A Scathing Look at US Energy "Policy"
We should also ease global oil supplies by helping other nations to use technology to “reduce their own demand for crude and gasoline.” [The Iranian fanatics claiming they need nuclear power plants will be pleased with that concept.] Meanwhile, the President wants you to know we have enough domestic coal to last 250 years. Unfortunately, despite $1.6b in federal funding, we’re still don’t have the technology to burn coal “in environmentally friendly ways.” As for America’s vast gas reserves, “we need to increase environmentally-responsible production of natural gas from our federal lands.” And then the big one: nuclear power. “It’s time for America to start building again.” Good luck with THAT one.
In fact, the nuclear power plant debate-- or lack thereof-- encapsulates all that’s wrong with America’s energy policy: we don’t have one. As long as environmentalists set the political agenda, as long as our oil companies go along to get along, America’s push for energy independence is doomed. President Bush’s finale about leaving our children a “cleaner, a healthier and a more secure America” reveals the extent to which our future has been hijacked by environmental politicial correctness. The truth is, unless we detach ourselves from imported oil first and fast, all those clean, healthy Americans and their life-sustaining economy will continue to be at the mercy of foreign despots.
If you disagree with Bush on energy, in any way, read the whole thing.
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