Obama, Democrats, tackle climate change while Bush adds to his poisoned legacy

[Lionhearted]

Thursday morning, House Democrats took firm control of the environment issue by ousting Energy and Commerce Committee chair Rep. John Dingell. In his place, the caucus chose Rep. Henry Waxman.

Besides seating a committed environmentalist as head of the influential energy committee, the vote removes one of the auto industry’s best friends from a key leadership post — further evidence of how much influence the American auto industry has lost on Capitol Hill even as CEOs of the Big Three plead for $25 billion in loans from Washington.

http://www.laprogressive.com/2008/11/21/obama-democrats-tackle-climate-change-while-bush-adds-to-his-poisoned-legacy/

[smkyle1]

1. You wouldn't want the government running General Motors...

...but you could predicate any bailout loans on the development of highly energy efficient vehicles -- electric-powered cars, ones that make some use of solar power.

It just seems that America's once-vaunted ingenuity could put us at the forefront of such developments, rather than being the ones who insist short-sightedly on producing gas hogs because that's what we can get a gullible public to buy.

I also like the idea of having America's oil industry bail out the auto industry. They made hand over fist recently when prices for a barrel of oil went through the roof.