So what IS the Energy Bill about?

[JamboGuide]

Heard they r voting on it today. What EXACTLY does it entail? All i know it includes ANWR.

[shoelace414]

1. tax cuts for energy companies

because they ONLY HAD RECORD PROFITS LAST YEAR

[rkc3]

2. Since they are taking our culture back to the Dark Ages,

it involves praying to God to deliver us new oil.

[liveoaktx]

3. Link to an explanatory site

http://www.citizen.org/cmep/energy_enviro_nuclear/electricity/energybill/2005/

If you are for dirty air and dirty water and boondoggles for corporations, this is the energy bill for you!

[LiberalEsto]

4. I think it encourages new nuclear power plants

and "clean coal" -- which is an idiotic concept, since technology to make coal truly a clean fuel does not yet exist. Coal mining today sometimes involves leveling mountains and pushing the debris down into streams, obliterating natural landscapes and water resources.

Also I think the bill includes funds to turn Yucca Mountain into a national nuclear waste repository. We can't build new nuke plants if we don't know where to put the spent fuel rods.

[wuushew]

7. Clean coal should be encouraged as long as coal is legal

Coverting the coal into hydrogen gas makes it much much simpler to clean the air of mercury or sulfur since you do so before the combustion process. In addition hydrogen fired gas turbines have the benefit of combined cycle generation where the exhaust gases from the turbine can be used to do additional work. Since it takes energy to gasify the coal I don't know the economics of the whole system.


(On Edit) "Real" clean coal technology, not spraying water or other crap on regular coal and then taking the tax credit like companies such as Marriot have done.

[Double T]

5. It Is About Giving 8.1 Billion Dollars In Taxpayer Subsides......

.....To The Oil Producers; Many Residing In Tom DeLay's State of Texas.

[12345]

8. I thought I read $80 billion in subsidies, $8 billion in tax breaks...

[Double T]

9. Energy Bill Is $8.1 Billion; Iraq Will Be 80+ Billion Annually........

We Are On The Way To Digging The Deficit Hole To China.

[jpak]

6. Gobs of Pork for the Coal, Oil, Natural Gas and Nuclear Power industries

a pittance for conservation

even less for renewable energy

oil exploration/extraction in ANWR

and no change in CAFE standards

it is beyond stupid and counterproductive

it is the worst shit ever...