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MattB
Aug 23, 2012, 5:05:56 PM8/23/12
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Romney campaign rolls out energy policy
http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/23/13423039-romney-campaign-rolls-out-energy-policy?lite
With just one week until Mitt Romney takes the stage at the GOP
convention in Tampa, his campaign rolled out the candidate's energy
policy -- one that they hope illustrates stark differences with
President Obama, and which excites middle class voters looking for an
economic boost.
The Romney policy, spelled out in a white paper and on a conference
call with reporters on Wednesday, focuses on developing domestic
fossil fuels like oil, gas and coal - in large part by shifting
federal responsibilities to the states, and by expanding exploration
and production nationwide. Romney will outline the policy in oil-rich
New Mexico on Thursday.
Romney's plan would make states the custodian of energy production on
federal lands within their borders and allow them to implement their
own federally-approved leasing practices. Such a move would
effectively shift responsibility for permitting, leasing and
environmental regulation to states, with the hope of speeding energy
development by cutting red tape.
Romney's plan calls for reaching North American energy independence by
2020, primarily through expansion of traditional fossil fuels. The
United States is currently the world's third largest oil producer,
which Romney would hope to expand. The U.S. also currently imports
more than half its oil from countries in the Western Hemisphere, with
Canada making up a 29-percent share. Those imports could be increased
through greater cooperation and by the immediate approval of the
Keystone XL pipeline, and similar projects.
http://firstread.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/08/23/13423039-romney-campaign-rolls-out-energy-policy?lite
With just one week until Mitt Romney takes the stage at the GOP
convention in Tampa, his campaign rolled out the candidate's energy
policy -- one that they hope illustrates stark differences with
President Obama, and which excites middle class voters looking for an
economic boost.
The Romney policy, spelled out in a white paper and on a conference
call with reporters on Wednesday, focuses on developing domestic
fossil fuels like oil, gas and coal - in large part by shifting
federal responsibilities to the states, and by expanding exploration
and production nationwide. Romney will outline the policy in oil-rich
New Mexico on Thursday.
Romney's plan would make states the custodian of energy production on
federal lands within their borders and allow them to implement their
own federally-approved leasing practices. Such a move would
effectively shift responsibility for permitting, leasing and
environmental regulation to states, with the hope of speeding energy
development by cutting red tape.
Romney's plan calls for reaching North American energy independence by
2020, primarily through expansion of traditional fossil fuels. The
United States is currently the world's third largest oil producer,
which Romney would hope to expand. The U.S. also currently imports
more than half its oil from countries in the Western Hemisphere, with
Canada making up a 29-percent share. Those imports could be increased
through greater cooperation and by the immediate approval of the
Keystone XL pipeline, and similar projects.
Rod Lake
Aug 23, 2012, 10:02:23 PM8/23/12
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MattB wrote:
> Romney campaign rolls out energy policy
Energy self sufficiency, with the aid of foreign nations like beloved
> Romney campaign rolls out energy policy
Mexico and socialist health care doomed Canada.
Why is he begging foreigners for help?
Why doesn't he just tell the foreigners to go fuck themselves? Gun
grabbing shit holes like Canada and Mexico should have no part in our
proud tradition of rugged independence. They're communists just
like China, and they can sell it to China for all I care.
Isobob
Aug 23, 2012, 10:08:45 PM8/23/12
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Rod Lake used his keyboard to write :
But coal kills 25,000 Americans every year, mostly from the
impoverished red states! That's not even close to how many that guns
kill!
That means that coal is good for America!
The lives of 25000 Republican voters are worth it, if it saves us
money.
impoverished red states! That's not even close to how many that guns
kill!
That means that coal is good for America!
The lives of 25000 Republican voters are worth it, if it saves us
money.
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