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Trying to Connect The Dots On Kerry’s So-Called Energy Policy
By Matt Margolis | May 22, 2004
If you really tried to connect the dots on Kerry’s so-called energy policy, you’ll be flipping and flopping all over the place…
“There are two reasons why we cannot be asleep at the wheel during this current energy crisis,” Kerry said in the weekly Democratic radio address. “First, soaring energy prices are putting our economy at risk and second, our dependence on Middle East oil is putting our national security at risk. But it doesn’t have to be this way.”
In the short term, the Massachusetts senator said, the United States should divert oil being used to fill the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and bring it to market. The White House says, though, that would have only a negligible impact on pump prices. Kerry also said the country’s leaders should demand that Saudi Arabia and other oil-producing nations increase supply.
He said his long-term strategy as president would include investments in alternative fuels and new technologies that are more fuel-efficient. He said he would establish tax credits to help make fuel-efficient cars more affordable.
Okay, so Kerry wants to reduce our dependence on foreign oil, but strongly opposes drilling in ANWR? In fact, Kerry voted against ANWR exploration seven times.
Kerry’s position on the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is equally as ridiculous. Back in February of 2000, he opposedtapping the reserves, calling a release ‘not relevant. It would take months for the oil to get to the market,’
Kerry also missed a 2003 vote (which he also claimed he would have voted against) on an Energy Bill that included several renewable energy proposals.
These flip flops and inconsistencies prove that Kerry doesn’t have a clue about what a good energy policy is, and he cares more about politicizing the issue, rather than creating a good sound policy for America.
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