R. David Steele wrote:


| Right now Freedom runs on oil. We tried nuclear, and bio-fuels, and
| until we get a Congress willing to go Hydrogen in 10 years, (instead of
| another wasted trip to the Moon, or Mar's), then we will all burn in hell.
|
| We have an energy policy that is based on depletion.
|
|Really? In that case, you won't have any problem explaining to those of us who
|still don't get it why, when our oil supply is recognizably being depleted
|without replenishment, we are (1) still manufacturing and selling gas-guzzling
|SUVs and (2) why we haven't required every vehicle on our roads to be able to
|get 40 or 50 mpg as a prerequisite for getting a license plate.
|
|In any case, our current energy policy was put together by a commission
|appointed by the President and chaired by the Vice President, whose membership
|seems to be a secret, along with the minutes of the meetings they may have had
|that evolved into our national policy. It's not even clear what the policy
|actually is, much less the reasons for it, since everything about that
|commission has been kept secret by the Vice President, who is now or shortly
|will be defending himself against a lawsuit before the Supreme Court which was
|filed to force the administration to make public the details of the commission's
|proceedings.
|
|It's entirely possible that, in the light of day, we may learn that our energy
|policy is aimed at the protection of certain economic interests first, rather
|than the nation's best interests. We may find out one of these days.
|
|George Z.

Because the UAW has a huge influence on such policies. I gather
that you want millions of common folks without jobs?

Those SUVs put money in the common man's pocket.

Stupid pig. Stupid, fat, careless, reckless, feckless yankee Pig.
All too typical. May Amerika fall soon, God most Willing.

Grantland