I completely disagree with CAP & TRADE LEGISLATION!

First, Cap and Trade is only a shell game being put forth to strip more money from the people you are suppose to be serving; as opposed to actually coming up with something that will make us energy independent and at the same time provide good environmental policy. It does not reduce anything just moves it from one column to another.

Second, Carbon Dioxide is not a pollutant it is a necessary element that is part of our photosynthesis process. Did you hear the latest about how aerosols are now considered better for the environment than the alternative that we now use because we were told aerosols were a danger? Let’s be a little smarter this time.

Third, this is not an energy plan; this is the lazy man’s way to deal with an issue while not really dealing with it at all.

Good Energy policy would be:

1.       Drill for our own resources, instead of allowing China to drain our reserves off our shore. How does not drilling help the environment when someone else is still doing it? Additionally, we are much more environmentally conscious than any other country; so our processes will provide a higher level of assurance that drilling will be done responsibly.

2.       Implement turbine construction along our entire highway system including solar collectors. This does not require taking large green spaces to accomplish a change and uses an already industrial focused land use to its highest ability. The electrical infrastructure is already in place so minimal investment for retrofit is required, as opposed to starting from scratch. The energy captured from this implementation can offset the housing demand as it is the lowest demand area.

3.       Focus on diesel technology for transportation. Everything I have read shows that diesel burns 40% cleaner than our current fuel and it naturally achieve higher mpg ratings. The car companies already have access and use this technology so an entire retrofit of their industry is necessary. And diesel can be created from resources other than fossil fuel.

4.       Invest in clean coal, natural gas and nuclear to address industry demand; and where possible use geothermal energy in developments that require large land mass such as research parks, office parks, university and shopping malls just to name a few.

5.       Change building codes to require alternative energy usage in commercial developments over a specific size.

Now that sounds like a plan!