Good News for the ANWR!
Yesterday the senate rejected oil drilling in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge(ANWR)! This has been a hot topic for me recently. I've been arguing on the side of the senate hoping they would not allow the drilling because we know Bush would have let it happen. Like a co-worker said "When it comes to oil, I don’t see Bush as a president but as an oil-man," since we all know he is involved with Halliburton. Yes, Bush keeps saying that we are "addicted" to oil yet he was pushing for the senate to pass the bill to drill in Alaska, and then he goes and visits Biodiesel (a company working on alternative fuel sources) and talks about how much he loves "the innovative spirit of our entrepreneurs in this country" but yet after searching and searching for literally hours (just ask Joe) I cant find a SINGLE dollar amount that is being set aside to help these innovative spirits achieve their goals!! Isn’t it kind of contradictory to say what he is saying, but then turn around and try to move to Alaska for about 5 more years worth of oil, now, when we still have at least 15 years worth of oil reserved or in production? Not only that, but the government is also giving tax breaks to those who buy Hummers and any other gas guzzling SUV (A good thing gone bad that has still not been fixed).
If we started drilling in Alaska that would give the government another 5 years(Approx) to put alternative resources on the back shelf! I mean give me a break....haven’t they been saying since at least the 1950's, and earlier, that we are going to run out of oil and we need to find something else. Yet the government has always pushed it to the back...we still have time. Enough is enough...stop putting it off and do something!!
Why does Japan have more fuel efficient cars than us?? I mean Toyota (Japanese automaker) had 3 hybrid cars in production before Ford (American automaker) finally decided they should get with the times and develop one!
Our fellow blogger, Tass, said he is paying about $6.00 a gallon, yet you don’t hear him and his fellow countrymen crying about the high gas price there. We are only paying $2.60 and yet we complain, why is that?...Because I am sure Tass' car probably gets way better gas mileage than the average American's vehicle. That is why the $6 doesn’t kill them like it does us, or maybe it does, I’m not sure, but it stands to reason that they need less....we need more to fill up our Escalades, Hummers, Expeditions and Excursions. Next time you watch a film or see a photo that was shot in Japan or Europe...look at all the little cars then look around next time you’re on the road... BIG trucks and SUVs as far as the eye can see. And no, I don’t think they will make the move to alternative resources overnight! But why is America taking so much longer to get at least more fuel efficient cars.
Well I didn’t do much talking about Alaska…but I for one am VERY happy the senate voted against the bill and did their part in actually protecting some of our American wildlife.
Here Here!
If we started drilling in Alaska that would give the government another 5 years(Approx) to put alternative resources on the back shelf! I mean give me a break....haven’t they been saying since at least the 1950's, and earlier, that we are going to run out of oil and we need to find something else. Yet the government has always pushed it to the back...we still have time. Enough is enough...stop putting it off and do something!!
Why does Japan have more fuel efficient cars than us?? I mean Toyota (Japanese automaker) had 3 hybrid cars in production before Ford (American automaker) finally decided they should get with the times and develop one!
Our fellow blogger, Tass, said he is paying about $6.00 a gallon, yet you don’t hear him and his fellow countrymen crying about the high gas price there. We are only paying $2.60 and yet we complain, why is that?...Because I am sure Tass' car probably gets way better gas mileage than the average American's vehicle. That is why the $6 doesn’t kill them like it does us, or maybe it does, I’m not sure, but it stands to reason that they need less....we need more to fill up our Escalades, Hummers, Expeditions and Excursions. Next time you watch a film or see a photo that was shot in Japan or Europe...look at all the little cars then look around next time you’re on the road... BIG trucks and SUVs as far as the eye can see. And no, I don’t think they will make the move to alternative resources overnight! But why is America taking so much longer to get at least more fuel efficient cars.
Well I didn’t do much talking about Alaska…but I for one am VERY happy the senate voted against the bill and did their part in actually protecting some of our American wildlife.
Here Here!
posted by Kari at
9:05 PM
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Denise, at June 03, 2006 11:16 AM
The law both increases tax credits for commercial solar installations and offers individual homeowners a credit for the first time in 20 years. (An earlier personal-use solar credit was in effect from 1979 to 1985.) Companies such as FedEx and Johnson & Johnson that have already installed solar systems on some properties, and have made a commitment toward adding more, are likely to pick up the pace, predicts Resch. "The federal incentives by themselves will not create a market for solar energy, but when combined with state incentives, you reach the economic tipping point to make it work," he adds. Homeowners get a more limited credit. They can put in a photovoltaic system (roof panels that take in energy from the sun and turn it into electricity) and/or a solar-powered hot water system (for hot water heaters, radiant floors or radiators), and get a federal tax credit worth 30% of the systems' cost, up to a credit of $2,000 per system. There are a couple of catches: The heating system can't be for a pool or hot tub, and the federal credit applies to the net system cost after any state incentives. The good part is that this new federal break is a credit—not a deduction—meaning it reduces your tax bill directly, dollar for dollar. So, if you install both eligible solar systems in your house, you can knock $4,000 off your federal tax bill. And if you have more credit than you owe in tax, you can carry it over and use it to defray next year's federal tax bill."
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