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Ben on August 31, 2005 - 12:46pm Permalink | Subthread | Comments top
Calling for conservation is admitting they have been wrong all this time.

It won't happen.

What might happen is more money thrown at oil companies so they can do more, just like we saw with our much-touted energy bill.

I could say what I think of Drudge and his "developing" stories, but it's not really worth the effort.

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mw on August 31, 2005 - 3:37pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Admitting that a) energy peak may be coming in the near term and b) calling for conservation sound like things a responsible government would do.

I'm not optimistic.

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dinopello on August 31, 2005 - 7:35pm Permalink | Subthread | Parent | Comments top
Cheney famously said that the American way of life is non-negotiable.  Calling for conservation probably sounds like the start of negotiations and would stick in his craw.  Still, there may be some sane heads in the administration that at least realize that they need to do something and really that's about the least they can do - and even so, it may not help much.  People will be heading out on already planned labor day vacations in a day regardless of what the president asks.  
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