Arizona Republican John McCain and Illinois Democrat Barack Obama say a lot of the same things about energy and environmental policy: Both want to reduce U.S. reliance on foreign oil and fight global warming. Both want binding caps on greenhouse-gas emissions. Both see a stepped-up role for nuclear power. Full Story »
Posted by Kaizar Campwala
Concise "compare/contrast" portrait of Obama and McCain's energy policies and their views toward subsidies, mandates, and incentives. Focuses more on energy sources than the huge energy windfall that could result from efficiencies. Would have liked to have seen a more critical look at McCain's stance on subsidies. The article fails to mention how the oil industry is currently subsidized and what McCain's position would be on that. Also not discussed is how the "true" cost of carbon (oil) is not factored into the market place; if it were, the subsidies for alternatives might be moot. Ditto the "true" cost of nuclear which would include its security risks.
