According to Dennis Kucinich, you should roll up your windows, turn off your car and sweat your behind off!
According to Jim Trakas, we should be drilling for more American oil and natural gas, investing in renewable and alternatives fuel sources and considering every other viable option.
Let's start with the press release...
Here is the Trakas Energy Plan:Kucinich Goes on Vacation, Offers No Solutions to Energy
CLEVELAND, OHIO – Former State Representative Jim Trakas today unveiled his comprehensive plan to address America’s energy crisis. The 10th District Congressional candidate visited with local residents at a local Rapid Transit Authority rail station to discuss his proposal to lower gas and food costs while pointing out that federal investment in Greater Cleveland’s infrastructure, including quality public transportation that could serve as a less expensive alternative for getting to and from work, has continually declined during Kucinich’s nearly 12 years in Congress.
“Greater Clevelanders need real solutions to rising energy prices. It should surprise no one that Congressman Kucinich and his colleagues have earned a single-digit approval rating, given their failure to address the high costs of putting gas in our cars and food on our families’ tables,” said Trakas. “While Congress has departed on a five-week vacation without providing relief to America’s energy challenges, I have outlined a substantive plan to address these issues and to help get the northeast Ohio economy moving again.”
The 10-point Trakas Energy Plan provides Americans near-term relief to pain at the pump and in the grocery store – and offers long-term solutions to move our country in the direction of energy independence:Increase Domestic Oil Production Expand Refinery Capacity Develop Fuel Cell Technology Invest in Solar and Wind Expand Clean Coal Technology Reconsider and Utilize Nuclear Power Partner with Automobile Manufacturers Expand Natural Gas Use End the Ethanol Subsidy Develop a National Policy on Energy
Conversely, Congressman Kucinich recently mailed a “Community Update” to 10th District residents revealing his “5 Tips for Reducing Gas Costs,” which included driving the speed limit and accelerating gently. He also introduced the Gas Price Spike Act of 2008, a bill that would impose a windfall profit tax on oil companies and, if enacted, would result in higher gas prices as these new levies would be passed along to consumers.
“Altering our driving styles and raising our taxes are not real solutions America’s energy challenges,” stated Trakas. “It is well past time for our nation to take charge of this issue and get on the road toward energy independence, using the classic strengths of American manufacturing, technology, and innovation.”
And check out what Dennis Kucinich is offering up in this flyer...
The choice is clear...
