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Politics : Sioux Nation

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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (65911)	5/2/2006 2:54:04 PM
From: Rock_nj	Read Replies (1) of 362497

Mr. Rat, The recent rise in oil has A LOT to do with the fact that our demand for oil is so high, because we have failed to implement the most modern and efficient technologies. Who can we blame for that? Well Bush Senior as VP under Reagan petioned Congress in the late 1980s to end the CAFE fuel economy program, and then finally killed it as President. The CAFE program, while controversial with the business types, has saved our asses, not to mention the American consumer a lot of money at the pump. If we still were driving cars that got 15 MPGs on average, we'd be paying more than $5.00/gallon now. That would be very painful. CAFE was a good thing the government did and it should be implemented again. China, well what can we do about that? Not much, but if we invested in more efficient technologies and other new energy technologies they would eventually find their way to Asia and benefit all. I do agree with you that peak oil is nearing. All the more reason to get serious about efficiency. There would be no crisis for a number of years if we were a lot more efficient in our energy usage, and by then perhaps we'd have a solution. Rock

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