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"I call it the "First Law of Petropolitics," and it posits the following: The price of oil and the pace of freedom always move in opposite directions in petro-ist states."
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Nobel Prize Winner Harold Pinter speaks about the USA 2005 December 10
Did Oil or Money Influence America's Plans for War with Iraq and Afghanistan?. Some think so. Ongoing
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Energy Platforms of USA Presidential Candidates in 2004
Candidate Howard Dean's Energy Policy • A Progressive Plan for Renewable Energy 2003 October 21
Lights Out On Deregulation by Dennis Kucinich 2003 August
Energy Gridlock, with guest USA Secretary Of Energy Spencer Abraham, from John Mclaughlin's "One On One" -- Broadcast: Weekend Of December 6-7, 2003 Taped: 2003 December 4
"MR. MCLAUGHLIN: 'Well, there's no question that hydrogen is a valid source of fuel. We know that.'
SEC. ABRAHAM: 'Right.'"
[It's good to know our future has been well-managed by people who really understand energy. Ed.]
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Look at us, the Axis of Energy Evil, My View: by Jerry Brown 2002 September 9
What Americans have learnt - and not learnt - since 9/11 by Noam Chomsky 2002 September 7
Jeffords leaves GOP 2001 May 23
Strategic Energy Policy Challenges for the 21St Century. Report of an Independent Task Force Sponsored by the James A. Baker III Institute for Public Policy of Rice University and the Council on Foreign Relations, Edward L. Morse, Chair, Amy Myers Jaffe, Project Director. 2001 April 10
George W. Bush on the Next Four Years. What is the connection between energy and politics? Read from Tom Brokaw’s exclusive interview with president-elect George Bush, excerpted from an interview on MSNBC 2001 January 14
Tom Brokaw: "You talk a lot about the energy crisis, but you’ve talked about it almost exclusively as the need to produce more energy. There’s been very little talk about conservation. We have been on a buying and consumption binge in this country.
George W. Bush: "Well, I thought — listen, I believe we need to conserve. I mean, I think we need to have incentives to encourage people to insulate their homes better. I think we need to make sure industry does not, you know, is not wasteful, not question about it.
"But I’m realistic. We can’t conserve our independence. I mean, you got an energy problem in California primarily caused by the fact there’s no plants, and there’s not enough to fuel the plants if there were new plants. We need to explore natural gas. I mean we need to be moving U.S. product. And so I think the two go hand in hand.
"I was reading somewhere the other day, where we can get out of this crisis by more wind. Well, you know, that’s an interesting thought, except our technology isn’t enough to capture enough wind to be able to make sure our economy continues to grow. And so I strongly believe in conservation. I believe we made great progress in conservation. But I know if we don’t find more product we’re going to have a problem.
Making the Transition to Sustainability by Francis de Winter 2000 September 8
"As is well documented on this ... website, the existing energy establishment has managed to mislead the public on the dependability of future crude oil and natural gas supplies, by distorting the information the public gets ...."
President Clinton Meets With Top Scientists to Discuss Climate Change 1997 July 24
Deeds Don't Match Words at UN Earth Summit 1997 June 28
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Governor-Elect Arnold Schwarzenegger's Energy Platform 2003 September
Ivan Hall for Governor of California, less a lesson in politics (there is no possibility that this candidate will win the recall election) and more a call for action in the context of the coming global oil crisis. 2003 September 22