NCPA | Energy and The Election

	Giuliani	Huckabee	McCain	R. Paul	Romney	Thompson
Energy Proposal	Invest in all energy sources	Invest in all energy sources; energy independence by 2nd term	Invest in mainly conservation: like renewable energy and making permanent tax credits for efficient technologies	Remove subsidies and privatize environmental resources	Invest in all energy sources	Invest in all energy sources, and invest in research and development for C02 reductions
Oil and Gas Tax Breaks	Would not repeal	Unstated	Opposes subsidies	Opposes subsidies	Would not repeal	Unstated
Penalize Gas Price Gouging	Unstated	Unstated	Voted against it	Opposes	Opposes	Unstated
Offshore Drilling	Favors	Favors	Opposes; unless local support	Favors	Favors	Favors; if environmentally safe
Arctic Drilling	Favors	Favors	Opposes	Has voted for it before	Favors	Favors
Opening Strategic Petroleum Reserve	Unstated; advocated using it in 2000	Unstated	Unstated	Unstated	Opposes	Unstated
Subsidies for "coal-to-liquid" fuels	Favors	Favors	Favors; if reduces carbon emissions	Unstated; opposes subsidies in general	Favors	Unstated
Ethanol Subsidies	Favors	Favors	Opposes	Opposes	Favors	Favors
Expansion of Nuclear Power	Favors	Favors	Favors	Favors	Favors	Favors
Renewable Portfolio Standard (% of electricity)	Unstated	Supports	Unstated	Has voted against it before	Unstated	Opposes
Increasing Fuel Economy (CAFE)	Unstated	35 miles per gallon (mpg) fleetwide standard	Favors; no specific standard	Has voted against it before	Opposes; except as broader plan	Opposes
Cap Greenhouse Gas Emissions	Free Market	Favors	Cap-and-Trade w/out auction	Opposes	Would consider cap if global	Free Market
Climate Treaties	Unstated	Favors; only if includes all nations	Favors; only if includes all nations	Opposed Kyoto; want free market approach	Favors; only if includes all nations	Unstated
Energy Taxes	Opposes carbon and gas taxes	Opposes carbon tax; raised gas taxes in Arkansas while governor	Opposes carbon and gas taxes	Opposes carbon taxes; wants to repeal gas tax	Unstated	Opposes gas taxes
Republican Websites Rudy Giuliani http://www.joinrudy2008.com/commitment.php?num=6 Mike Huckabee http://www.mikehuckabee.com/?FuseAction=Issues.View&Issue_id=21 http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2007/11/19/huckabee/index1.html John McCain http://johnmccain.com/Informing/News/Speeches/13bc1d97-4ca5-49dd-9805-1297872571ed.htm Ron Paul http://www.grist.org/feature/2007/10/16/paul/ Mitt Romney http://www.mittromney.com/Issue-Watch/Energy Fred Thompson http://www.fred08.com/Principles/PrinciplesSummary.aspx?View=OnTheIssues Other Resources How Green Is Your Candidate? – Grist Online http://www.grist.org/feature/2007/07/06/candidates/ The Candidates on Energy Policy – Council on Foreign Relations http://www.cfr.org/publication/14755/ Major Candidates on Energy – NY Times http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2007/11/28/business/20071128_ENERGY_GRAPHIC.html