Republicans: What About Kid Energy?
The Republican party seems intent to frame the debate about energy - the security of our supply, its renewable-ness, etc - around gas prices. They claim that we should be pulling out all the stoppers to keep the power grid juiced up, and claim to support an "all of the above" attitude to energy production. In reality, they've been using this refrain as a wedge to demand that offshore oil drilling in the U.S. be opened up. Incidentally all this oil would be sold on the world market, not reserved for our own use, so while it's debatable how much it would help gas prices, it's a sure-thing that it would improve the profits of the oil companies that are already wallowing in money. If it's true that they're interested in all comers as it relates to energy production, let's put it to the test: Let's hook up electrical generators to treadmills and stationary bikes, put them in the gyms of our public schools, and make children generate the electricity we use! Hell, I can remember my mom saying time and again that ...
Posted on September 3, 2008 2:38:16 PM EDT
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