Bayh, Lugar help block energy bill

dumbasses

That bill deserved to die because of that ethanol provision. I'm glad someone besides Roscoe Bartlett has some brains.

probably because there's not enough ethanol involved.

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=110&session=1&vote=00416#state

and it was a good one too...

PFO

The future of life on this planet is not a parochial American political issue.

not such a good idear

IA and IN

gimme a break. it's a cash cow for their home states, but simply not viable.

The House passed the bill Thursday but the White House issued a veto threat, saying the bill "would impose higher costs on American taxpayers, electricity consumers and businesses."


The Indiana Chamber of Commerce agrees and the Indiana Energy Association estimates the renewable energy requirement would increase electricity costs in the state by at least 10 percent.


Largely because of the state's reliance on coal, Indiana enjoys power rates that are about 20 percent lower than the national average and the 11th-lowest among the states.
But the Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana said Indiana has enough wind energy potential that electric bills would not increase.
About half of states, not including Indiana, already have a renewable energy requirement.
In addition to the renewable energy mandate, the administration objects to the bill's rollback of subsidies for oil companies that help pay for tax incentives for biofuels, renewable electricity, energy efficiency and for other new tax breaks.
Lawmakers could strip out those provisions in order to pass the 40 percent increase on fuel economy standards for vehicles, which is widely supported.

just like in neighboring states Ohio, Kentucky and Illinois.

I would like to see a map of proposed wind energy sites for Indiana. My recollection of the USGA wind maps is that Indiana had less wind energy potential than states further west in the plains, and to the east and west in the mountains.