Issue Position: Energy

Issue Position

Issue Position: Energy

The United States must have a national energy policy for the 21st century. Americans have long been at the forefront of clean renewable energy. The Bay Area itself is home to some of the most advanced research in the world, both in the private and public sectors including new fuel cell technology, renewable energy production and conservation. Cap and trade is not an energy policy; it is a tax on business and industry and will ultimately be passed on to the voters. This is not the way to make American industry competitive. Controversial decisions such as where to drill oil domestically should be made by the states and citizens using the oil. Imposing federal mandates limiting oil production while voters willingly consume petroleum products from other countries is at odds with our values; Free Enterprise, Competition, States' Rights and National Defense. Some states will drill for oil and others will build windmills; the beauty of a States' Rights energy policy is that we allow the states to compete for the best energy policy. States will emulate the successful energy policies of competing States just as the founders intended.

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