This is just rhetoric, it was already done in 2009.
Lest we forget, the House would write the cap and trade legislation and the senate would write energy legislation.
The energy bill was drafted in committee and introduced into the Senate in June 2009 as S 774. It covered almost everything from offshore drilling to transmission lines to loan guarantees for the Alaska pipeline, to new nukes, to new permitting processes for offshore Alaska.
The only thing missing was federal OCS royalty sharing with the states. So Murkowski and Landrieu introduced a second bill(S 1517) that had the royalty sharing language in it.
Now, cap and trade is dead and Congress is headed in a different direction. Clean Energy Legislation
By 2035, 80% of the electricity will be produced by clean sources and 20% by dirty coal.
Clean sources are defined as Natural gas, Nukes, clean coal, renewables such as wind, solar, water, and maybe biomass
As for tailpipe emissions, that is being accomplished by raising the CAFE standards.
Clean sources are defined as Natural gas, Nukes, clean coal, renewables such as wind, solar, water, and maybe biomass
I don't consider any of this an energy plan that strengthens America.
You and I probably think pretty much along the same lines when it comes to energy, since you're a Freeper.
I follow energy as best I can and believe we have all the necessary resources to handle our energy needs for years to come in known reserves of NG and Oil. As far as alternative fuels go let the greenies play their games all the want they'll never amount to squat overall. Love to have nuke plants all over the country but doubt I'll see them in my life time.