Obama is quite clear that drilling can be considered nothing more than a brief stop gap solution and that we need to turn to as many alternate techniques to answer our energy appetites as we can find. He stresses doing the research to come up with new energy frontiers, and following up on ones that have the least negative impact on theenvironmentt. He is also confident that this line of industry will create many jobs, and will encourage ourpopulationn to be more aware of the consequences of our energy intensive lifestyles.

Alternative energy has been promising great things for 30 years and has never delivered on its promises. It is foolish to assume that - contrary to past experience - alternative energy will produce a realistic energy supply in the next 10 years.

The biggest difference McCain offers incentives from the Government, and some funds. Obama offers the money up front.
He is offering a reward for the the company coming up with a battery, and he is outlining what that battery has to have. he is offering more than Obama is but.
Obama is offering the money up front. If they succeed, or do not.

Down sides to Obamas plan
To me the biggest difference is. If you have ever worked for a government contractor, they just try to find a way to spend the money, if they don’t spend it, they lose it. So they pay people more than needed, they have bigger Christmas parties, as well they stretch the research out over the time of the contract.

McCains plan is going to cause companies to compete, and no government money up front, no contract. McCains plan will encourage companies like ford, and GM.
If Ford, or GM is the loser in that race, they really do not lose, they get to use that technology any way.
Obamas plan will encourage companies wanting to win that contract, possibly companies that would then sell the technology to companies like Ford, GM. Would cost us more in the long run.

Other big difference McCain wants nuclear plants in 5 years, and he wants off shore drilling.

Obama recently flipped and said he would allow off shore drilling, so i don’t know if that he would or not.

McCains plan offers energy plan for the future, and sooner relief than Obamas plan.

Obama is in complete denial about our short term, intermediate and even long-term need for petroleum.
He deceives people when he tells them that we can eliminate our dependence on oil and that we can do it in a decade.
We can’t switch most of our use in even two or three decades and we will ALWAYS need petroleum.

McCain wants to pursue EVERYTHING. ALL alternatives.
If you think otherwise, you have not been listening.

Obama is willing to exclude some alternatives to placate some of his special interest supporters.
That is unacceptable if we are going to be energy independent.
He has been bought and sold.

Did ya see the convention?

the people with the oil rigs on their heads?

That’s their thinking……….off shore drilling will solve everything………feed the poor, fix the economy, raise the Titanic, and even get rid of bathroom scum!

It also makes great FERTILIZER……because that’s what that plan is…………..all B.S.

Obama just wants us to quit oil cold turkey, which is irresponsible and refuses to use nuclear power plants, even though we haven’t built a new plant since the 70s. France currently has more than 80% of their power from nuclear energy sources, so why can’t America?