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Energy Resolution

Lincoln County

WHEREAS President Bush had set a goal that the United State will provide more clean energy sources within our borders to cut dependence on fossil fuels, to increase our energy sources, and economic security;
WHEREAS The Fiscal Year 2007 spending plan emphasizes investment in alternative fuel technologies, as put forth in President Bush’s American Competitiveness Initiative and Advanced Energy Initiative, announced in his 2006 State of Union address;
WHEREAS This plan also allocates resources that will contribute to President Bush’s Twenty in Ten Initiative, which seeks to reduce U.S. gasoline consumption by twenty percent in ten years;
WHEREAS this boost in funding shows strong support for the Advanced Energy Initiative, and expands key programs that focus on developing new energy choices, notably biomass and solar technologies;
WHEREAS a significant increase in carbon sequestration research has lain the foundation to allow for the environmental sustainability of clean coal in the future;
WHEREAS in pursuit of making nuclear energy a more integral part of our nation’s energy mix, the Office of Nuclear Energy’s 2010 program is fully funded at $80.3 million;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED the Lincoln County KYG Party supports funding for research and use of alternative energy sources in order to reduce dependence on foreign oil.

Submitted by Alex C.