Quote Originally Posted by BOBS DAD
Bush has forgotten all his campaign promises in favor of making his mark in history. Evil and Evil-doers consume him. Yes, he was derailed with 911, but he has failed to finish "that" job before moving on to others. Osama is still out there... somewhere. Let's get him and in the meantime, take on some domestic issues. Like making us ENERGY self sufficient. Get rid of our need for Foreign oil (Hell... all oil) and watch your troubles go away. The only reason anyone cares about the deserts in Iran and the region is because of OIL and MONEY TO BE MADE. Take a tough stance... a real leadership one and declare America Energy Self Sufficient by 2008. Order the production of Hybrid and Electric Cars. Initiate research and funding for Hydrogen powered transportation. Give tax incentives to those who will buty into and invest in Energy alternatives. Buy an Electric car - get $6000.00 of your declared income. Do a National Lottery giving away 100,000 Energy Efficient (Hybrids, Electric or Hydrogen Powered) Cars. This will do more than anything to spark interest in them and will be a modest investment of our fortunes in the long run. Everyone will want to win and those thnat don't will investigate simply purchasing one and taking the tax break that comes along with it. C'mon... let's "just do it!" We sent brilliant minds into the desert once and 6 months later - we had a Nuclear Bomb! I think this should "be a breeze"!!! Enough!!!
It would be great if this administration would do something about our energy crisis, but I've read their "energy plan" if you can call it that, and it has absolutely no basis in reality. Their "solution" is by using coal, because there's a 200-year supply. Oh, and nuclear which is ghastly expensive to start and has that little problem with radioactive waste.
They were giving a small tax break on purchasing hybrid cars but they have since phased that out. There is still a tax break for buying SUVs though...