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would you : news related : WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THE PROPOSED NEW ENERGY BILL?

[+] ballot by mojo
created Wed Jul 27, 05

In the next few days, Congress is expected to vote on whether to give final approval to the energy bill. Some of the worst provisions in this environmentally destructive legislation would let oil and gas companies use underwater explosions to explore for oil in previously off-limits coastal areas, allow industrial logging in old growth and roadless forests in the name of "energy production" and encourage oil drilling on public lands by weakening Clean Water Act protections. This energy bill is merely a wish list for the oil, gas and nuclear industry and doesn't address our nation's real energy needs.

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(If you are opposed and want to do something about it, call your U.S. Representative at the U.S. Capitol Switchboard: 202-224-3121)

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Submitted by : mojo
Submitted on : Jul 27,2005 5:10:14 am
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What do you think of the proposed new energy bill?

ballot number:78104

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They should give all public land to the citizens and allow them to do what they wish with it, but the government leasing land to private companies is a recipe for environmental disaster.

by thc2883 on Wed Jul 27, 05 8:17am [+]

They don't even try to hide the fact that they are in the pockets of Business.

BTW, thc, Big Business is not "the citizens." Small, but critical difference.

by Cathexis on Wed Jul 27, 05 9:43am [+]

It would be easy here to attack the Bushies as raping the land and polluting the air because of their policies, real and proposed.

However, the greatest polluter on the planet is the automobile. Hordes of these machines clog our highways, spewing all manner of toxic gasses into the air. As the number one polluter, we need a national focus on reducing automobile emissions though hybrids, use of public transportation, car pooling, etc.

The fact is that if you are weeping about the Bush policies allowing business to pollute your air as you drive to work in your pollutant belching automobile, you are a hypocrit. Period.

I'm in favor of doing what we can to clean up the environment on all fronts, but we need to realize that this will require all of us, not just government or big business.

by griffon007 on Wed Jul 27, 05 12:28pm [+]

^ Yes. So let's decrease our reliance on fossil fuels and PROMOTE energy efficient cars (especially hybrids and fuel cell technology), instead of giving SUV owners a tax break - which the Bush administration continues to do.

by mojo on Wed Jul 27, 05 1:00pm [+]

Cathexis
You didn't understand my comment. I believe public land is a sham. It's really just government land that they allow the public to use in limited ways. It should be given to private citizens AKA the public.

by thc2883 on Wed Jul 27, 05 1:51pm [+]

I don't want to fight,
I just want to understand. Can 'the citizens' share the land? It looks like the richest old guys would then buy All of it.
If democracy is real then the citizens own that land now, it's just been bought out from under us because we didn't care. We're screwing ourselves forever because no one over 50 gives a damn about our air, they'll die rich soon. I'm making one call.

by Jyl on Thu Jul 28, 05 10:44am [+]