Life or death struggle in the Senate | [snapshot of poll results]

Waxman-Markey will be

* Obama's first major legislative failure and die in Senate. (32%)
* watered down to please rural states and then passed. (25%)
* ineffective, even if it does become law. (23%)
* a narrow triumph for its pronents and then change the U.S. economy dramatically (14%)
* debated but no final action this year. (7%)

Total Votes: 88

Obama’s Solar Panels Won’t Pay for Themselves | Just Politics..?

A 2008 article in the Denver Business Journal sheds further light on the subject. The article notes the total price of the solar array was $720,000. And Dave Noel, VP of operations and chief technology officer for the Museum, was quoted as saying, “We looked at first installing [the solar array] ourselves, and without any of the incentive programs, it was a 110-year payout.” Noel went on to say that the Museum did not purchase the solar array because it did not “make sense financially.”

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Additionally, most solar panels have an expected life-span of 20 to 25 years.

So Much for 'Energy Independence' - WSJ.com

Whenever you read about ethanol, remember these numbers: 98 and 190.

They offer an essential insight into U.S. energy politics and the debate over cap-and-trade legislation that recently passed the House. Here is what the numbers mean: The U.S. gets about 98 times as much energy from natural gas and oil as it does from ethanol and biofuels. And measured on a per-unit-of-energy basis, Congress lavishes ethanol and biofuels with subsidies that are 190 times as large as those given to oil and gas.