What Bush Will Say: "I agree with Americans who understand being hooked on
foreign oil is an economic problem and a national security problem."
[1/29/06]
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/01/27/eveningnews/printable1248952.shtml
What You Need to Know: For five years, President Bush has consistently
steered the nation away from alternative fuels and towards greater
dependence on polluting imported fossil fuels.
BUSH HAS INCREASED DEPENDENCE ON FOREIGN OIL: Sixty-six percent of oil
consumed in the United States comes from foreign sources, up from 58 percent
in 2000. Americans now spend $200,000 a minute on foreign oil, and more than
$25 billion annually goes to Persian Gulf states for oil imports.
BUSH ENERGY BILL CONTAINED LITTLE ON RENEWABLE ENERGY: The energy bill
supported and signed by President Bush dropped a provision that would have
required utilities "to generate at least 10 percent of their electricity
through renewable fuels by 2020."Â? The proposal, championed by Sen. Jeff
Bingaman (D-NM), was "was a low-cost, market-driven approach to cutting
demand for fossil fuels and easing air pollution."
BUSH ENERGY BILL WILL NOT REDUCE RELIANCE ON FOREIGN OIL: The same energy
bill failed to take any steps that will substantively reduce America's
dependence on foreign oil. Specifically, the final version "rejected a
Senate provision that required reduction of oil consumption by one million
barrels per day by 2015." Under the bill, "our need for imported oil will
continue to grow for as long as models are able to project."
http://www.democrats.reform.house.gov/Documents/20050726164801-76366.pdf
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