THE OPERATIVE WORD IS TRICK

Bush Administration Establishes Program to Reduce Foreign Oil Dependency, Greenhouse Gases (Washington, D.C. – April 10, 2007) In step with the Bush Administration’s call to increase the supply of alternative and renewable fuels nationwide, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today established the nation’s first comprehensive Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. At a press conference today, EPA Administrator Johnson, joined by Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman and National Highway Traffic Safety Administrator Nicole Nason, discussed the RFS program, increasing the use of alternative fuels and modernizing CAFÉ standards for cars. “The Renewable Fuel Standard offers the American people a hat trick – it protects the environment, strengthens our energy security, and supports America’s farmers,” said EPA Administrator Stephen L. Johnson. “Today, we’re taking an important first step toward meeting President Bush’s “20 in 10” goal of jumping off the treadmill of foreign oil dependency.”"Increasing the use of renewable and alternative fuels to power our nation's vehicles will help meet the President's Twenty in Ten goal of reducing gasoline usage by 20 percent in ten years," Secretary Bodman said. "The Administration's sustained commitment to technology investment will bring a variety of alternative fuel sources to market and further reduce our nation's dependence on foreign sources of energy."

The operative word is – trick – and “we” – that’s you and me – appear to be falling for it …!

Like ethanol as the feel-good replacement for imported oil, the GWB/EPA CAFÉ standards for cars is nothing more than slight of hand and “we” know it. Currently “we” allow our government to feed us their line that timely technological inventions will save us from having to make the tough call about our automobiles. I don’t think so…!

We’ve played ostrich so long we’re really comfortable being treated like mushrooms kept in the dark and fed bullshit.

Developing viable alternative sources of power and energy will not suddenly appear. And moreover, “we’ have not as yet chosen to inquire about all the possible forms of “alternative” energy and power…? Why is that….? Might it be the inquiry process to date being controlled by special interest groups, “corporate” sponsored think tanks and “corporate” controlled politicians…
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