New Field for Earmarks in U.S. Goals on Energy
18th August 2007
NYT. The dirty little secret revealed: It’s all about getting money from the government.
The easiest way to get “independence from foreign oil” would be to allow our oil companies to bring up and sell the oil we already have, offshore and in Alaska. But we can’t do that, of course, because those are “ecologically sensitive” and besides the oil companies are a bunch of [insert favorite socialist slur here].
The easiest way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions is to get Democrats to shut up. The second easiest way is to build more nuclear power plants. But we can’t do that, of course, because those are “ecologically sensitive” and besides the power companies are a bunch of [insert favorite socialist slur here].