JKC1967

Peak Oil: While Washington Sleeps...

Very nice article. I checked out your comprehensive plan referenced at the end of this piece, and I think it makes a great deal of sense. Essentially, it combines things Democrats might call for - alternative energy, higher fuel standards etc. - with things the Republicans push like drilling in ANWR and offshore (Note: Have read a number of pieces that state that its really stupid not to drill offshore due to environmental reasons, since the technology has advanced so dramatically). This idea of windfall profits taxes on the oil companies is just stupid, stupid, stupid, pure pandering. The fact of the matter is that no one in our political class has the courage to tell the American people the truth, i.e. that high oil and gas prices are hear to stay, and that we had best start looking for solutions. Instead, we have dumb, provincial morons like Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley who insists on continuing subsidies for corn-based ethanol while keeping punitive tariffs on the much more energy efficient sugar cane version of it from Brazil. This is what passes for an energy policy in the Washington, DC area, very depressing....