1. The National Grange urges the repeal of laws and regulations that have blocked or discouraged United States’ energy production by private enterprise. We support a national energy policy that will encourage the development of all forms of domestic energy, traditional and alternative, including solar, wind, geothermal, ethanol, surf, shale, tar sands, hydroelectric, agricultural products, wastes, peat, wood, coal, coal gasification, oil, natural gas, nuclear, hydrogen, biodiesel and methanol in an environmentally sound manner without exploiting our parks and wildernesses in order to reduce our dependence on foreign oil.
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If I'm reading this right, they support private investment not public and government to get out of the way. Tax cuts and credits for investors is encouraged.
4. The California State Grange urges the California State Power Authority to initiate a program to implement cost effective biomass energy source for electricity and generators in California. [01]9. The California State Grange supports research and implementation of wind and solar energy and the growing of energyproducing crops. [81]
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The numbers at the end are when these resolutions were passed.
Far reaching public policies are admirable but they are part of the fabric of prioritizing public spending. If a public progarm is essential, it is more essential than another. Funds to accomplish the essentail goal must come from a finite resource, tax dollars, and other goals must be compromised or abandoned. Simply creataing new taxes, at the whim of the politcal class, is counterproductuve to all goals.
"Tax cuts and credits for investors is encouraged"
Every one of those should be eliminated.
As it is now I have to support all these stupid green power energy sources that couldn't pay for themselves on their own in the market place.
Use the oil that is available in California and the US wouoldn't have to import one drop of oil for hundreds of years.