Bush's Retro Energy Policy
25 March 2005 - 8:00am
Arianna Huffington analyzes the Bush administration's energy policy.
"Exhibit A is the president's bizarre and long-standing obsession with drilling for oil in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge...how retro can you get? Instead of pushing to increase fuel efficiency standards...he's after one more fix of dinosaur byproducts from one of the world's last pristine places...At best, there's only enough oil there to satisfy U.S. demand for about six months. And it won't be available for at least a decade which is the only forward-looking aspect to Bush's ANWR dream."
Full Story:
Paying the Price For Bush's Retro Energy Policy
Source:
AlterNet, October 6, 2005
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