Brown's pale green policies are more honest than most

Irwin Stelzer: Brown's pale green policies are more honest than most | Comment is free | The Guardian

Not that the level of the debate in my country - the US - about the need to cut back on fossil fuels is any higher. Barack Obama says he favours nuclear energy if the waste can safely be stored, and then votes against funding the storage facility. John McCain and Obama call for "energy independence" but oppose drilling in Alaska, one of the most promising sources of new domestic supplies of oil. McCain wants us to use less petrol, but favours lowering the petrol tax during the peak summer driving season. The Democrats want the oil companies to explore more of the acreage they have under lease, but propose to tax away the profits they need to step up exploration and development.