{"id":1114,"date":"2005-04-28T14:41:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-28T14:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sustainablog.greenoptions.com\/2005\/04\/28\/energy-plan-round-up\/"},"modified":"2005-04-28T14:41:00","modified_gmt":"2005-04-28T14:41:00","slug":"energy-plan-round-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sustainablog.org\/articles\/energy-plan-round-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Energy Plan Round-Up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As you might imagine, the Sustainable and political blogospheres are abuzz over <a href=\"http:\/\/news.ft.com\/cms\/s\/0b727b02-b6d7-11d9-aebd-00000e2511c8.html\">Dubya&#8217;s speech on energy policy yesterday<\/a>. While watching CNN for a few minutes yesterday, I hear Lou Dobbs call it &#8220;bold.&#8221; I actually kind of like Lou, but &#8220;bold?&#8221; Fortunately, Lou seems to be unique in his characterization:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ezra Klein has a much more accurate characterization: <a href=\"http:\/\/ezraklein.typepad.com\/blog\/2005\/04\/new_plan_same_a.html\">&#8220;kinda lame.&#8221;<\/a>  Even if you support such subsidies for polluting sources, this is hardly earth-shattering stuff.  Ezra notes:<br \/>\n<blockquote><p>There&#8217;s nothing in Bush&#8217;s speech about conservation, nothing about a major initiative to fund R&amp;D, nothing about the need for Americans to try and cut their usage of gasoline, nothing, in fact, that&#8217;ll have any long-term impact on the situation. What we have is a politician offering a pro forma response to a high gasoline prices, nothing more. There&#8217;s no vision, long-term planning, or even new ideas in this proposal, and so it contains nothing to get excited over.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/li>\n<li>Mike Millikin at Green Car Congress <a href=\"http:\/\/www.greencarcongress.com\/2005\/04\/the_presidentrs.html\">points out<\/a> several of the inherent conflicts in the Bush plan. He also notes that, despite these problems, Republicans in Congress just think it&#8217;s swell&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p> Of course, all of this is a side-show: the real action is still going on in Congress as the House and Senate try to <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.nrdcactionfund.org\/archives\/2005\/04\/dont_be_fooled.html\">reconcile the budget<\/a> (which includes drilling in ANWR), and the energy bill.<\/p>\n<p>Update:  Just wondering: did Dubya use the word &#8220;recycling&#8221; in discussing his use of old military bases for oil refineries and nuclear power plants?  I&#8217;d expect as much from a guy who describes nuclear power as &#8220;renewable.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Technorati tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/energy\" rel=\"tag\">energy<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/politics\" rel=\"tag\">politics<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Suck Up Some CO2: Plant a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jdoqocy.com\/click-1674704-9238559\">TreeGivers Gift Tree<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.afcyhf.com\/image-1674704-9238559\" border=\"0\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As you might imagine, the Sustainable and political blogospheres are abuzz over Dubya&#8217;s speech on energy policy yesterday. 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