Now… if you have been keeping up, we have recently examined Obama’s proposed oil and alternative fuel policies and McCain’s policies, now it’s our turn to offer our opinion - or at least the opinion of me,  Brian Rogers.

While I’m not going to endorse a particular candidate, I will offer an opinion on who I believe is moving in the right direction…

Both candidates are offering very interesting strategies in dealing with the oil crisis, Obama is offering a long term solution and McCain is offering a short term solution and that is about the only clash between the two.  Which solution is better?  Unfortunately it is an either/or scenario, do you want to pay now or pay later?

It appears that while McClain is pandering to the oil companies, Obama is creating policies that have a foundation of unknowns.  We have to remember that the oil companies are one of the most powerful lobbyist groups in the politics, because they have the money, power, and influence.  Let’s think about it, if you were the owner of company and people were developing ways to put you out of business, would you like it?

In contrast, Obama’s platform has simply too many unanswered questions.  At least with McCain you know he is chasing after the oil and natural gas in the OCS.  With Obama you’re asking, well… what happens next?  If Obama’s plan doesn’t work, well… we just invested billions of dollars on a paper tiger.  I feel that if I had to choose today which policy is moving in the right direction, I would pick Obama- and that is only on the smallest of margins.

If I, Brian Rogers, were running for President I would start examining why we couldn’t do both.  Let’s begin to explore finding other sources of oil and create an effective long term strategy built upon expanding alternative fuel resources.  You heard it here first, in the next 1.5 years there will be a battery-less flashlight that offers a full recharge in less than 90 seconds, it can be recharged over 2 million times, last for over 2 hours, and is brighter than a regular flashlight.  Technology is just around the corner and we need to embrace the fact that we will get there, but how soon is the question. 

All things considered, both candidates are passing like two ships in the night in regards to competing energy policies, with very little clash.  Someone needs to tell either Obama or McCain before the presidential debates, when one candidate is talking about “I would do this or that”, the other candidate would simply say “you know…I think that is a great idea, I am going to do your idea and mine”.

Vote Brian Rogers for President “08 : )

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