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54 comments on KR: Administration backs off Bush's vow to reduce Mideast oil imports

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unplanner on February 2, 2006 - 1:53am

Okay so yesterday we are "addicted to oil" and by doing this and that we can maintain our petrobuzz without having to deal with those sketchy characters in the bad side of town whenever we need a fix. So today, it's just kidding folks, we will still need to venture into the "ghetto" to score.

Really. How much gasoline has this administration been huffing when they thought up this brilliant addiction analogy?? W and company are as clueless as ever. Either that or have something up their sleeves. At this point I cant figure that one out. Proposing a few hundred million dollars of expenditures on "solutions" that focus mainly non-transportation applications of energy when we continue to expend billions trying to protect access to oil currently being produced shows a real lack of conviction in moving forward with a post petroleum future. Kicking the oil habit, this most certainly is not.

One thing is for sure. Come 2025 we WILL be consuming less ME oil. Heck, we will most likely already be well on our transition out of oil altogether. Depletion will assure us of that. The only question of any importance on this subject is: Will the decline be peaceful and orderly or chaotic and abrupt?

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karlof1 on February 2, 2006 - 3:21am

The answer is Rovian poltical posturing prior to the elections. They're The Death Party; why do you think they'll promote anything that enhances Life? And most Democrats are no different. At least the latter are somewhat honest and admit the upcoming war with Iran is all about oil.