...Unlike Obama, the GOP has already proposed a comprehensive energy plan that would do wonders for green energy. The legislation, A Roadmap for America’s Energy Future, was authored by Rep. Devin Nunes, from the Central Valley of California, and introduced early last year.
Where the administration has done its level best to halt energy extraction on public lands, the GOP legislation would open up to drilling the Outer Continental Shelf, estimated to contain enough oil and natural gas to meet America’s energy needs for about 60 years. It would also open up the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and encourage domestic energy production elsewhere.
Under the roadmap, new federal revenue from increased domestic energy production would go into a trust fund for renewables. Money from the trust fund would be handed out in “reverse auctions,” where private companies would compete for government contracts based on who can produce the most energy for the least amount of money. To hear the president tell it, the belief that renewable-energy companies should be rewarded for demonstrable success makes the GOP a bunch of flat-earthers....
The President's rhetoric on energy policy has become more dishonest as he falls behind on the issue. Having lost the narrative he is making bogus charges against his opponents. The program offered by the Republicans is one that is much closer to what voters have said they want.
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