your answer!

about Obama's energy plan, in response to Bill asking

Barack, what if the development of alternate energy

sources don't deliver. Obama compared his approach

to John Kennedy's space program, and how if you go

for it , the answers will come. But, the distinction between

our space program and our energy challenge is … If it had taken

us longer than we thought to get to the moon … or, if we hadn't

gotten to the moon … no big deal. But, if we put all our hopes

into alternative energy, and it doesn't happen in time … or, if

it doesn't work, our entire economy, as well as our national

security could end up in ruins. Our country's entire energy

infrastructure revolves around petroleum. All the gast stations,

all the vehicles. Democrats keep citing how long it will take

to get more oil out of the ground. But, even if an alternative

fuel is found tomorrow, how long will it take America to

transition from our existing infrastructure to a completely

new one? In the meantime, people have to get to work, and

goods have to get to market. This is an important reason to

secure our energy needs with oil drilling and mining oil shale,

while we try to develop alternate energy. Obama seems to be

playing fast and loose with our country's future … gambling

with our future, all based on hope and faith … with consequences

which could be dire. Obama's plans, or lack thereof, are

extremely irresponsible. Not suprising from a candidate who

does not have the experience, qualifications, or judgement to lead, as

President of the United States.

Besides, offshore drilling comes with the threat of hurricanes, which could destroy drill sites and refineries along the coast.

Tikeer

New Mexico

As a Texan i have seen what oil exploration and production can do to the economy, if the goverment would get out of the way and let industry get after production it would be the biggest stimulas to the economy our country can experience plus keeping the money sent to other countries would strength the dollar. we hear all kinds of reasons not to produce our own oil and frankly they are made by people that are ignorant or have a monetary benifit to not drill. We will be depending on oil for a long time as there is no alternative source that is as efficient and economical. ethinol is a disaster, it has put a lot of cattle feeders out of business and has hurt the chicken production along with the hog feeding. other food that requires corn has increse in price. The lower income workes that have to drive to work are being hit in fuel and food prices. Is this compassion???My belief is Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reed are not concerned about the economical hardship being fostered on the country, plus the national security.

Any statement that includes "we are addicted to oil or even if we drill now it be 10years before we can get it out of the ground" is blantely false. In 1940 we had 13 fighter planes at Selfridge Field, in 1943 when we made a bombing raid over Germany it consisted of 2000 bombers and 1000 fighter escorts. The Alcan Highway was built in 1 year. Of course there was no EPA or a bunch of envirolmental's to hamper production. And all of our problems are because "some" people have gotten their panties in a wad that the enviromental temp will increase 1 degree in the next hundred years.

Perhaps folks should address their proposals and disagreements to their support for government action or let the private sector find and solve the up and downs of our economy?

Thank you.

803-292-9467

Dennis Sidwell

seriously, you think obama was raised with a silver spoon and is a radical muslim-wow-maybe you should do some research. who by the way called him the messiah-oh yea, an attack ad. john mc cain needs to attack obama over frivolous things to divert attention from the real crises in this nation. you tlak about snake oil salesman-wow is that ever ironic. why don't you go research how much money mc cain just took from a wealthy oil family if you want to talk about oil snakes-over $250,000 right after reversing his stance about drilling off shore. hmmm…. whos in the hands of the oil companies.

Its also amusing how mr. mc cain resorts to the low ball tactics that probably cost him the republican nomination in 2000. whats even better is he is working with the same people bush used to smear him. what a great guy!! you must be part of the elite who wants their rights to continue to be trampled upon by the government. I know I sure do not think it is fair or 'compassionate' to tax someone who works for a non-profit organization more than some millionaire who has more money than they know what to do with.

at least obama had the foresight not to vote for authorizing the president to go to war.

go watch the sexual predator oreilly and his liars at fox some more and bring back some more outrageous unsubstantiated claims.

o Renewable Fuels Mandates and Fuel Economy Standards. Mr Loris confuses _electricity_ generation with transportation fuel. Ethanol as a fuel is used almost exclusively for transportation, so an otherwise valid corn ethanol criticism is completely invalid regarding electric generation. Mr. Pickens celebrated plan proposes 20% of _electric_ generation in ten years from wind alone, the DoE in twenty. Thus Sen. Obama's renewable electric energy proposal for ten and twenty-five years is at least reasonable; if it is flawed it is not due to crop and food conflicts. As usual though the Senator's proposal lacks in any detail or substance so it is difficult to be sure.

o Tapping the SPR. It is fine to highlight Sen. Obama's reversal on this point, but the criticism of any reliance on the the SPR however small is specious. As the US does not require an infinitely large SPR to insure security, there must also be some amount of the SPR which can be reasonably be tapped without adversely impacting US security. The question is how much. Further, the fact that a tap on the SPR is a short run measure misses the point of its impact on price volatility. An announcement that the US is willing to some part of the SPR for other than catastrophic supply interruptions significantly increases risk to those betting on an inelastic oil supply and demand at any given point in the future, as former Speaker Gingrich has stated.

o Plug-in Hybrids. The issue of electric capacity to charge PHEVs has been well studied by EIA, NREL and others; it is clear that the over night spare electric capacity existing the US, today, is more than able to accommodate many millions of PHEVs though not the entire US light vehicle transportation fleet. The 30-40 miles of daily short distance driving targeted by PHEVs accounts for _one-third_ of the oil usage in the US, or half of the imported oil. Electric utilities are eager to play as it allows them to sell otherwise unused over night kilowatt-hours.

"GM Teams With Dozens Of Utilities on Plug-In Cars Collaboration Seeks To Smooth the Path For Electric Vehicles"
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB12166929920547265…