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To: Road Walker who wrote (21856)	7/15/2010 1:15:51 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86356

Why do you think the evil lobbyists put this stuff in the bill they drew up behind closed doors and bribed Obama and other Senators to vote for? ..... Under an amendment in The Recovery Act of 2009, Section 406, authorizes n guarantees for innovative technologies that avoid greenhouse gases, which might include advanced nuclear reactor designs (such as PBMR) as well as clean coal and renewable energy; Increases the amount of biofuel (usually ethanol) that must be mixed with gasoline sold in the United States to 4 billion gallons by 2006, 6.1 billion gallons by 2009 and 7.5 billion gallons by 2012;[1] ........ Authorizes subsidies for wind and other alternative energy producers; Adds ocean energy sources including wave and tidal power for the first time as separately identified, renewable technologies; Authorizes $50 million annually over the life of the law for biomass grants; Contains provisions aimed at making geothermal energy more competitive with fossil fuels in generating electricity; Requires the US Department of Energy to study and report on existing natural energy resources including wind, solar, waves and tides; Authorizes the Department of the Interior to grant leases for activity that involves the production, transportation or transmission of energy on Outer Continental Shelf lands from sources other than gas and oil (Section 388);[2] Requires the U.S. Department of Energy to study and report on national benefits of demand response and make a recommendation on achieving specific levels of benefits and encourages time-based pricing and other forms of demand response as a policy decision; Requires all public electric utilities to offer net metering on request to their customers; ..... Provides tax breaks for those making energy conservation improvements to their homes; ..... Requires that no drilling for gas or oil may be done in or underneath the Great Lakes; Requires that Federal Fleet vehicles capable of operating on alternative fuels be operated on these fuels exclusively (Section 701.) ..... Tax reductions by subject area $4.3 billion for nuclear power[9] $2.8 billion for fossil fuel production $2.7 billion to extend the renewable electricity production credit $1.6 billion in tax incentives for investments in clean coal facilities $1.3 billion for conservation and energy efficiency $1.3 billion for alternative motor vehicles and fuels (bioethanol, biomethane, liquified natural gas, propane) $500 million Clean Renewable Energy Bonds (CREBS) for government agencies for renewable energy projects. ............ From wikipedia