Sometimes politics really ties my nerve-endings in knots. Okay, it always does.
For some reason, the Deficit Reduction Act is being held hostage for a provision to allow oil development in ANWR. Why these have to be stapled together boggles the mind.
Let's start with the Deficit Reduction Act being very important, and not a single Democrat is willing to support it. None. So the Republican majority has to come to agreement on this to get it to work.
ANWR, though not the nicest of concepts, does allow the use of energy resources in federally owned property that isn't used for anything. (Ok some caribou use it rarely, but that's pretty much it.) The vast amount of property would only have a very very small section utilized for oil development.
Here's a quote from my state Representative (jerk).
But then, Bass needs to get his head out of his back side and realize that renewable energy sources aren't going to be of any help unless they are implemented. While oil is in present use and will be needed for some time to come. Both need to be used and the technology advanced. But sitting around denying access to a resource because of utopian hopes is a plan destined for failure.
Got to write my Rep. Hate doing it though. I usually only get a form letter response six months after the topic is irrelevant.
For some reason, the Deficit Reduction Act is being held hostage for a provision to allow oil development in ANWR. Why these have to be stapled together boggles the mind.
Let's start with the Deficit Reduction Act being very important, and not a single Democrat is willing to support it. None. So the Republican majority has to come to agreement on this to get it to work.
ANWR, though not the nicest of concepts, does allow the use of energy resources in federally owned property that isn't used for anything. (Ok some caribou use it rarely, but that's pretty much it.) The vast amount of property would only have a very very small section utilized for oil development.
Here's a quote from my state Representative (jerk).
"They understand this thing won't go anywhere with ANWR in it,'' said Representative Charlie Bass, a New Hampshire Republican. Bass wrote a letter Nov. 8 that was signed by 25 other Republican lawmakers to House leaders asking that the Alaska provision be stripped.Ok, the ANWR provision should be stripped. Get the Deficit Reduction Act finished, it's more important.
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"Rather then reversing decades of protection for this publicly held land, focusing greater attention on renewable energy sources, alternate fuels, and more efficient systems and appliances would yield more net energy savings,'' Bass said in the letter to House Republican leaders.
But then, Bass needs to get his head out of his back side and realize that renewable energy sources aren't going to be of any help unless they are implemented. While oil is in present use and will be needed for some time to come. Both need to be used and the technology advanced. But sitting around denying access to a resource because of utopian hopes is a plan destined for failure.
Got to write my Rep. Hate doing it though. I usually only get a form letter response six months after the topic is irrelevant.
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