Ike, spiked gas prices, and our need for a plan to use alternative energy

Lets look and see how much Federal money will be spent to help fund this "Project", shall we?

Oh! I guess we'll have to buy the book to find out.
Sorry, I need that money to purchase more over priced PV modules for my off grid home.

Article 1 section 8
Necessary and Proper clause
Main article: Necessary-and-proper clause
Finally, Congress has the power to do whatever is "necessary and proper" to carry out its enumerated powers and, crucially, all others vested in it. Thus, Congress may establish a system whereby those who violate laws are punished though the Constitution explicitly provides for the punishment of only those who violate counterfeiting or maritime laws. The necessary and proper clause, however, has been interpreted extremely broadly, thereby giving Congress wide latitude in legislation. The first landmark case involving the clause was McCulloch v. Maryland (1819), which involved the establishment of a national bank. Alexander Hamilton, in advocating the creation of the bank, argued that there was "a more or less direct" relationship between the bank and "the powers of collecting taxes, borrowing money, regulating trade between the states, and raising and maintaining fleets and navies." Thomas Jefferson countered that Congress's powers "can all be carried into execution without a national bank. A bank therefore is not necessary, and consequently not authorized by this phrase." Chief Justice John Marshall agreed with the former interpretation. Marshall wrote that a Constitution listing all of Congress' powers "would partake of a prolixity of a legal code and could scarcely be embraced by the human mind." Since the Constitution could not possibly enumerate the "minor ingredients" of the powers of Congress, Marshall "deduced" that Congress had the authority to establish a bank from the "great outlines" of the general welfare, commerce and other clauses. Under this interpretation of the necessary and proper clause, Congress has sweepingly broad powers (known as implied powers) not explicitly enumerated in the Constitution.

189 years ago, there was no internal combustion engines or electric power producers. 189 years ago, world human population has been estimated to have been less than 1 billion people. We stand today at 6.5 billion people. Human flatulence alone could be one cause of global warming.

Sorry to hear that.  Maybe a couple gas cans might have helped, as well as scouting out locations for E85.

As my teenage daughter would say, ROFL LMAO.
Seriously.  I have a '95 Dodge Dakota I personally converted to electric, by myself, in my own garage.  My garage has 8 125w PV modules, and can charge my electric truck once a week.  More solar and batteries, and I'd be able to charge it every day.  This isn't a long time in the future, in a galaxy far far away.  This is here and now.  Like anything worth having, though, it's worth doing yourself without waiting for the gubmint to come along and legislate it into existance.

That being the case, perhaps you should ask your congressman why we have such high tarrifs on sugar and ethanol imported from Central America.  The oil companies aren't "evil greedy", they're privately held companies that are in business to take your money and give you a product or service in trade.  That is all.

I promise I won't!

You're on the right track with all that, but the car makers are just following market demands.  The mass media scares people out of electric cars with the notion they might need to jump up one day and drive a thousand miles, and electrics take time to recharge.



Good for you.  Now buy Chevy S10, a conversion package, about $25k in solar and batteries, and you're done using gasoline for local transportation, period.