This guy nails what Dem energy policy should be.

[amerikat]

Globalization of labor, production, and ideas and an industrial economy based on subsidized fossil fuels have set the stage for economic and social instability, continued outsourcing of jobs, and marginalized quality of life. We can create a new economy based on environmentally benign industries and energy.

Impose a “resource tax” on pollution, development, and fossil fuel to pay for development of renewable energy and environmental restoration. Promoting sustainable localized energy industries (solar, wind, hydro, tidal, biofuels) will provide reliable, clean homegrown energy, exportable technologies, and bring energy jobs home. Funding widespread environmental restoration will expand existing industries (farming, recreation, tourism, and commercial fisheries) that are dependent on ecological services and will foster research, design and technology industries.

Working families will benefit from a stable economy and millions of new economy jobs. These solutions are inherently local – they create decentralized resources and require skilled local labor, forever. They pay for themselves and provide capital for entrepreneurs to develop industries and exportable technologies. And they foster community and collaboration essential to surviving in a global economy.

edit to add link.http://www.sinceslicedbread.com/idea/9602
http://www.sinceslicedbread.com/home

[spag68]

1. energy

I've been pushing this idea for years. my latest is to use new orleans for a staring point. What is wrong with buiding a green cith there.

[newyawker99]

5. Hi spag68!!

Welcome to DU!! :toast:

[spag68]

2. energy

I would like to add that in 1974 I helped build a coal to gas plant in pittsburgh. Totally clean and was competively priced even then when gas was 75 cents a gal.

[madrchsod]

3. well if we didn`t have a war

we could afford to do those things right now. if i had a decent paying job i could afford to replace the windows and heating in my house thus cutting energy costs in half. throw on the new 12,000 dollar and change honda solar panel and i would have almost zero cost.

within a 70 mile radius of where i live there will be over 150 windmills and three ethanol plants....

[spag68]

4. energy

sorry about the 12000$ panels, but if they start pushing the things they will come down in price and should be subsidised anyway