Obama Vs. McCain on the Future of Energy
So...It looks like we have a race. A race for president, the field has finally narrowed to 2. This is not a political blog so I won't ramble on about my personal political views and musings. But I will give you a snippet of the candidate's energy policies according to the jabs back and forth the past week. And let you decide.
Barack Obama: Called for a tax on oil-company windfall profits and declared, "At a time... when we're paying more than $4 a gallon for gas, McCain wants to spend $1.2 billion on a tax break for Exxon Mobil." He also dismissed the idea of a gas-tax holiday as a gimmick, and continued to tout his vision of a green-job-driven economy, making no mention of nuclear power.
John McCain: An economic adviser to McCain says that the GOP candidate supports an "across-the-board corporate rate cut that's necessary to keep the American corporate sector competitive in the global economy." And at a fundraiser in Richmond, Va., reiterated his support for the gas-tax holiday; when a donor summarized his energy policy as "nuclear, and drill wherever we've got it," McCain replied, "You just gave my speech."
I'm sure there will be many more of these to come.
Barack Obama: Called for a tax on oil-company windfall profits and declared, "At a time... when we're paying more than $4 a gallon for gas, McCain wants to spend $1.2 billion on a tax break for Exxon Mobil." He also dismissed the idea of a gas-tax holiday as a gimmick, and continued to tout his vision of a green-job-driven economy, making no mention of nuclear power.
John McCain: An economic adviser to McCain says that the GOP candidate supports an "across-the-board corporate rate cut that's necessary to keep the American corporate sector competitive in the global economy." And at a fundraiser in Richmond, Va., reiterated his support for the gas-tax holiday; when a donor summarized his energy policy as "nuclear, and drill wherever we've got it," McCain replied, "You just gave my speech."
I'm sure there will be many more of these to come.
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Roxanne Kotzman is a Daily News Photo Department veteran of nine years. When she and longtime friend Stacy Long
discovered their love all of all things environmentally responsible, they launched Happy Monkey Planet and jumped head-first into the vibrant eco-community.
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