Energiepolitik - Vergleich Gore / Bush - 500 Beiträge pro Seite

[RudiRich]

Kopie von CNN.COM


Policy position: ENERGY
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Al Gore` s position
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Supports a policy of "forward engagement" that includes a limited national missile defense that would not threaten the anti-ballistic missile treaty with Russia.

Supports use the Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) to set a course for military strategy and to design an adequate force structure.

Supports streamlining DOD bureaucracy under tenets of his "reinventing government" initiative.

Supports continued investments in technology and defense industries.

Supports lifting the ban on gays in the military.

Supports an increase in defense spending and "transforming" the military to meet the needs of the 21st century.

Supports the administration`s proposed 3.7% across-the-board pay budget increase, as well as providing adequate housing and medical care for the nation`s military personnel.

Supports providing military retirees over 65 years of age with prescription drug coverage.

Supports creating "strong incentives" for the defense industry to draw on private sector technologies in order to bring the capabilities of the best commercial firms into the defense market.

Will resubmit the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty -- and urge ratification of the treaty in the Senate.

Bush` s position
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Supports oil and gas exploration in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge.

Would instruct the Energy Department to identify other federal lands that could be opened to exploration.

Supports the construction of new pipelines, and would expand refining capacity by tearing down "regulatory hurdles."

Supports allocating federal funds to clean coal technology and hydroelectric power.

Opposes tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve except in instances of war or a national emergency.

Supports the establishment of a privately managed Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve and allocating to the program $100 million over 10 years.

Supports electric utility deregulation.

[RudiRich]

Sorry bei Gore hatte ich den falschen
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hier der Richtige:
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Opposes oil and gas exploration in the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge.

Would devote an unspecified portion of the projected budget surplus to establish the Energy Security and Environment Trust Fund.

Supports providing consumers with a tax credit for the purchase of more fuel-efficient cars, SUVs, trucks, and 18-wheelers.

Would provide consumers with a tax credit up to $2,000 to purchase energy-efficient new homes or up to a $1,000 credit to upgrade the efficiency of their current homes, and extend a 20 percent tax credit to businesses for the purchase of energy-efficient building equipment.

Supports expanding the current 10 percent tax credit provided to homes or businesses that use solar energy to generate electricity or heat water.

Supports increasing funds for the Weatherization Assistance Program for low-income families.

Would expand the tax credit for solar energy.

Supports the creation of a tax credit for consumers who purchase energy from a cleaner source of energy.

Would provide additional assistance to state and local government efforts to help families and businesses cut energy bills and save money.

Supports providing financial assistance to communities that develop comprehensive strategic plans to reduce pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, while promoting economic development and jobs.

Supports tapping the Strategic Petroleum Reserve to increase oil supplies, prevent winter shortages of home heating oil and stabilize oil prices.

Supports the establishment of a permanent heating oil reserve in the Northeast with an appropriate trigger for its use.

Supports electric utility deregulation.