Posted by
Catmman on Thursday, July 17, 2008 1:29:18 PM
We all know the story: the Libs/Lefties/Democrats continually bleat about how drilling for more of our own oil/creating our own energy (through refinery construction new nuclear/coal power plant construction, etc.) will take us "10 years".
Obama's campaign hails the fact that he "fast tracked" legislation to increase funding, to the tune of 150 billion dollars, to increase research into alternative energy. Remember, this is an increase in research funding - not actually doing anything about producing more energy - just working on alternative energy sources.
How long would this "fast track" take? Would it begin to give us relief at the pump and in our electricity bills next week? Next month? Next year? In five years?
How about 10 years?
Obama released a national ad saying he has "fast-track alternatives" to imported oil. On closer examination, those turn out to be his proposal to spend $150 billion over the coming decade on energy research. Ten years doesn't sound all that "fast" to us, and there's no guarantee that the research will result in less oil being imported.
Again, that's ten years - just on research. How long would it take (assuming there is some kind of breakthrough within that ten years) for any benefit to reach the American people? Another decade? Longer?
The Democrat shell game on energy continues...