John, you got some 'splainin to do...
Here are some of the highlights of Obama's New Energy Plan for America:
Provide short-term relief to American families facing pain at the pump Help create five million new jobs by strategically investing $150 billion over the next ten years to catalyze private efforts to build a clean energy future. Within 10 years save more oil than we currently import from the Middle East and Venezuela combined. Put 1 million Plug-In Hybrid cars – cars that can get up to 150 miles per gallon – on the road by 2015, cars that we will work to make sure are built here in America. Ensure 10 percent of our electricity comes from renewable sources by 2012, and 25 percent by 2025. Implement an economy-wide cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050.
You can read the entire .pdf here - this will probably be the bulk of the speech today.
Not really crazy about the "energy rebate" idea, but I'm not going to complain if I get a check in the mail, either. The rest of it sounds great - investment in green energy, green cars, green jobs, and of course, a national RPS and caps of greenhouse emissions. Sure beats drilling, doesn't it?
You betcha.