The race to be president
I wonder if voters worry about the climate change, America’s dependence on oil or the cost of filling their petrol tanks? A poll released that he cost of filling their petrol tanks will cause the most concerns. The president of OPEC (Chakib Khelil) raised the prices of a barrel of oil.
Of course, the president candidates try to use these concerns in their advantage. Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton, the Democrats, both say that they will work on the climate change and energy security. Not only them, but also John Mcain, the Republican, says that he will do something about it. Foreign policy types worry about America’s reliance on oil from the Middle East.
The ways the candidates want to work on it are new fuels and greener cars. They also would cap carbon emissions and for the introduction of a system for trading carbon permits.
They also give examples of solutions for the cost of petrol. Mrs Clinton gave a lot of ideas on Monday. She wants to suspend the federal petrol tax for the summer driving season. A windfall-tax on oil companies should be paying this. Exxon wants to announce bumper profits on Tuesday. She would like to ban the gouging of the gasoline-prices and she would go after speculators who drive up prices.
It’s typical that the president candidates make all kind of promises, but let’s hope that this time, they will make their promises true, because it’s about the world and its environment now. It’s something you can’t just let go on.
Source: Economist.com
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