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Pelosi's Energy Policy
ENERGY INDEPENDENCE IN 10 YEARS
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Energy plank from Pelosi's "Innovation Agenda"
America will achieve energy independence from Middle East oil in the next 10 years by developing emerging technologies that work in synergy with the existing energy infrastructure. A sustained investment in research and development is crucial to creating cutting-edge technologies that allow us to develop clean, sustainable energy alternatives and capitalize on America’s vast renewable natural resources.
To achieve this goal, Democrats will:
Substantially reduce the use of petroleum based fuels by rapidly expanding production and distribution of synthetic and bio-based fuels, such as ethanol derived from cellulosic sources, and by deploying new engine technologies for fuel-flexible, hybrid, plug-in hybrid and biodiesel vehicles.
Create a new DARPA-like initiative within the Department of Energy to provide seed money for fundamental research needed to develop high-risk, high-reward technologies and build markets for the next generation of revolutionary energy technologies, such as those emerging from biotechnology, nanotechnology, solar, and fuel-cell research.
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Analysis
It is virtually impossible to achieve energy independence in 10 years. While cellulosic ethanol is a good idea (unlike corn ethanol), the first commercial plant will likely not be on line for five years. Hybrids will help, but not enough to stop the upward trend of imports, and biodiesel will achieve little.
What we need is a policy to slow CO2 emissions, and that requires wind, nuclear, and in 10 to 15 years, clean coal with carbon capture. All of these are far cheaper and will have far more impact in the next 20 years than what Pelosi is proposing.
Good intentions, but not doing the numbers.
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http://zfacts.com/p/635.html | 07/20/08 19:11 GMT
Modified: Sun, 24 Dec 2006 22:20:37 GMT
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