Are Candidates For Energy Independence or Cleanliness or For The Birds?

According to critics of wind farms off the coast of Cape Cod, proposed clean windpower should be secondary to migratory birds. According to Ted Kennedy,NIMBY. According to opponents of solar power generated in California’s Mojave Desert, transmission towers to urban centers should not cross the desert. According to opponents of Alaskan oil production, some moose may be inconvenienced. Chinese investment has Cuba drilling for oil off our Gulf Coast and 50 miles from Key West, but US firms are prohibited from drilling within our waters.

The list could go on, and on.

John Coyne reminds us that the quest for “energy independence” was launched by Richard Nixon, and that his program, including heavy reliance on nuclear, is still the clearest and most productive path. Otherwise, others since have paid lip-service to "energy independence” without the commitment Even if it is not feasible in entirety, much dependence could be reduced. Hopes are rising, also, for nanosolar.

The Democrat and Republican candidates for office need to be questioned more closely as to specifically what they propose, and to stop flapping their wings and mouths.

Investors Business Daily reflects the Democrats have brought us back to the '70's, but not Nixon's, for the worse.