I’m American who has been residing in Thailand for the past fifteen years and have heard, not from the Thai people, but from international expats and travelers about their concerns on Global Warming and the US’s lack of enacting policies to address this issue.
It’s a tough battle defending this issue for me, knowing that we failed to sign the Kyoto Agreement years back and also being aware this same agreement will soon expire within the next four years; and the US, to date as not produced an alternative plan to replace the Kyoto agreement. For that fact, I haven’t even heard our present administration evening beginning a plan in earnest to address Global Warming.
What I have learned, we have a number of technology companies in the US diligently working on ways to develop Renewable Energy, such as wind power and spent nuclear fuels, but their progress has been limited by funding. It’s my feeling these companies, along with new start-up companies, should be encouraged with greater tax incentives, and equally investors in these companies should also receive tax incentives for their investments.
I also believe, we as Americans, in our homes and workplace’s can be creative and come up with ways to “re-use” what we discard or replace energy consuming devices with more efficient methods. Presently with oil nearing $100 a barrel we’re almost forced to converse energy, but I’m not talking about “conservation”; I’m referring to with “new concepts” and “alternative methods”, in our everyday lives to implement “renewable energy”.
I’m a Democrat, and my candidate for president is Governor Bill Richardson, for two reasons; first his policy on ending the war in Iraq, and second, I firmly believe he has the needed experience in the field on Energy, since in a past administration he held the position of Secretary of Energy, under the Clinton Administration. I’ve listened to the televised debates and read his plans on both of these aforementioned concerns and feel his plans offer the optimum solutions.
Please listen to what Governor Richardson has to say about Renewable Energy.
“The future is renewable energy”
Former Energy Secretary Gov. Bill Richardson discusses solutions to the energy challenges facing the United States at the CNN Debate in Las Vegas, Nevada.
November 16, 2007
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I can’t exactly remember how long ago I read the Exxon had one of the largest profit earnings ever in the company’s history, but when oil is near $100.00 a barrel and we may be headed for a recession; I think it’s time a presidential candidate come forward with a sound plan addressing our energy needs and conservation in the future.
What ever plan is implemented, by who ever, is going to hurt and as an American I know I’ll resist the change in my driving habits and perhaps auto performance when a plan is enacted. So, if I’m going to suffer these burdens I want an energy plan that works and I feel Governor Bill Richardson’s plan makes the most sense.
Also, I trust in him, since he is the only candidate that has the needed experience to devise and implement an affect plan that will hopefully reduce America’s dependence on foreign oil.
Please consider rendering a careful review of Governor Richardson’s Energy Plan and the video where Mr. Lee Iacocca and the Governor discuss possible future goals.
Gov. Bill Richardson and Lee Iacocca on Money & Politics
New Mexico Governor and Democratic Presidential candidate Bill Richardson appears with former Chrysler CEO and Richardson supporter Lee Iacocca on Bloomberg TV’s Money & Politics.
November 14, 2007
Energy
We must “Act Boldly and Act Now” in order to make America a Clean Energy Nation like I made New Mexico a Clean Energy State. Consider this a call to action, for Congress, the energy industry, and the public. I am calling for a New American Revolution — an energy and climate revolution.
Cut Oil Demand: 50% by 2020
That means reducing oil imports from around 65% to 10-15%. We can do this in part by getting the 100 mile per gallon (mpg) car into the marketplace. We must work to double the Corporate Average Fuel Economy standards, or CAFE, to 50 mpg by 2020. And we will set a life-cycle low-carbon fuel standard that reduces the carbon impact of our liquid fuels by 30% by 2020.
Create New Efficiencies And Energy Sources in the Electrical Sector: 50% by 2040
I am calling for a national renewable portfolio standard of 30% by 2020 that will rise to 50% by 2040. This is aggressive, but necessary as we start using more electricity for automobiles. I will push for an energy productivity law requiring a 20% improvement in energy productivity by 2020. We could save customers $21 billion a year by 2020.
Dramatically Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions: 90% by 2050
20% by 2020, 80% by 2040 — ten years faster than scientists say is necessary because we must lead the world, and we can’t afford the possibility of backsliding and inaction. We will start with a market-based cap and trade system for greenhouse gas emissions to create incentives for the electric and industrial sectors to make significant reductions in their carbon emissions. Economists say the world can protect itself from drastic climate change at a cost of 1-3% of our economic activity. We can afford to protect the climate. Given the risks of catastrophic climate change, we can’t afford not to do it.
Lead By Example and Restore America as the World’s Leader
We must return to the international negotiating table and support mandatory world-wide limits on global warming pollution. We will work closely with fast-growing nations. I will cooperate with the European Union, the World Bank, and other allies to help finance the incremental cost of “doing it right.” I will create a North American Energy Council with Mexico and Canada, which supply about 20% of our oil, and make sure our relations with these neighbors are firm and friendly. As we reduce our demand for foreign oil, we should work with the Persian Gulf nations, and our partners at the UN, to create a multilateral system for protecting the Persian Gulf so that within ten years, the U.S. presence there could be sharply and safely reduced.
Get It All Done Without Breaking the Bank
We will raise some revenue, from the sales of carbon permits, for example. Further, I will get out the “green scissors” to cut back on wrongly-placed tax subsidies. Over time, this program will yield huge productivity increases in our economy, as well as significant budget savings and revenues. We will create more than ten times as much value in the American economy by reducing our oil imports as we spend to make this program happen.
Invite the Oil Companies to Become Energy Companies
I know people love to hate the oil companies. They have been raking in huge profits. But I want to invite them to become energy companies, and invest in our thriving new energy economy. They are invited to the table, but they aren’t going to run the table the way they have for the last six years.
The Bottom Line
Americans need energy to get to work, we need heat and electricity in our homes, schools and workplaces. We are hurt by unpredictable energy price cycles, and by our nation’s energy policy failures. The way out of the cycle is to create competition, to support energy productivity, new technologies and alternative fuels. And everyone — every American — must make an effort to make us energy independent and combat global warming. Our national security and our planet depend on it. It’s about creating a new energy economy here in the United States, and doing it quickly, with broad, bold strokes. It’s the way to a bright, strong, prosperous future for the United States — and for the world. I called for an energy revolution — and now, today, I call on you to join it.
The Governor’s Presidential Campaign’s web site is here.
I’ve seen many blogs where there owners copied articles from established web sites, and in some cases implying the scripted content was authored by themselves, which I dislike and disapprove of. It may appear in this posting that I have done the same, which is only partly true.
Currently I am working and residing in Thailand, with plans to return to the states within the coming months and actively campaign for Governor Richardson, in his quest for the Presidency. Since I’m limited to Internet participation only and cannot personally attend formal functions, rallies, or physical assistance; this blog and posting to past along the “Word” is the only way I can provide support to the Governor’s campaign.
Hopefully the readers of this posting will be able to understand what I have personally authored from that of what I have copied from Governor Richardson’s web site or transcribed from the campaign’s posted videos.
My feelings and opinions are my own within this blog; I do not have any affiliation with the Governor or any part of his campaign or members of his staff.
Please Note:
This URL Address of https://tdadigital.wordpress.com/ is the Official and only address of Tom Awtry’s Blog. Those copying this Blog should read this article here, closely.
For the moment let’s forget about who is going to be our new president, but instead what issues will our next president have to address during, not his/her first term in office, but instead the “first year” in office.
The American people want an end to the War in Iraq, how’s that going to be attended to, also coming up quickly and perhaps more importantly is Iran, which will really present a strain on our governing bodies, perhaps the military and our economy. Pakistan will also present an additional drain on the president’s time to insure its nuclear resources are not taken over by undesirable elements within the country.
Us Baby Boomers are getting along in age, and the Social Security system that was suppose to insure our golden years were somewhat easier for us is “broke”, since every administration has borrowed from our funds for the last thirty-five years or more. The next president will need to implement a Health Care reform plan instantly that works straight out of the old preverbal box.
Our economy is headed for a recession and reading the cost of oil is nearing $100 dollars a barrel and the new housing starts are almost at an all time low, coupled with the lending companies’ woes; it’s going to demand strong leadership from a president who has a successful track record of experience in energy related matters and is able to restore confidence in the stock market and financial institutions.
The Kyoto Agreement will soon expire in the next four years, and to date, the US really does not have a plan to stop the environmental pollution and come to the rescue of the effects of global warming.
Leadership will not only be required to address these aforementioned issues, but the next president must be a leader in congress, to stop all the in-row bickering that have taken place over the past years.
The election of 2008 is possibly the most important election that I’ll ever have and my fellow Americans have the opportunity to vote in. We should not let polls decide who the next president should be, nor should we be swayed by personalities, instead we must vote for a candidate that has both success and experience to lead the country.
Governor Bill Richardson, understands the importance of this coming election, he has authored his plans within his web site and spoken directly and candidly to the American people, ever opportunity he has received to explain his plans in detail to us.
Please consider giving the video a listen, the video is somewhat dated, but to me it proves Governor Richardson knew of our troubles eleven months and the importance of the 2008 Election:
New Mexico Governor Bill Richardson today announced the formation of a Presidential campaign exploratory committee, with the clear intention of seeking the Democratic nomination for President in 2008.
“I am taking this step because we have to repair the damage that’s been done to our country over the last six years,” said Richardson. “Our reputation in the world is diminished, our economy has languished, and civility and common decency in government has perished.”
“The next president of the United States must get our troops out of Iraq without delay. Before I became Governor of New Mexico, I served as Ambassador to the United Nations and as Secretary of Energy. I know the Middle East well and it’s clear that our presence in Iraq isn’t helping any longer,” said Richardson.
“Our next President must be able to bring a country together that is divided and partisan,” said Richardson. “It is clear that Washington is broken and it’s going to take a return to bipartisanship and simple respect for each other’s views to get it fixed. Most public policy solutions these days are coming from Governors and state government. On issues like the environment, jobs, and health care, state governments are leading the way. And that’s because we can’t be partisan or we won’t get our jobs done. That’s a lesson I’ve learned as Governor and that’s what I’ll do as President.”
The Governor’s Presidential Campaign’s web site is here.
I’ve seen many blogs where there owners copied articles from established web sites, and in some cases implying the scripted content was authored by themselves, which I dislike and disapprove of. It may appear in this posting that I have done the same, which is only partly true.
Currently I am working and residing in Thailand, with plans to return to the states within the coming months and actively campaign for Governor Richardson, in his quest for the Presidency. Since I’m limited to Internet participation only and cannot personally attend formal functions, rallies, or physical assistance; this blog and posting to past along the “Word” is the only way I can provide support to the Governor’s campaign.
Hopefully the readers of this posting will be able to understand what I have personally authored from that of what I have copied from Governor Richardson’s web site or transcribed from the campaign’s posted videos.
My feelings and opinions are my own within this blog; I do not have any affiliation with the Governor or any part of his campaign or members of his staff.
Please Note:
This URL Address of https://tdadigital.wordpress.com/ is the Official and only address of Tom Awtry’s Blog. Those copying this Blog should read this article here, closely.
Of all the debates that I’ve been able to see (I’m in Thailand), last night’s debate in Las Vegas was by far the best I’ve seen. The questions were well thought out, the narration was good because the narrators along with the audience made the candidates stick to the questions proposed, and most of all my candidate Governor Richardson sounded, appeared and responded to the questions with direct forward thinking responses, which usually included examples of his experience; in other words – just like a President.
The key points within the debate centered around two issues that are very dear to me, namely, the War in Iraq, since I’m a former Vietnam Veteran and understand what our troops are going through and Health Care, since I’m 59 years of age, and I’m sure some day I will need to rely on a well conceived Health Care Plan, such as Governor Richardson implemented within his state of New Mexico.
What I didn’t like, most of all was Senator Clinton’s answer to the issue of fixing Social Security. “Getting a group of people together in a room to find a solution to the Social Security problem”, tells me the Senator doesn’t have a plan and again like other issues, she’s taking the “wait and see” attitude or “go with the flow”. During this coming election I want to read and judge a candidate’s plan on the each issue that’s important to me, I guess I’m selfish that way, before the candidate gets my vote.
One issue during the debate that I feel needs serious though on is the “Gender Issue”, which Senator Clinton seems to be getting a lot of mileage out of, and that is the old Harry Truman saying of “get out of the kitchen if you can’t stand the heat”. Perhaps humorous today to some degree, and perhaps not even an issue to be considered for those of us Americans who feel a woman is as capable of leadership as a man, but when you’re talking with international leaders where a woman is looked down upon, such as in the Middle East, Asia and Central Asia; “gender” most certainly is an important issue.
Madeline Albright, former Sectary of State and today’s current Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice have had limited, if any success, in resolving the problems in the aforementioned regions. Again, which candidate has experience in finding workable solutions in those areas and has been nominated for the fifth time for a Nobel Peace Prize, Governor Richardson.
What tonight’s debate has left me with is; I sticking with my choice from day one, Governor Richardson, and I grateful that my country is open minded enough to accept both a woman candidate and an Afro-American candidate for the presidency within my life time.
“The United States will be the world’s conscience.”
Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Gov. Bill Richardson shares his vision for the future of the Middle East at the CNN Debate in Las Vegas, Nevada.
November 16, 2007
The Governor’s Presidential Campaign’s web site is here.
I’ve seen many blogs where there owners copied articles from established web sites, and in some cases implying the scripted content was authored by themselves, which I dislike and disapprove of. It may appear in this posting that I have done the same, which is only partly true.
Currently I am working and residing in Thailand, with plans to return to the states within the coming months and actively campaign for Governor Richardson, in his quest for the Presidency. Since I’m limited to Internet participation only and cannot personally attend formal functions, rallies, or physical assistance; this blog and posting to past along the “Word” is the only way I can provide support to the Governor’s campaign.
Hopefully the readers of this posting will be able to understand what I have personally authored from that of what I have copied from Governor Richardson’s web site or transcribed from the campaign’s posted videos.
My feelings and opinions are my own within this blog; I do not have any affiliation with the Governor or any part of his campaign or members of his staff.
Please Note:
This URL Address of https://tdadigital.wordpress.com/ is the Official and only address of Tom Awtry’s Blog. Those copying this Blog should read this article here, closely.
It takes a lot to be nominated one time, but this is the fifth time the Governor has been nominated. The article, I’m quoting from just came out on the Internet News wire service and since the Governor is my candidate for the Presidency in 2008, I’m happy to have it included within my blog.
Please Note:
This URL Address of https://tdadigital.wordpress.com/ is the Official and only address of Tom Awtry’s Blog. Those copying this Blog should read this article here, closely.
I’m American who has been residing in Thailand for the past fifteen years and have heard, not from the Thai people, but from international expats and travelers about their concerns on Global Warming and the US’s lack of enacting policies to address this issue.
The Campaign 