Trojan Horse on DOE's Battery Technology Program?

EIN News says, "U.S. Department of Energy Sponsored Portal Will Bring New Advanced Energy Storage Technology to U.S."

This is a good move on the part of the DOE. It is basically promoting licensing opportunities for research and development technology on batteries through the Internet.

We must also keep in mind that this program essentially promotes the development of electrically powered automotive vehicles, which has some controversial aspects. The obvious advantage of an electrical vehicle is that it reduces the consumption of gasoline and diesel fuels made from crude oil. This reduction will also reduce our dependence on foreign oil, but let us also remember that much of our dependence on foreign oil is because the US Government has imposed various restrictions on development of our own national resources. We should not let this new DOE program take away our continued efforts to force government to open more opportunities for national oil and gas drilling.

In addition, the increased use of electrically powered automotive vehicles will require significant increases in electricity production and distribution. Most of our electricity production now comes from coal-burning generating plants, which government now abhors, because of the simultaneous emission of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere. I have several times reported that carbon dioxide emissions from any sources, whether they be coal-fired electricity generating plants or gasoline/diesel burning automotive vehicles, has no significant effect on global warming. However, the Obama administration continues to push for carbon dioxide control through use of Cap & Trade, which is really the Administration's mechanism for increasing US taxes and redistributing wealth on a global basis.

However, carbon dioxide emissions to the atmosphere will not be significantly changed, whether the basic energy sources are burning coal or burning products from crude oil. We still must be wary of the Obama Administration's overall program on Cap & Trade.

Remember that Communists/Socialists/New-Form Democrats never give up on their ideologies and will continue to force their self-serving form of government, with its aspects detrimental to the American public.