Barack to the Future

While on paper, it looks like Barack Obama and John McCain have similar energy and environment policies, however I feel like Obama will have luck at implementing them. Jowhn McCain is too tied to the oil industry and Bush administration to change the energy direction of this country. Since President George Bush has taken office, John McCain went from being a moderate to voting 95% of the time in favor of Bush. He already showed us that he is willing to compromise his ideologies to gain support from the Republican Party, who is to say he won't do it again while he is in office.

Both Barack Obama and John McCain want to reshape our industry bringing green collar jobs in the United States, however only Obama has pledged to create five million green jobs within the next ten years. Also instead of investing money into technology development to produce plug-in hybrid cars, he wasnt to pay who ever develops the technology $300 million. It seems like that money could accomplish more if it was was used to develop the technology. And I completely disagree with building 45 new nuclear power plants. They're dangerous to the environment and they become and ethical and equity problem. Where are they going to be built? I can guarantee they will be built in poor or minority neighborhoods, that lack the power to fight nuclear waste being stored in their backyards.

I think Obama is going to bring out country in a new direction with his green development plans. I believe his trade and cap plan to reduce emissions will be very effective and will also show the rest of the world that we are serious about fighting global warming. Instead of reallying on the markets to fix our problems (like McCain probably would) Obama wants to fix the way our economy runs and wants to work with unstitutions to move our country in a new direction. John McCain might have made a good president eight years ago when he competed against Bush for the Republican nomination. Now I feel like he's to involoved with lobbyist and oil companies; he owes them too many favors especailly for all the funding they've given him for his campaign. Obama is going to be the one to lead our country into the future, with new alternative energy development and jobs.