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Politics : Ask Michael Burke -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Don Lloyd who wrote (78630)	3/26/2000 8:37:00 PM
From: Tommaso	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 132070

For instance: --that the OPEC countries can be expected to act in their own interests --that we need to encourage wind and even (amazing!) nuclear power --that cutting the small federal gas tax will do no good --that raiding the strategic oil reserve is a bad idea --that adding to strategic oil reserve is a good idea --that allowing more natural gas offshore drilling and using more natural gas is a good idea --that developing ways of using ethanol and making oil synthetically is a good idea There certainly is a developing energy crisis and it has nothing to do with politicians. It has to do with what's there in the ground. Or rather, what's not there. Did you watch the Senate hearings on Friday? The supposed experts from the government mouthed bureaucratic jargon. The senators were mostly sensible and well-informed.Even better, they were from both parties.