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Bush: US must not be "hostage" to foreign oil

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Posted by lotp 2006-02-20 16:49|| || Front Page|| [5 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Then have a heart to heart talk with your brother the Govenor of Flordia and his consistant obstructions to off shore drilling.

Posted by Angaith Grerens9024 2006-02-20 17:14|| 2006-02-20 17:14|| Front Page Top

#2 Yup: Jeb, Arnold, and all of Congress.

What's needed is a widespread public awareness of the costs involved in our current dependency on foreign oil. That will give political cover to the smart politicians and undercut those who oppose doing anything real to end that dependency, such as drilling more here or building nuclear power plants.

That's why it caught my eye to have Bush making the clear connection between dependence on foreign oil and our economic vulnerability to nuts like the MMs.

Posted by lotp 2006-02-20 17:18|| 2006-02-20 17:18|| Front Page Top

#3 Apart from Nuclear and Coal, this is the best hope for US oil independence.

Posted by phil_b">phil_b 2006-02-20 18:59|| http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/]">[http://autonomousoperation.blogspot.com/] 2006-02-20 18:59|| Front Page Top

#4 This administration needs to have a realistic and specific as possible energy plan. They need to show the sources as they exist and where the new ones will come from. I see some bar graphs, pie charts, simple and direct communications to the public. Straight forward stuff so the average american can see what the real story is without people in congress and enviro-nuts laying a big emotional handwaving trip (shuck and jive act) on us. There are too many people on both sides of the fence that have vested interests in their sources or proposed sources.

We need to know:
1. Our present energy demand by sector.
2. Present sources of energy by type and location.
3. What will we need in the next decade, 20 years, 50 years.
4. Possible sources and locations of sources.
5. What we can really expect from conservation.

I see something like Ross Perot presentations of simple charts and graphs, with simple explanations.

Someone has to lead the way, and it won't be congress. They are hopeless. Whoever does it, it must be done.

Posted by Alaska Paul">Alaska Paul 2006-02-20 22:43|| 2006-02-20 22:43|| Front Page Top

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