06.10.2009 10:52 am
What compromises will result in the best energy bill?
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
As Congress considers the Obama Administration’s proposed cap-and-trade program, Republicans recently drafted their own energy proposal that focuses heavily on nuclear power.
Republicans’ Energy Proposal (Source: New York Times)
- sets a goal of building 100 Nuclear reactors over the next 20 years
- provides incentives for increased oil and gas production on public and private lands and offshore
- authorize oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska
- does not include any mandatory cap on emissions of heat-trapping gases, relying instead on nuclear energy, natural gas and renewable fuels like wind, solar and biomass power to reduce production of the gases
Here’s a video of Senator Lamar Alexander talking…
