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Latest Answers http://www.askyourlawmaker.org/answers/latest/%2A/14/%2A/%2A a view of answers sorted by date en Yeah, the Deep Space Climate Observatory is a NASA satellite that was originally proposed by then Vice President Al Gore. One of the purposes was to provide a continuous picture of the earth from 1.5 km away in space. Critics have argued that the satellite would beam, essentially, an overpriced screen saver of earth that was not the best use of NASA dollars that could be spent on perhaps more pressing matters like monitoring the climate and life sciences etc. Due to questions about the satellite’s scientific value NASA took it off the shuttle launch manifest and placed it in storage in NASA’s Goddard Space Center. In a recent NASA reauthorization bill which I was a prime sponsor of, we have asked NASA to prepare a plan on how to best utilize the stored satellite and all of its components. It may mean sending it back into space it may mean some other use but we are asking NASA to go back and take a second look at the potential value of the satellite. http://www.askyourlawmaker.org/answers/%2526lt%3Bp%2526gt%3Byeah%2C-deep-space-climate-observatory-nasa-satellite-was-originally-proposed-then-vi http://www.askyourlawmaker.org/answers/%2526lt%3Bp%2526gt%3Byeah%2C-deep-space-climate-observatory-nasa-satellite-was-originally-proposed-then-vi#comments Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:25:14 -0500 Robin Wright 1497 at http://www.askyourlawmaker.org We need to provide from the energy point with energy self-sufficiency. Wyoming is the No.1 coal producer in the United States. Number one in uranium. Number two for natural gas, so we've done a considerable amount for the energy need of the nation. I'm going to continue to work to make sure Wyoming is part of that picture. Also we have incredible renewable sources, like the wind. I'm working for renewables as well. http://www.askyourlawmaker.org/answers/we-need-provide-energy-point-energy-self-sufficiency.-wyoming-no.1-coal-producer-united-stat http://www.askyourlawmaker.org/answers/we-need-provide-energy-point-energy-self-sufficiency.-wyoming-no.1-coal-producer-united-stat#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:30:02 -0500 Yanmei Xie 1456 at http://www.askyourlawmaker.org It’s important that we once again restore America’s ability to build nuclear power plants. We’ve lost that now. We have stopped the production of these plants, so to speak, for almost two decades. So it’s time to recognize that it’s a safe form of energy. It produces nearly zero CO2 compared to a coal-fired plant. Zero. Right now, we rely on nuclear power for about 20 percent of our energy. I’d like to see in the next decade or 15 years, perhaps that 20 percent can go as high as 30 or 35 percent. http://www.askyourlawmaker.org/answers/it%E2%80%99s-important-we-once-again-restore-america%E2%80%99s-ability-build-nuclear-power-plants.-we%E2%80%99ve-los http://www.askyourlawmaker.org/answers/it%E2%80%99s-important-we-once-again-restore-america%E2%80%99s-ability-build-nuclear-power-plants.-we%E2%80%99ve-los#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 14:03:22 -0500 Yanmei Xie 1451 at http://www.askyourlawmaker.org So the point is to make coal to liquid clean and sequestration complete. It's going to take billions and billions of dollars and it has to be done by the federal government. It has to be a Manhattan project, but it's much more important. http://www.askyourlawmaker.org/answers/so-point-make-coal-liquid-clean-and-sequestration-complete.-it%2526%2523039%3Bs-going-take-billions-an http://www.askyourlawmaker.org/answers/so-point-make-coal-liquid-clean-and-sequestration-complete.-it%2526%2523039%3Bs-going-take-billions-an#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:49:58 -0500 Yanmei Xie 1448 at http://www.askyourlawmaker.org It all comes from Hollywood, from the far left, and the ones who are the same as the extremist animal right activists and people who bomb construction sites, but it's a very well funded extreme group. That's why the politicians are inclined to act like they are supporting it. http://www.askyourlawmaker.org/answers/it-all-comes-hollywood%2C-far-left%2C-and-ones-who-are-same-extremist-animal-right-activists-and http://www.askyourlawmaker.org/answers/it-all-comes-hollywood%2C-far-left%2C-and-ones-who-are-same-extremist-animal-right-activists-and#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:26:35 -0500 Yanmei Xie 1446 at http://www.askyourlawmaker.org They produce a lot of potatoes over there, I know that. There is very little their soil is actually conducive for agriculture. They do have some irrigated ground down in the south around Basra but, you know, most of that was drained or flooded by Saddam Hussein. I don’t know if they’ve ever gotten that infrastructure back yet. Not a whole lot of agriculture takes place in Iraq. There’s a lot of desert there, so they don’t have the water infrastructure either, is the problem. I mean I couldn’t…I’m just not sure. I think they have the starch they have a lot of starch the only thing would be potatoes that I know of at least at this point but they certainly don’t do any corn or soybeans or anything like that or wheat which would be our traditional crops. http://www.askyourlawmaker.org/answers/%2526lt%3Bp%2526gt%3Bthey-produce-lot-potatoes-over-there%2C-i-know-.-there-very-little-their-soil-actuall Thu, 19 Jun 2008 15:14:58 -0500 Robin Wright 1386 at http://www.askyourlawmaker.org The discussion about whether we hit peak oil I think drives some of the discussion about whether or how quickly we move away from oil as the major use of our energy. It’s kind of like global warming was a few years ago. People talk about peak oil, but there’s no evidence that we’ve hit peak oil, some people think it’s right now. So it’s part of their discussions. I think we’re going to hit peak oil soon and I’d rather have our plan in place to move away from fossil fuels to energize our economy and transportation, as opposed to waiting until you hit peak oil and then all the sudden your back’s against the wall. http://www.askyourlawmaker.org/answers/discussion-about-whether-we-hit-peak-oil-i-think-drives-some-discussion-about-whether-or-how Wed, 23 Apr 2008 23:13:08 -0500 Todd Zwillich 1249 at http://www.askyourlawmaker.org Geothermal will play a greater role. The question is how much and how soon? We are dramatically shifting investment over the next three years into renewable energy supplies for the future and geothermal is nearly inexhaustible. And is one where there are more applications than people think and it needs to be a part of a diverse portfolio.” Reporter: “Is funding an issue?” Blumenauer: “Funding will be less of an issue in the next Congress, because we will shift away, there is no question in my mind, from subsidizing the mature sources of the past. We are in the process of shifting subsidy from the mature sources of that are part of our energy past and redirecting it for things that are part of our energy future that aren’t yet mature and for whom this subsidy makes all the difference in the world. I think there will be more money over the next three years and it will be targeted in ways that will magnify its impact. http://www.askyourlawmaker.org/answers/geothermal-will-play-greater-role.-question-how-much-and-how-soon%3F-we-are-dramatically-shift Mon, 14 Apr 2008 12:04:00 -0500 Matt Laslo 1216 at http://www.askyourlawmaker.org