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No you were critcizing environmentalist for curtailing drilling in the Gulf and I pointed out the the Bush's had something to do with it.
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Sorry, I guess my message didn't come through clearly (happens with posts sometimes) - I did not mean to criticize the environmentalists in this case, just pointing out that they shared some (most? all?) responsibility for preventing drilling (good and/or bad). It is not all 'Bush's Fault ( tm)'
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As for links, most are opinion pieces and if you look hard enough you can find one to fit your agenda.
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True, that is why I try to reference factual elements. They may appear in an opinion piece, but a fact is still a fact. One reason I like wiki, most articles will have the references and you do have checks/balances in each article. Not perfect, but pretty good IMO.
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As for an Energy policy, it seems to me the oil lobby and the politicians in their pocket controls the energy policy in this country.
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Maybe. Do you think that is true across both parties? I don't recall any great energy policy progress being made in the most recent 8 years of Dems in office. I think the bigger problem is that no politicians in the past 40 years have been willing to really think long term, especially if that means some short term pain for their constituents - they are too afraid of losing their votes.
The closest I can recall of real long term thinking (that worked pretty well) was the creation of the EPA, and the subsequent clean air requirements for cars. Created under a Republican administration, ironically enough.
-ERD50
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