Tom Burre’s Weblog

So last week McCain proposes his support for off shore drilling.  I frowned on this, as first off it’s straight up oil again, second, put into effect today, it wouldn’t start to benefit the public for about 10 years (atleast), and third, it’s insulting that a supposed “leader” wouldn’t propose an energy solution that would inspire something innovative and independent of oil and gas given a 10 year time frame. …geez, are we that lacking in science and math?  (probably, but a little pep talk couldn’t hurt)

However, today it was released that McCain is proposing a $300 million prize for someone or company to produce a better battery for electric cars. Cool. Awesome. Hopefully, we’ll get some great technology out of it.

It’s very troubling how much Obama’s pushing the ethanol thing.  Come on, it’s totally not the answer… in fact, according to some academics at Cornell and UC Berkeley who have been studying the alternative for many years, it’s actually a “net energy loser” when it comes time to manufacture and distribute…  On top of that, (if needed), it’s more federal corn subsidies, more genetically modified crops and “killer” weeds, and big agribusiness/politics… (I’ve heard big agribusinesses are backing Obama… damn.. I hope he revisits this plan.)