Buffalo Boy's Blog

I sat through 2+ hours of the democratic debate on CNN tonight instead of watching the Sabres lose to Ottawa and was disappointed. Not one mention of what to me is the most important issue facing the next administration.

Global Warming and climate change will be and is the biggest issue. With out a healthy planet there are not other issues. Instead there are stupid questions about what kind of jewelery Hilary likes. Well thats nice. How about asking what kind of fuel they are going to use to get those jewels?

They talked a little about alternative fuels but not nearly enough to give uninformed voters a clear picture of the issues. Global warming and climate change are closely tied to energy policies and what our next president does in these areas.

If the United States decides to become energy independent and we as consumers make the right choices to change our energy usage we can eliminate any need for being in Iraq and talking about the middle east.

So start the conversation where it needs to be started. If you have the right energy policy, you solve global warming and no longer have to be concerned about the middle east because you won't need their oil. They have nothing else we could possibly want from there.

The candidate Im voting for in the primaries and next November will be the one who ties these issues together. I think that Bill Richardson is the closest to that person, I also like John Edwards lately. I would settle for Hilary but I am not going to vote for her just to vote for her.

Bill Richardson speaks with good fluency and has a vision. Most importantly he has experience in energy and has a plan to end our dependence on oil. I only wish they would give the guy a chance to speak a little more. I have yet to hear that from the others on what to me is the most important of all. The planet.