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Where Our Presidential Candidates Stand on Energy Issues

By Solar energy | November 4, 2008

Election Day 2008 — Where do the Candidates Stand on Energy Issues?

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It’s Election Day, 2008. If you have yet to vote, and want to know where our presidential candidates stand on energy issues, read this report from Energy Business Daily. Here’s an excerpt from the article:

The most important concern in the latest presidential election campaign in the U.S. is the energy policy issue. Both the Republicans and Democrats are addressing this issue and both are keen on cutting down expenditure on foreign oil and also the large scale reliance of U.S economy on the foreign oil.

You may find out what each candidate is saying by taking a look at the following. Democratic candidate Barack Obama as well as Republican candidate John McCain are paying serious attention to energy issues. Analysts have commented on their policies and it is explained for you in lucid terms below.

The article reports where the candidates stand on the following energy questions:

  1. offshore drilling,
  2. strategic petroleum reserve
  3. windfall profits tax
  4. alternative energy
  5. speculation on futures markets
  6. nuclear power
  7. gasoline tax holiday
  8. climate change
  9. oil use
  10. arctic national wildlife refuge
  11. energy research
  12. vehicle fuel economy
  13. electricity

Read it for yourself here and head out to the voting poles.

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