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S. 1001, The Alternative Fuel Vehicles Competitiveness and Energy Security Act of 2011 (3 comments ↓ | 4 wiki edits)
- This item is from the 112th Congress (2011-2012) and is no longer current. Comments, voting, and wiki editing have been disabled, and the cost/savings estimate has been frozen.
S. 1001 would reduce oil consumption and improve energy security.
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and increases their $ share of the national debt by $.
(source: Congressional Budget Office)
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Capitalism Supporter
June 15, 2011, 3:28pm (report abuse)This bill seems to support government control rather than private enterprise/capitalism.
Why can't government help existing entities, rather than reinvent the wheel with taxes/mandates? - many of the mandates are draconian and don't make sense.
Florida Jim
November 16, 2011, 8:07am (report abuse)If the idea of alternative energy is viable an entrepreneur will develop it without government help.
Obama is wasting my tax dollars on Solyndra and other aschemes to benefit Obama's reelection with campaign funds given from the beneficiaries of "green energy" back to Obama as campaign contributions. We have oil and gas-USE THEM!
NORMBENIGN
November 17, 2011, 6:34pm (report abuse)The really inventive will do this without the incentives, if they get to keep the profits. They operate on reality, not wishful thinking, and evaluate all the options before committing billions in OPM.
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There’s Another Way to Reduce Energy Consumption
S. 1001 is a bill “to reduce oil consumption and improve energy security.” There’s another way to reduce energy consumption, a program that’s quite comprehensive and effective: higher prices....WashingtonWatch.com Digest – September 6, 2011
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