Energy-freedom panel stands empty

The President is right and the commission is right. He is right because it should not go to a commission in Congress. The Congress will stall any action for years with their proven ineffectiveness, political positioning and consensus over scientific analysis. He is half wrong about actions now, they are reactions. We need a stability plan now and a comprehensive plan for transition. The commission is right because we need a comprehensive transition plan but totally wrong if they think they should manage it. The commission should be private like the original Railroads and scientific like the Manhattan project with scientists, military, and technology and innovative leaders who can integrate the infrastructure along with the technology. It should not be led by a political propagandist promoting a consensus state of fear model. The shouted down skeptics of global warming can provide a better response than Hollywood and Nobel politics. Reaction now and a hand off to Congress would only lead to biased decisions and false plateau's on the decision landscape. Action now should be the responsibility of Congress toward stability which should include additional supplies (drilling duh) but legislation that mandates we move off of carbon technology with an iterative replacement of PROVEN alternative sources and rewards, not restricts PROVEN technological innovations.

We don't need another commission appointed by congress, W is right. That should have been done 20 years ago, and we've studied this to death already. Mr. Taylor's last comments above are nonsense. Self-sufficiency in energy is a very worthy goal, anyone who says different has a personal agenda. Simple economics, with major added political benefits. We need to produce more oil domestically, and ramp up our alternative energy sources, including nuclear and hydrogen fuel cells. If oil companies refuse to invest some of their record profits in the technologies necessary for self-sufficiency, then congress should - and nationalize the operation for later auction.

The Congress of the United States should NOT nationalize anything. That is the first step toward socialism with leanings toward facism.