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CAFE:
Can Democrats put Michigan in check?
Wednesday,
May 16, 2007
Is
Nancy Pelosi's biggest problem her own party?
Do Democrats really care about global warming and foreign
oil dependency? While the answer to that question seems
like a resounding yes, why is it that some Democrats are
the BIGGEST laggards regarding real CAFE increases and
real action on global warming? Isn't that supposed to be
the domain of Big Oil-influenced Republicans?
At some point Democrats might have to ask, "Are
Michigan Democrats really Democrats."
John Dingell (D) of Michigan is one of the biggest forces
preventing a serious increase in CAFE, even though hybrid
cars demonstrate that the CAFE requirements proposed
for 2020 are essentially achievable today. Yet, Dingell
has ripped on anyone that proposes a significant CAFE
increase, including fellow Democrat Barack Obama (more).
In addition, Rep. John Conyers and Rep. Bart Stupak, both
Democrats of Michigan, are two of the biggest gas-gouging
legislation proponents in Washington.
Yet, ultimately, if Democrats are seriously concerned
about global warming, are not high gas prices a good
thing? Inevitably, high gas prices are good for reducing
human-caused global warming because high prices reduce
consumption of gasoline-caused global warming green house
gas emissions (Read
more).
Quite simply Democrats cannot play it both ways, yet some
seem to be trying to do so. Thus, one must ask, are
Democrats really that different than Republicans when it
comes to real action on global warming and/or foreign oil
dependency?
For the record, before hardcore Republicans start to
gloat, Republicans must ask, what has the Republican Party
done to secure National Security by limiting foreign oil
dependency?
Answer: nothing.
Still, can Democrats accomplish anymore?
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