Energy Independence The Key To National Security
Tim Williams
July 06, 2009
The United States today is faced with an outdated energy grid that could at any moment render this country into a complete blackout causing massive chaos. To continue to operate the way we have been is inviting terrorism and unwanted turmoil in America. With the constant fluctuation in gas prices with no real possibility of the stabilization of the price of fuel the United States is forced to continue to rely on foreign imports for our own economy. The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 is a way to start to address the growing concern of our dependence on foreign imports of fuel and the escalation of green house gases that are continuing to increase without any slowdown in sight.
There are three main focal points of the American Clean Energy and Security Act; the first is to focus on industrial smokestacks. These smokestacks Contribute as much as 85% of the green house gases that the United States generates each year and the problem is getting more acute every day. Limiting these emissions from the smokestacks is just one part of the problem of ridding the enormous amount of green house gasses that are dispersed into the atmosphere by United States Companies. China, Japan, Russia and the other leading Industrial countries are also contributing to the overall problem of Global Warming. China is increasing their output of greenhouse gases's at a rate that will surpass that of the United States if nothing is done to thwart this expansion. What the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 doesn't include is that there is a way for every smokestack that produces these emissions there is a precipitator that is designed to eliminate any harmful gasses from ever seeping from these smokestacks. In essence they eliminate the hazardous waste that comes from the industrial pollution from smokestacks. The problem is that currently they are cost counter productive for many companies to install them. The cap and trade measure in this Energy bill is supposed to set limits {caps} on carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel. When companies use less than the imposed cap they would be able to sell the excess to companies that don't. This is the trade part. There would be no reason to impose caps if all industries that still use fossil fuel were require to install the precipitators that eliminate those emissions.
With the advent of wind turbines and solar power along with smokestack precipitators the impact on the environment will be immediately felt and the cost of doing business will be greatly reduced. The economic ramifications of all this will have a huge effect on the welfare of all citizens. There would be no tax increase or any other burden put on the shoulders of an already beleaguered populace.
The second part of the American Clean Energy and Security Act is to address the outdated electric grid and to start to shore up the many lines that are vulnerable to all contingencies. The ideal solution would be the underground installation of all electric, phone, and cable lines where ever possible. With the T.Bone Pickens plan of wind and solar, and hydro electric power the United States would be assured of a stable and continue supply of renewable, affordable, and abundant sources of energy .
Finally the forest protection measure is the most important aspect of this energy bill. It provides the elimination of over harvesting and over forestation of the worlds forests that contributes greatly to Global warming and world wide famine. This is most significant because this reduces the cost of complying with the cap and trade measure in the Clean Energy Bill. It is more affordable for business to invest in forest carbon projects that will generate the financial incentives developing countries need to protect their forests and help alleviate the malnourished food sources that have plagued countries because of the continued over harvestation that depletes the soil from the nutrients that are necessary for crops to supply the nutrition that is so vital for everyone.
What the United States must do immediately is create a massive public works project employing skilled and unskilled workers to assemble the energy grid, create the necessary wind and solar energy sources to be put on line in order for the production of our own energy, and give industries that don't have the pollution and greenhouse gas precipitators installed tax incentives or business grants that would make these companies financially able to assist in the elimination of the vast amounts of carbon dioxide that is currently undermining the future of not only the United States but the rest of the world as well. Utilizing part of the Pickens energy proposal along with these steps global warming would be greatly reduced and the security of the United States would be assured.
There are three main focal points of the American Clean Energy and Security Act; the first is to focus on industrial smokestacks. These smokestacks Contribute as much as 85% of the green house gases that the United States generates each year and the problem is getting more acute every day. Limiting these emissions from the smokestacks is just one part of the problem of ridding the enormous amount of green house gasses that are dispersed into the atmosphere by United States Companies. China, Japan, Russia and the other leading Industrial countries are also contributing to the overall problem of Global Warming. China is increasing their output of greenhouse gases's at a rate that will surpass that of the United States if nothing is done to thwart this expansion. What the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 doesn't include is that there is a way for every smokestack that produces these emissions there is a precipitator that is designed to eliminate any harmful gasses from ever seeping from these smokestacks. In essence they eliminate the hazardous waste that comes from the industrial pollution from smokestacks. The problem is that currently they are cost counter productive for many companies to install them. The cap and trade measure in this Energy bill is supposed to set limits {caps} on carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel. When companies use less than the imposed cap they would be able to sell the excess to companies that don't. This is the trade part. There would be no reason to impose caps if all industries that still use fossil fuel were require to install the precipitators that eliminate those emissions.
With the advent of wind turbines and solar power along with smokestack precipitators the impact on the environment will be immediately felt and the cost of doing business will be greatly reduced. The economic ramifications of all this will have a huge effect on the welfare of all citizens. There would be no tax increase or any other burden put on the shoulders of an already beleaguered populace.
The second part of the American Clean Energy and Security Act is to address the outdated electric grid and to start to shore up the many lines that are vulnerable to all contingencies. The ideal solution would be the underground installation of all electric, phone, and cable lines where ever possible. With the T.Bone Pickens plan of wind and solar, and hydro electric power the United States would be assured of a stable and continue supply of renewable, affordable, and abundant sources of energy .
Finally the forest protection measure is the most important aspect of this energy bill. It provides the elimination of over harvesting and over forestation of the worlds forests that contributes greatly to Global warming and world wide famine. This is most significant because this reduces the cost of complying with the cap and trade measure in the Clean Energy Bill. It is more affordable for business to invest in forest carbon projects that will generate the financial incentives developing countries need to protect their forests and help alleviate the malnourished food sources that have plagued countries because of the continued over harvestation that depletes the soil from the nutrients that are necessary for crops to supply the nutrition that is so vital for everyone.
What the United States must do immediately is create a massive public works project employing skilled and unskilled workers to assemble the energy grid, create the necessary wind and solar energy sources to be put on line in order for the production of our own energy, and give industries that don't have the pollution and greenhouse gas precipitators installed tax incentives or business grants that would make these companies financially able to assist in the elimination of the vast amounts of carbon dioxide that is currently undermining the future of not only the United States but the rest of the world as well. Utilizing part of the Pickens energy proposal along with these steps global warming would be greatly reduced and the security of the United States would be assured.
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