The McCain environmental policy

First, keep in mind that for the 2000 election, Bush proclaimed himself as "a good steward of the land" and "sensitive to environmental concerns". Of course, we see how well that has worked out, as he dutifully carried out the Party's agenda instead.

Now for the real environmental policy of McCain
CNN article
McCain does not support a government effort to fund renewables, instead relying on the greenhouse gas restrictions and lower corporate taxes to spur private sector investment. McCain wants to issue permits to pollute in an effort to gradually reduce greenhouse gasses - a plan known as "cap-and-trade" - but he doesn't want to charge companies for them.

So, here’s McCain’s plan. Drill for more oil, and if all goes well, supply will be increased by 2% in 10-20 years. Then let companies optionally cap their pollution, and don’t do anything to financially encourage them to do so. Finally, don’t fund renewable energy research or implementation, instead waiting for the existing big oil companies to voluntarily do it. (unless, of course, he's campaigning to a pro-environmental audience, then he's all green talk)

Anybody else see some flaws in that plan (assuming you call “doing nothing because the status quo is great” a plan)?

Personally, I prefer Obama’s approach, where we work towards solving the energy problem. It doesn’t go far enough to end our dependence on foreign oil soon enough, but is light years ahead of the McBush “plan”.