Wednesday, October 5, 2011
Congress Lamar Transforming into Hippie Tree Hugger
Posted by Jeff Woods on Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 12:51 PM
Sen. Lamar Alexander is going off the deep end. Only days after declaring he would reach out to Democrats to try to solve some of the nation's problems, he's giving an interview with this tree-hugging rag and promoting the idea that the federal government should actually do a few things to help the environment. He even believes in global warming! What's he thinking? Didn't he see it snowing this winter? He's already driving an electric car and crusading against mountaintop mining. Next, he'll appear on the Senate floor wearing sandals and wool socks.
Alexander says he wants to curtail energy subsidies by $20 billion annually and pump that money into clean energy R&D.
“First, I would try to swap the money we're spending on permanent subsidies for energy and invest it instead in research. Second, I'd like to focus these funds on the most promising areas of clean energy. I've devised a plan for seven mini-Manhattan Projects for energy independence: solar, batteries, green building, capturing carbon, fusion, making fuels from crops we don't eat and finding better ways to deal with nuclear fuel,” said Alexander, who praised Energy Secretary Steven Chu’s energy innovation “hubs.”
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