Good Energy Reads:
(2008) US House report:
The Truth About America's Energy: Big Oil Stockpiles Supplies and Pockets Profits:
--in 2004, Congress released millions of acres of protected public lands to oil drilling, yet: Onshore = only 13 million out of 50 million acres have been developed (drilled); Offshore = only 10 million of 45 million developed!
(2005) CNN Money:
Big oil CEOs under fire in Congress (Lawmakers spar with execs from Exon, Chevron over high prices, record profits, consumer pain):
--Exxon Mobile = biggest corp profit in history = consistent as a pecentage of revenues...
(2007) CNN Money:
Behind high gas prices: The refinery crunch (When gasoline prices surge, a lack of refining capacity is often blamed. What's being done, and is it enough?):
--in 1995, America imported 17 million gallons of gasoline, by 2005, this doubled!
Any increases in domestic oil production = more windfall profits = closer scrutiny!!!
Meanwhile, the Colossal Magnetic Levitation Wind Turbine's output = a small nuclear power plant = a $53 million price tag = $.01 per kilowatt hour! Plus, its low-center-of-gravity = perfect foe offshore = unimited potential (offshore areas surrounding the US = 24/7)
And the Lithium-ion Battery charges from 10% to 80% in 10 minutes!!! (Wikipedia-Electric Vehicle-6.2.5)
(2007) Gizmag:
Subaru doubles the battery range of its electric car concept:
--whatever-size lithium-ion battery = charges from 0% to 80% in 15 minutes!!!
Who Killed the Electric Car? (the movie-Wikipedia):
--Big Oil "bought patents to prevent modern NiMH batteries from being used in US electric cars."
(1982) Mother Earth News:
Thin-Film, Amorphous-Silicon Photovoltaics:
--solar cells = $.70 per watt!
(2008) The Oil Drum:
Thin Film Solar Power--Cheaper than Coal?
BusinessWeek:
The Dirty Truth About Clean Coal.
Hemp is an environmentally safe (potentially) source for Ethanol; at the same time 100% Ethanol burns very clean, power plants easily could substitute clean Ethanol for dirty coal and oil; and mixing gasoline with Ethanol (E85) for cars actually causes more pollution than gas alone! (Stanford News Service: Ethanol vehicles pose significant risk to health, new study finds)
New York Times:
Nuclear Leaks and Response Tested Obama in Senate:
--Obama's radioactive-leaks bill "caved-in" to Power Co., he reaps largest contribution!
And: Nader opposes nuclear, coal, oil energy, supports wind, solar.
Also good reads:
Boston Globe:
Grim proving ground for Obama's housing policy:
--Obama helped his friend and "most imortant fund-raiser," Tony Rezko (now in prison), get $87 million to renovate 1,000 low-income Chicago apartments!
CommonDreams (2):
Obama's Sub-Prime Conflict:
--Obama's Fanance Chairman = behind the sub-prime crisis!!!
The Real Legacy of the Reagan Revolution:
--McCain's Campaign Co-Chairman (Phil Gramm) = enabled Enron!!!
Minnesota Monitor:
McCain's 'econ brain,' Phil Gramm, tied to sub-prime crisis!!!
Buzzle.com:
The Truth About Buying A Foreclosed Home:
--first hike-up rates, then offer foreclosed houses at market value--versus what is still owed = such properties are ASSETS to banks, not liabilities!!!
And: John McCain and the USS Forrestal Fire:
--McCain crashed 5 jets, plus caused fire/deaths!!!
Washington Post (2):
McCain's Temper May Become an Issue.
15 Illnesses Drive Up Costs: Conditions Linked to 56% of Increase in Health Care Bills.
New York Times:
The Health Care Racket.
Physicians for a National Health Program:
Lessons from Three Countries with Single Payer.
Mother Jones:
The Truth About Drug Companies.
(2008) ScienceDaily:
Autism Risk Linked To Distance From Power Plants, Other Mercury-releasing Sources.
Boston Globe:
Mercury leaks found as new bulbs break:
--broken Compact-Fluorescent light bulbs = very dangerous mercury dust vapor!!!!
Complaints about our corrupter election process (Bush never actually won a pres. election: See--The US Commission on Civil Rights Report on the Irregularities of the 2000 Florida Presidential Election, and the Rolling Stone article: Was the 2004 Election Stolen?) can be addressed to the United Nations: 1503@ohchr.org


More things the candidates need to address
Here's a couple of things for starters.
Ocean Acidification and a blog all about it below:
http://oceanacidification.wordpress.com/
Peak Oil and a NASA research study concerning this below:
http://www.nasa.gov/topics/earth/features/peakoil.html