Comments on: Etheridge is no expert on the energy crisis http://www.carolinapoliticsonline.com/2008/08/11/etheridge-is-no-expert-on-the-energy-crisis/ Your political road for the Carolinas. Wed, 07 Jan 2009 22:28:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Terrell http://www.carolinapoliticsonline.com/2008/08/11/etheridge-is-no-expert-on-the-energy-crisis/#comment-2274 Terrell Fri, 15 Aug 2008 22:35:18 +0000 http://www.carolinapoliticsonline.com/?p=2297#comment-2274 If President Clinton had no vetoed the energy plan proposed in 1995 we will have been getting domestic oil and natural gas for the last three years. The continuation of sticking my head in the sand will not work. Every single instance of alternative energy is not widespread or technologically efficient enough to replace even a portion of oil used. The same argument you state against drilling applies to every issue you propose. The best answer is use everything. Start drilling for oil, use LED lights since they are safer and efficient than fluroescent, and expand solar and wind power. To say what you say is disengenous at best. President Bush removed the Presidential ban on offshore drilling and oil FUTURES went down $12 a barrel in two days. Paul Terrell III-33rd State House Republican candidate If President Clinton had no vetoed the energy plan proposed in 1995 we will have been getting domestic oil and natural gas for the last three years. The continuation of sticking my head in the sand will not work.
Every single instance of alternative energy is not widespread or technologically efficient enough to replace even a portion of oil used. The same argument you state against drilling applies to every issue you propose.
The best answer is use everything. Start drilling for oil, use LED lights since they are safer and efficient than fluroescent, and expand solar and wind power. To say what you say is disengenous at best. President Bush removed the Presidential ban on offshore drilling and oil FUTURES went down $12 a barrel in two days.

Paul Terrell III-33rd State House Republican candidate

]]> By: Teresa Sue Bratton http://www.carolinapoliticsonline.com/2008/08/11/etheridge-is-no-expert-on-the-energy-crisis/#comment-2264 Teresa Sue Bratton Thu, 14 Aug 2008 17:40:14 +0000 http://www.carolinapoliticsonline.com/?p=2297#comment-2264 Democrats, like Reps. Etheridge, Price, Miller and myself, understand that more domestic drilling is far from a long-term solution to our energy problems. While drilling might trim a few cents per gallon off the price of gas at the pump several years from now, it is only a drop in the bucket. Continued reliance on foreign, nonrenewable fossil fuels will only make matters worse and will leave our children and grandchildren to pay the price for our wasteful habits. If I'm elected to serve the people of the 6th District, I will work for an energy plan that moves America forward by aggressively investing in clean, renewable energy, including the cheapest and most abundant fuel source there is: conservation. Democrats, like Reps. Etheridge, Price, Miller and myself, understand that more domestic drilling is far from a long-term solution to our energy problems. While drilling might trim a few cents per gallon off the price of gas at the pump several years from now, it is only a drop in the bucket. Continued reliance on foreign, nonrenewable fossil fuels will only make matters worse and will leave our children and grandchildren to pay the price for our wasteful habits. If I’m elected to serve the people of the 6th District, I will work for an energy plan that moves America forward by aggressively investing in clean, renewable energy, including the cheapest and most abundant fuel source there is: conservation.

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