You are elected POTUS. What are your energy and oil policies?

[barfbag]

Household Products:

Regulate energy consumption through minimum efficiency standards of household appliances.
Ensure manufacturers build products that are efficient to the maximum levels.
Reduce electricity loads in order to burn less fossil fuels.
Efficiency standards to be reviewed annually by Department of Energy.
Test and label products to meet energy efficient standards.


Products Include:

refrigerators
freezers
washers
dryers
dishwashers
ovens
stoves
pool heaters
water heaters
air conditioners
fluorescent lamp ballasts
incandescent refrigerator lamps


Taxes and Spending:

Tax incentives for windmills.
No Climate Tax.
Reduce oil usage by 5% each decade.
Continue federal funding for 100,000 hydrogen powered cars each decade.
Hold funding for renewable and solar energy until our budget is balanced.
Extend renewable energy tax credit through 2018.
Provide tax incentives for renewable energy, energy production, and conservation.
Require annual car and emissions inspections.
 

Waste Dumps:

Allow for nuclear waste repositories with heavy restrictions and deadlines.
Enforce limits on CO2 pollution.
Regulate small quantity generators of hazardous waste.
Require nationwide survey of conditions at solid waste landfills.
Establish strong corrective actions for violation of waste conditions.
Close substandard landfills and incinerators.


Resources and Drilling:

Tap into Marcellus Shale.
Invest in homegrown biofuels.
Criminalize oil cartels like OPEC.
Keep moratorium for drilling offshore.
No permits for new oil refineries.
Comprehensive energy policy should nuclear energy and clean coal.
Voluntary partnerships to reduce greenhouse gases economically.
Kyoto treaty must include other nations before we make a decision.
No drilling in ANWR.

[H. Ross Peron]

Nuclear's the way to go.

[barfbag]

Nuclear's the way.

That is also a good idea. Solar is another productive source with an economic advantage to it. I've heard that some people even get money back at the end of the year if they conserve energy. Anyone else have ideas on how to preserve oil and energy?

[Miles]

[Goldwater]

Nuclear's the way to go.

[TNF]

Household Products:

Regulate energy consumption through minimum efficiency standards of household appliances. Okay.
Ensure manufacturers build products that are efficient to the maximum levels. Yeah.
Reduce electricity loads in order to burn less fossil fuels. Not sure what this means exactly.
Efficiency standards to be reviewed annually by Department of Energy. Agreed.
Test and label products to meet energy efficient standards. Agreed.


Products Include:

refrigerators
freezers
washers
dryers
dishwashers
ovens
stoves
pool heaters
water heaters
air conditioners
fluorescent lamp ballasts
incandescent refrigerator lamps


Taxes and Spending:

Tax incentives for windmills. Disagreed. Wind power is inefficient and not worth the financial cost or impact on the environment.
No Climate Tax. Agreed.
Reduce oil usage by 5% each decade. I like the sound of this, but it's far too vague.
Continue federal funding for 100,000 hydrogen powered cars each decade. Definitely.
Hold funding for renewable and solar energy until our budget is balanced. No. Balancing the budget is a dumb fixation of people who should know better.
Extend renewable energy tax credit through 2018. No, get rid of most tax credits.
Provide tax incentives for renewable energy, energy production, and conservation. No.
Require annual car and emissions inspections.  For regular people? This is going to get annoying and intrusive very quickly. Oppose.
 

Waste Dumps:

Allow for nuclear waste repositories with heavy restrictions and deadlines. "deadlines" meaning...what?
Enforce limits on CO2 pollution. What are said limits and how would you enforce them?
Regulate small quantity generators of hazardous waste. Yes.
Require nationwide survey of conditions at solid waste landfills. Yes.
Establish strong corrective actions for violation of waste conditions. Yes.
Close substandard landfills and incinerators. Yes.


Resources and Drilling:

Tap into Marcellus Shale. Yes.
Invest in homegrown biofuels. No. Biofuels are the ultimate gimmick.
Criminalize oil cartels like OPEC. How?
Keep moratorium for drilling offshore. No.
No permits for new oil refineries. No.
Comprehensive energy policy should nuclear energy and clean coal. Nuclear power and natural gas instead. I'm not entirely convinced there's such a thing as "clean coal."
Voluntary partnerships to reduce greenhouse gases economically. "Voluntary" translated to English roughly means "Do nothing"
Kyoto treaty must include other nations before we make a decision. Don't sign Kyoto.
No drilling in ANWR. Agreed.

[Citizen Hats]

Massive carbon tax.  Rebates for low income people. Corporate tax simplifications and cuts using resulting revenue

[barfbag]

Household Products:

Regulate energy consumption through minimum efficiency standards of household appliances. Okay.
Ensure manufacturers build products that are efficient to the maximum levels. Yeah.
Reduce electricity loads in order to burn less fossil fuels. Not sure what this means exactly.
Efficiency standards to be reviewed annually by Department of Energy. Agreed.
Test and label products to meet energy efficient standards. Agreed.


Products Include:

refrigerators
freezers
washers
dryers
dishwashers
ovens
stoves
pool heaters
water heaters
air conditioners
fluorescent lamp ballasts
incandescent refrigerator lamps


Taxes and Spending:

Tax incentives for windmills. Disagreed. Wind power is inefficient and not worth the financial cost or impact on the environment.
No Climate Tax. Agreed.
Reduce oil usage by 5% each decade. I like the sound of this, but it's far too vague.
Continue federal funding for 100,000 hydrogen powered cars each decade. Definitely.
Hold funding for renewable and solar energy until our budget is balanced. No. Balancing the budget is a dumb fixation of people who should know better.
Extend renewable energy tax credit through 2018. No, get rid of most tax credits.
Provide tax incentives for renewable energy, energy production, and conservation. No.
Require annual car and emissions inspections.  For regular people? This is going to get annoying and intrusive very quickly. Oppose.
 

Waste Dumps:

Allow for nuclear waste repositories with heavy restrictions and deadlines. "deadlines" meaning...what?
Enforce limits on CO2 pollution. What are said limits and how would you enforce them?
Regulate small quantity generators of hazardous waste. Yes.
Require nationwide survey of conditions at solid waste landfills. Yes.
Establish strong corrective actions for violation of waste conditions. Yes.
Close substandard landfills and incinerators. Yes.


Resources and Drilling:

Tap into Marcellus Shale. Yes.
Invest in homegrown biofuels. No. Biofuels are the ultimate gimmick.
Criminalize oil cartels like OPEC. How?
Keep moratorium for drilling offshore. No.
No permits for new oil refineries. No.
Comprehensive energy policy should nuclear energy and clean coal. Nuclear power and natural gas instead. I'm not entirely convinced there's such a thing as "clean coal."
Voluntary partnerships to reduce greenhouse gases economically. "Voluntary" translated to English roughly means "Do nothing"
Kyoto treaty must include other nations before we make a decision. Don't sign Kyoto.
No drilling in ANWR. Agreed.

Deadlines as in deadlines to close repositories that harm our environment. I'd keep our CO2 limits where they are. As for partnerships I meant more between us and other nations.

[morgieb]

ETS.
Look at alternative energies and study the viability of them. (What's the best way to deal with nuclear waste? How feasible is solar energy? etc.)
Funding for hybrid power cars. Try to lessen our reliance on fuel.
Moratorium on fracking/drilling until the true effects of it are realised (I'm not opposed to this in theory, but it could easily f**k our environment)

[Sol]

-Nationalize various energy companies, into one Gov. owned corporation.
-Begin to totally phase out the coal and oil industries, to be replaced with renewable resources
-Extremely high carbon tax
-Encourage Public transportation and the development of high-density urbanization. End sprawl now.
-No new oil drilling

[barfbag]

-Nationalize various energy companies, into one Gov. owned corporation.
-Begin to totally phase out the coal and oil industries, to be replaced with renewable resources
-Extremely high carbon tax
-Encourage Public transportation and the development of high-density urbanization. End sprawl now.
-No new oil drilling

Do you like my ideas?

[Ban my account ffs!]

Remain strongly supportive of fracking in sparsely populated areas like west Texas and western North Dakota.

Pass strong regulations and make drilling companies explicitly liable for any environmental damage and clean up. 

Keep tightening fuel efficiency requirements for vehicles.

Keep tightening electricity efficiency requirements for appliances.

Allow the U.S. to be energy independent ASAP.

Reduce and then eliminate corn ethanol use in vehicles.  Invest in alternative ethanol derived from switch grass or even hybrid poplar trees.

Increase research funding for potential negative impacts of windmills in the paths of migratory fowl.

Increase research funding for new sources of energy.

Decrease coal production.  Provide transition funds to affected communities.