Proposal: Energy(updated 9-22 & 11/25/08)

This will discuss specific energy proposals I believe that will help re-invent our society.

Proposal E-1: Mileage

Car mileage "CAFE" standards will rise automatically every year by a minimum of five percent from the previous year's standards. Companies or groups disputing or challenging these regulations will pay:

1. Legal fees (prepaid in advance) for both sides in advance of any challenges in the form of a secured bond(?).
2. Companies not found in favor of will receive a penalty of double legal fees, (payable to the new government research fund), and a ten percent performance increase (for that year) over the previous year, in required mileage.

These two measures are designed to get faster, more enthusiastic participation and buy-in from the automobile manufacturers and their lobbyists, who have delayed twenty years of previous progress.

Proposal E-2: Energy Research
A new national research program (similar to the Manhattan project of World War II, which produced the Atomic Bomb), will be established and paid for by the federal government, to fund energy research, development AND manufacture of current and future energy technologies for transportation/home/commercial uses.

Proposal E-3: Institution
A new national institution that will support this research program, with ties and links to various existing educational institutions.

Proposal E-4: Lighting
All decorative lighting fixtures (christmas, christmas trees, halloween lights) must be energy efficient (LED) and all existing displays must be replaced within (public,commercial=five years; home/personal=ten years)
...edit 9-22-08 added: Existing stocks of (unsold) non LED lighting MUST be sold by Year end 2010, and may not be sold (or even given away/donated) starting 1/1/2011. Sale (or use) of non LED lighting items will be subject to surcharges payable to (??non-profit educational institution explaining energy use?) starting in 2011.

Proposal E-5: LEDs
The energy research program will work to develop a fast, feasible, cost effective method of manufacturing LED light bulbs that can be manufactured in the United States.

Proposal E-6: WasteOil
A fund to promote Waste Vegetable Oil will be established to help promote new local non-profit diesel engine conversion and filtering projects. To encourage WVO usage, no taxes will be levvied on WVO [either federal,state or local](except in case of adoption of a nationwide Value-Added Tax (VAT).
Funds will be used to help research and reduce costs of converting diesels to automatic operation with WVO, as well as helping start commercial filtering plants.

Proposal E-7: WVO/Diesel available.
A new infrastructure to support a thirty-fifty percent WVO to diesel fuel for ALL diesel cars will be implement. These local non-profits will also start to develop a presence at local truck-stops too.

Proposal E-8: MonopolyExclusions
Existing fast food, and national food chains will not be allowed to require their franchisees to use a specific pre-determined contractor for waste oil management.

(added 11/25/08)
Proposal Energy E-9: Detroit Subsidies
Substantial funding (bailout funding) will be given to Detroit to keep employees employed as they are re-tooled, and re-trained to become GREEN (and MASS transit) suppliers to the country. The one to three million downstream jobs Detroit supports cannot die, and Detroit must be retooled into a new industry.