Environmental+Reform


 * Environment:**
 * Requirements
 * All cars manufactured in the United States or imported must have a highway fuel efficiency of 32 miles per gallon (MPG) for compact cars, 25 MPG for SUVs, 20 MPG for trucks and vans, and 15 MPG for larger transport vehicles
 * All vehicles must have a high fuel efficiency
 * All facilities, buildings and homes must have at least 40% of their power provided by either wind, solar, geothermal, nuclear, or hydroelectric power by the year 2020
 * Will require more renewable energy production facilities to be made
 * Power sources
 * The federal government will provide a certain amount of wind, solar, hydroelectric, and geothermal power generators and facilities to each state based on population
 * The rest must come out of each individual state's budget, private donations, or corporations
 * All power plants that burn coal, natural gas, or any other fossil fuel for their main source of energy production will be taxed $15,000 for each megawatt hour (MWh) produced
 * Nuclear power
 * Nuclear power is legal, states decide how much is allowed
 * Power plants must have a verified method of storing or disposing of spent uranium fuel
 * Nuclear power //does//count as a renewable energy resource, but only qualifies for half of the tax breaks for renewable energy sources
 * For example, instead of import tax being waived on nuclear power resources, only half of the import tax will be paid
 * For carbon tax, see "Tax Reform" page