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All Revved Up, Going Nowhere on Energy Policy
By MB-BigB | April 30, 2006
Source: Copyright 2006, LA Times
Date: April 30, 2006
Byline: Ronald Brownstein
Everyone in Washington expressed the requisite outrage last week about spiraling gas prices. But no one seemed outraged enough to seriously reassess any of the tired and rigid thinking that has paralyzed America’s energy policy for years.
The energy debate stands as a prime example of Washington’s deteriorating capacity to meaningfully confront problems.
There’s little mystery about the available options for reducing the nation’s dependence on foreign oil and its vulnerability to the sort of price rise now battering drivers at the pump. The list would include producing more oil and gas at home, encouraging more conservation, and promoting greater use of clean, renewable energy. Full article here
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