It's a step back from before!
Well that's not what he wrote. Are you saying the new energy bill reduces the number of vehicles that can receive tax credits from whatever the number was to 60k? I asked specifically what was wrong with the bill, and he said that the first 60k vehicles get tax credits....
The oil companies don't NEED anything. They're now the most profitable industry in the whole country.
That's not the point - I think the goal is to encourage them to find more domestic oil and thus reduce US dependence on foreign oil. Just because they are currently profitable doesn't mean the government SHOULDN'T encourage them to find more domestic oil.
I'd rather see $3 billion in tax credits to the pursuit of alternative energy. Not to mention that if you follow FL news at all, they're trying to do offshore drilling in environmentally protected areas, such as the beaches of FL. Even Jeb is against it, but the oil industry wants it badly.
Fine, money spent for alternative energy sounds desirable, if it actually discovers something. On the other hand, if it discovers nothing, that would be a bummer and a big waste of money. In the meantime, until the domestic oil companies are more flush with cheap oil than Saudi Arabia, its hard to say they don't NEED anything. The idea is to find more domestic oil, right? Reducing the domestic cost of exploration encourages that, so it doesn't sounds so horrible to me.
You can buy an SUV tax-free here and they're making it easier to do so.
You mean no sales taxes on SUVs? Why is that?
Every single item you mentioned is calibrated to deliberately set us back on one environmental front or another, to thumb politicians' noses at those who are supporting environmental causes, and to give more profit to the oil producers.
Dude! It's not called the environmentalist's bill, it's the energy bill! What the hell were you expecting, an energy bill that lowered Greenpeace's taxes? :-)
You may not get it, but there are many officeholders who believe that we should purposely destroy the environment. Does the name James Watt mean anything to you?
No. But I think you are changing the subject. I wanted to know why mindmeld thought the energy bill was bad for energy location and usage, I was not interested in the environment (I live in a desert, it's hot all day, every day!). |
