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"My primary objective in this campaign is to promote an open and honest dialogue on certain energy-related facts that are seldom discussed by the major party candidates, such as: "1. An energy policy for the 21st century must be based on clean, renewable sources, but the Bush/Cheney plan consists almost entirely of various schemes for increasing production - better drilling and exploration technology, more tax breaks and subsidies for the oil industry, drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, and so on - with little or no emphasis on conservation or alternatives. But any responsible policy must provide incentives to insulate our houses and office buildings, drive fuel-efficient cars, use mass transit, and make other changes in a wasteful lifestyle based on "cheap" oil. "2. The primary mission of the Railroad Commission is to regulate the oil and gas industry in Texas and protect the public interest and the environment, but it has long been dominated by the industry it is supposed to regulate. Historically the commissioners from both major parties have raised substantial portions of their campaign funds from the oil and gas industry. This creates an obvious conflict of interest, and they often seem to think their job is to promote the oil industry. I will not take money from any corporate interests -- certainly not the oil industry -- and will always lean toward the public interest rather than corporate profits. "3. Our economy is driven by ever-increasing, wasteful consumption based on cheap energy, but that has to change because oil is no longer cheap and actually never has been. We are upset when the price of gasoline approaches $2 per gallon, but its real cost is in fact far higher. A true analysis would include the cost of such things as the Gulf War; keeping the 6th Fleet in the Persian Gulf; environmental damage from drilling, pipelining, tanker operation, global warming and acid rain; health effects from air pollution; and tax breaks and subsidies for the oil industry. If all these hidden costs of our oil addiction were passed on to the user at the pump, we would find that we are actually paying -- right now, today -- somewhere between $5 and $15 per gallon. Studies on this are readily available on the internet. When we look at the true costs involved, alternative energy suddenly starts to look a lot more competitive." qualifications Mauch has a BS in Petroleum Engineering from UT Austin and an MBA from the University of Houston. He was employed by a major oil company for almost 30 years during which time he worked in various phases of the oil industry including refinery process engineering, drilling and workover production engineering, natural gas processing, and natural gas marketing. After taking early retirement, he went to work for the City of Houston as an environmental engineer doing State Implementation Plan (SIP) inspections, and after eight years he retired as senior engineer supervising eight other engineers. Immediately after graduating from college, Mauch served two years in the USAF as Base Petroleum Officer at Neubiberg Air Base near Munich, Germany. personal Mauch is a native Texan, raised on a farm north of Corpus Christi. He has lived in Corpus Christi, Dallas, and is presently in Houston. He is a widower with three grown children. contact Mauch is a resident of Houston, Texas. He can be reached at chasmauch@aol.com A pioneer in rail regulation, the Railroad Commission has four regulatory divisions that oversee the Texas oil and gas industry, gas utilities, pipeline and rail safety, safety in the liquefied petroleum gas industry, and the surface mining of coal and uranium. |
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