What is less likely than Tanzania sending a rocket to the moon? america coming off oil dependency in the next 30 years.
Bush speak in his address to the nation with forked tongue. Let's get this straight:
- Last year Bush's energy plan gave the oil companies billions in tax breaks
- Oil company profits are at an all time high
- Exxon is a major donor to the Republicans
- The technofixes Bush describes will take 25 years to arrive at the rate he intends to support - even by adding 22% to alternative energy research it will be below the funding level of the Clinton administration
Bush's answer is thus: clean coal; Artic oil fields; nuclear power.
What is really needed is a drastic reduction in demand, which Bush does not mention.
America must abandon its fuel-guzzling vehicle dependency and embrace energy efficiency. This however would take a cultural leap similar to putting a wild monkey in a suit and expecting it to act like a responsible President of a democratic, world-leading country.
Wait a minute....
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