Published May 13, 2008 03:10 pm - Buyer wants to open the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve and areas of the continental shelf to oil exploration; build more nuclear power plants; make it easier to build oil refineries and nuclear power plants and provide nearly $5.67 billion in incentives to develop alternative fuels.
Congressman proposes sweeping energy changes
By Rod Rose
THE LEBANON REPORTER (LEBANON, Ind.)
LEBANON, Ind.
—
More refineries and more crude oil to process are among solutions to the energy crises proposed by Indiana
Congressman Steve Buyer, R-4th.
Solving the energy crisis means the U.S. must rebalance its energy
portfolio.
Buyer wants to open the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve and areas
of the continental shelf to oil exploration; build more nuclear power
plants; make it easier to build oil refineries and nuclear power
plants and provide nearly $5.67 billion in incentives to develop
alternative fuels.
Loan guarantees would encourage companies to build
“environmentally responsible” nuclear power generating plants.
“We have to get the U.S. into reprocessing/recycling of nuclear
waste,” Buyer said. In France, which generates 94 percent of its
electricity through nuclear power, 80 percent of spent nuclear fuel
material is reused, he said.