McCain talks nuclear, clean coal energy

Lyn, KCMO — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:07:02 GMT

McCain keeps talking about how efficient our nuclear subs have been, but no one has told us what they do with the spent nuclear rods from those subs... PLEASE don't tell me they just 'dump' them in the oceans...

McCain talks nuclear, clean coal energy

goodwin, arizona — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 02:24:43 GMT

If you care about the price of oil & the environment you will want to read this congressional report.

http://resourcescommittee.house.gov/images/stories/Documents/truth_about_americas_energy.pdf

McCain talks nuclear, clean coal energy

A.Brocco,Albuquerque,NM — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:02:06 GMT

John Mc...
Don't begin to talk about taxes until you tell us who is going to pay off the loans that your idol has borrowed (at least 1 billion dollars a week) to fight his war in Iraq. John you and your Republican friends have a lot to learn about taxes and the economy. When do you intend to start?

McCain talks nuclear, clean coal energy

mexed, san antonio, texas — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:28:43 GMT

I'm not voting for MCCain but I'm not against nuclear energy. OIL? As a boy I swam in the Texas gulf. Now you come out with globs of oil on your skin and in your hair. A walk on the beach leaves your feet black. McCain needs to include more than just pronouncements. He needs to say where the nuclear waste is going to go. When he can publically say that he supports his home state Arizona as a storage dump and gets approval, then we can talk energy. Until then, he should be honest and admit that he is all talk.

McCain talks nuclear, clean coal energy

Tina Wood, Arcata, California — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 03:33:36 GMT

How refreshing to see someone not afraid of nuclear power. You bring it up and the liberal's/progressives scream: "Danger, Danger Will Robinson!" based on nothing. Here are the facts, the reaction that produces the energy is easily controlled, there is no 'carbon footprint', we have to do something or we will be the dog wagged by the tail of OPEC forever!

Nuclear power is safe and efficient and is a viable alternative. Please note, safe and efficient means that you are cognizant of the laws of physics and follow them ( a concept that many liberals have difficulty with.)

We, as a nation, are between the rock and hard place, we have to find some alternative energy sources. 'Being green', while certaintly nice, is really exorbitant in terms of price (I live on the North Coast and know this from direct experience), drill off our coasts? Yet another viable alternative, however, the enviro-nut wing of the Democrats will have a seizure at the mere suggestion! Of, course none of them are interested in a job on an oil rig, bet you can find some good ol' boys who would 'step up' for the opportunity.

I read endless blather about Obama and his vision of change and the 'audacity of hope'...where is the meat and potatoes? Where is the plan? At least, McCain (who has his faults) is bringing it up, talking about it, letting people know, that 'hey, ya'll wake up and smell the coffee.'

I am not afraid of change, I am really afraid of empty oratory blinding people to the very real mess we have found ourselves in.

McCain talks nuclear, clean coal energy

OneOleMan, Seattle, WA — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:40:54 GMT

Summer gas tax holiday, open up offshore drilling, I think I see a pattern and is called "pandering".

McCain talks nuclear, clean coal energy

Joe Don, Topeka, KS — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 05:48:02 GMT

McCain: a noun, a verb, and "Obama tax" – whether it's true or not. Looks like the GOP will rely heavily on the Big Lie strategy – again. Meanwhile, McCain wants to transfer yet more wealth from our grandchildren (who get stuck with his deficit) to today's wealthy (who get his biggest tax cuts).

McCain talks nuclear, clean coal energy

Jen from Michigan — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 09:46:49 GMT

More spin from McCain.
Senator Obama has talked several time about clean coal and the necessity to look at nuclear power...at almost every debate!
Does McCain think no one was watching the debates? Or was it HE who was not watching?

OBAMA 08

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GDI in Michigan — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:23:50 GMT

I am still trying to understand how a "Windfall Profits Tax" will lower the price of gas at the pump.
But what should i expect from Obama when he is told that the last three times the Capital gains tax has been lowered it has increased tax revenue he says its about being Fair. So taxes aren’t about getting the government money its about punishing your citizens fairly.....
HMMMMMMMM something is missing.

McCain talks nuclear, clean coal energy

Lost Bearings — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:57:07 GMT

It's funny that Mc-Flip-Flop never knows what anybody is talking about when he is challanged. Does he want us to believe that we are the ones that are confused?

McCain talks nuclear, clean coal energy

S.B. Stein E.B. NJ — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:14:16 GMT

I have to say that McCain has one good point. We need more fission reactors. These new reactors need to be able to handle different types of fuel. The current reactors only use uranium. If any one has read a recent issue of Scientific American, one of the authors mentions that we shouldn't bother to reprocess spent fuel. What McCain (or Obama for that matter) should be talking about is how much they want to spend on research on newer types of fission reactors that can use the reprocessed waste (unspent uranium, plutonuim and other radioactive materials). The major problem of current fission reactors is the amount of waste the leave.

Coal is never clean enough for me given how it is mined. We can try to make coal cleaner, but I think that we need to get it responsibly and not tear down mountains or strip mine areas for coal.

McCain talks nuclear, clean coal energy

W.D.Russell, EL, OH. — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:21:04 GMT

Oil might be king but coal is still a crown prince, and we have a lot of it. There have been major advancements in clean-burn technology, and with more research there can be more. This is an issue we could all work together on, unfortunately clean-burn cuts into profits.
Money talks real loud and the rest of us suffer.

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The Truth — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:33:06 GMT

MSNBC is running an article from the Washington Post "Wall Street fights to protect oil speculation".

McCain talks nuclear, clean coal energy

bill, okla — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:33:50 GMT

McCain talks lifting oil drilling bans on the OCS now that his campaign donations from the oil industry are over $800,000. And the oh so principled Florida governor has shown his true colors...NOT! The pandering War Gnome and the republicant penchant for deregulation make me worry about anything nuclear they propose. The GOP and McCain have no vision of the future outside gaining power and keeping the wallets of the rich full.

McCain talks nuclear, clean coal energy

Adam, St. Louis — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:35:51 GMT

Wow, what no McCain bashing comments yet? Wonder why? Oh, wait, I know, because MCCain may not have the best idea's on Earth, but at least he is offering some kind of help or solution to energy problems, instead of just a vague and general "idea". Obama is still just standing there, with no explanations, and he just keeps saying "change". That being said, I have always said on these blogs, I think Obama would make a fine President, but he really needs to get into detail about his idea's. He offers idea's all the time but doesn't elaborate on them. No one truly has any idea what he stands for or how all of these "changes" are going to take place. I am still not certain who I will vote for. I could go either way, but unless Obama can start explaining to me HOW he is going to bring about all this change I can't see voting for him.........yet. Now if he does start elaborating, and his explanations are good, he just might capture this Independent vote.

McCain talks nuclear, clean coal energy

Barack My World! — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:37:09 GMT

And thus, he keeps losing the independent voters who thought he cared about the evironment. One by one.

McCain talks nuclear, clean coal energy

Al, KS — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:40:12 GMT

Here we go with the old bait and switch. The problems with oil have everything to do with transportation, and nothing to do with nuclear power. Nuclear replaces coal...not oil. Now if we were all driving cars with nuclear reactors, perhaps McCain would be making some sense. Each time I hear politicians taqlking about nuclear, or wind, or solar, to reduce our oil usage, I just want to scream, and you would think that the media would hold them accountable for these obvious distortions.

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McCain is duping America — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:43:13 GMT

I wouldn't be interested in any plan until the Enron loophole is fixed and any other loopholes that allow speculation on the market of oil. Let's hear what McCain has to say about this issue, or does he not remember?

I do believe that Mr. McCain is duping the American public. He knows about the loopholes and hasn't proposed to close them. Haven't we already had a president that duped us?

Obama08

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ya know — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:47:10 GMT

McCain, he's really "Snowflake" the mascot of the Dolphins. flip-flop, flip-flop!

McCain talks nuclear, clean coal energy

BJ, CA — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:51:53 GMT

That is really tough talk....watch the price of oil go up even more...

What a moron...threats just seem to follow this guy like an old suit....

We don't use oil for electrical production...
mostly autos and home heating..
Coal plays right into the West Virginia vote,
nuclear plays right into the nation waste management vote..Nevada...

McCain talks nuclear, clean coal energy

Change? don't think so!!! — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:03:24 GMT

Two Muslim women at Barack Obama's rally in Detroit Monday were barred from sitting behind the podium by campaign volunteers seeking to prevent the women's headscarves from appearing in photographs or on television with the candidate
“I was coming to support him, and I felt like I was discriminated against by the very person who was supposed to be bringing this change, who I could really relate to,” said Hebba Aref, a 25-year-old lawyer who lives in the Detroit suburb of Bloomfield Hills.

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DRILL FOR OIL ON USA LANDS AND WATERS .... — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:05:07 GMT

WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO WILL BOLDY & AGGRESSIVELY DEAL WITH THIS CRSIS:

1.) DRILL for oil everywhere it is available on USA lands and waters, on a expedited basis;

2.) Provide FINANCIAL REWARDS for the development and implementation of cost-effective and/or renewable energy sources;

3.) BUILD nuclear power plants, on an expedited basis, to provide for at least 80% of our electric power needs.

WE NEED A PRESIDENT WHO WILL USE THE 'BULLY PULPIT' AND PRESIDENTIAL EXECUTIVE POWERS TO ATTACK THIS CRISIS AS IF THE COST OF FOREIGN OIL WERE AN ACT OF WAR AGAINST THE UNITED STATES.. BECAUSE IT IS --- AN ECONOMIC WAR.

McCain talks nuclear, clean coal energy

Jay, Tampa, FL — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:06:46 GMT

"For his part, Sen. Obama has a different outlook on all of this," McCain said. "Instead of new energy production, he wants new energy taxes. And he's against any tax relief to give folks a break at the pump. I've noticed a pattern here."

new energy production=drilling for more oil instead of solving the problem.

And he's against any tax relief=a rediculous gas-tax "Holiday"

"I've noticed a pattern here."

Really, McCain? You noticed a pattern? great job.

The American people have noticed a pattern too, John. You and your party have become corrupted by a corporate agenda and have turned a blind eye to the Constitution and the needs of everyday American Citizens. Workers, Women, Students, et al. Ya, real clever John...the indies are not impressed.

Jay
Blue-Blooded Dem

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Diane from Illinois — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:11:22 GMT

Bush made the same promises when he ran and he's had 7 1/2 years to fulfill all those promises and not ONE plant has been built for clean coal technology. It's beginnning to get difficult to see where the policies of Bush end and McCain's begin. And continuing to paint Obama as a tax and spend liberal is ridiculous and shows you out of touch the GOP truly is; it's the only thing they can throw at him and it's not going to work this year!

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Obama and Rutgers Football in 08' — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:14:27 GMT

More republican lies. What about the over 12 billion a month in Irac. Oh that's right just have the middle class and poor pay for it. A weakened dollar every day while being in a tremendous deficit is what Mccain will continue. Your 2 billion annual commitment to clean coal technology sonds like more pandering. I smell it.

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Jay,Tampa, FL — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:24:23 GMT

As a boy I swam in the Texas gulf. Now you come out with globs of oil on your skin and in your hair. A walk on the beach leaves your feet black"

mexed, san antonio, texas

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thanks for that info Mexed...

Ya this is what I want...Thanks big Mac and McCrist.

Sorry, but I would rather us invest and research some new fuels/sources than ruin the gulf that I want to take my future kids fishing/swimming in.

Clearwater used to have Clear-Water. McBush and McCrist, please do not ruin our coastlines.

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MI Chick — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:36:10 GMT

"I wouldn't be interested in any plan until the Enron loophole is fixed..."
McCain is duping America (Sent Thursday, June 19, 2008 8:43 AM)

AMEN! If you all haven't see Keith's report on this, I recommend you do. Another gift from the rethuglicans - although I do wonder why Clinton didn't overturn it...

McCain talks nuclear, clean coal energy

Chris, Dorr, MI — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 13:46:57 GMT

To: Adam, St. Louis (Sent Thursday, June 19, 2008 8:35 AM)

Please go to his website and do just the minimum amount of research. All of your questions about details on all of his policies will be answered. Very satisfactorily I might add.

Go Obama!

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Teacher Jones — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 14:23:45 GMT

[What about the over 12 billion a month in Irac]

Here we see the level of understanding of the world by a typical Obama supporter. If you asked this genius where 'Irac' was, don't be surprised when he/she points to Minnesota.