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Rae Vogeler on Energy & Oil
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We need to move away from oil as our energy source
Q: Would you reduce use of coal, oil, & nuclear energy? A: Yes, I strongly favor that. We're running short of oil. Not because there isn't any in the ground, but because we can't get it out fast enough. Yet, even if it were possible to increase
production, it would not be wise. Oil use is a major cause of global warming. It's affecting our climate today: 2005 was the hottest year on record, winters have become much milder, severe storms have become more frequent and regional droughts are
becoming common place. Our dependence on oil is becoming more costly to us and to the environment. In spite of this, Pres. Bush's energy bill gave billions of dollars to the oil companies and deepened our commitment to oil. My opponent,
Herb Kohl voted for this bill. Continuing to look at oil as our energy future i will hurt us in the long run. We need to move away from oil as our energy source.
Source: Email interview with OnTheIssues.org
Oct 1, 2006
Crash program for clean energy; end oil drilling
- Extensive energy conservation programs will bring huge resource savings for both the economy and the environment. Europe consumes less than half of the electricity consumed per capita in the U.S.
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Crash program to develop and deploy clean energy. The U.S. has tremendous renewable energy potential.
The government should take the lead in mobilizing the country convert to clean renewable energy technologies such as wind, solar, ocean power, geothermal, and small-scale hydro-electric.
- Stop further oil and gas drilling or
exploration on our nation's outer continental shelf, on our public lands, in the Rocky Mountains, and under the Great Lakes. We need to move away from oil dependence, not continue to destroy the environment pursuing it.
Source: Email interview with OnTheIssues.org
Oct 1, 2006
Retire nuclear power reactors as soon as possible
Retire nuclear power reactors as soon as possible, and phase-out of other technologies that use or produce nuclear waste. There is no such thing as the safe "disposal" nuclear waste. All six of the "low-level" nuclear waste dumps in the
United States have leaked. Stop public subsidies for nuclear power, including Price-Anderson insurance caps and stranded cost recovery bailouts.
Source: Email interview with OnTheIssues.org
Oct 1, 2006
Support renewable, clean energy
Support renewable, clean energy: Experts are saying that oil production is now 'peaking' and will soon start to fall.
We need to break our dependence on a declining energy source that is the major cause of global warming, and invest in wind, solar and other forms of clean energy.
Source: Campaign website, www.voterae.org, "Platform"
Jan 25, 2006
No such thing as the safe disposal of nuclear waste
[We should] retire nuclear power reactors as soon as possible, and phase-out of other technologies that use or produce nuclear waste. There is no such thing as the safe "disposal" of nuclear waste.
All six of the "low-level" nuclear waste dumps in the United States have leaked. Stop public subsidies for nuclear power, including Price-Anderson insurance caps and stranded cost recovery bailouts.
Source: Campaign website, www.voterae.org, "Platform"
Jan 25, 2006