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It may be a good thing to have these groups work together on an energy strategy that is more sophisticated than drill Alaska. Whether they are serious or not is a different question, as the planned investment, at least as represented in the original e-mail, looks bizarrely small. $1 billion over the next five years means $200 million per year to get the nation off of oil. In contrast, the annual cost to run the Strategic Petroluem Reserve (SPR) is between $2 and $3 billion PER YEAR. Subsidies to nuclear power now on the table could be double the subsidies to SPR. Of course the simplest way to bring market behavior in line with the full costs of the oil system is to do appropriate cost recovery of oil subsidies and emissions damages in the price of oil. You wouldn't need to rely on government subsidies to transition the economy. You might even see recycling get a boost as well, no doubt a benefit those on this list would be happy to see. -Doug Koplow _______________________________ Doug Koplow Earth Track, Inc. 2067 Massachusetts Avenue - 4th Floor Cambridge, MA 02140 www.earthtrack.net Tel: 617/661-4700 Fax: 617/354-0463 CONFIDENTIAL This message, and all attachments thereto, is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete the original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited. >>> "Peter Anderson" <anderson@no.address> 03/28/05 12:13PM >>> WALL STREET JOURNAL POLITICS AND POLICY Unlikely Allies Fight U.S. Oil Dependence Bipartisan Network to Press For Reduced Consumption, Quicker Development of Fuels By JOHN J. FIALKA and JEFFREY BALL Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL March 28, 2005; Page A4 High oil prices are uniting unlikely allies in a campaign to change American energy policy. A bipartisan coalition -- including an increasing number of defense hawks -- is backing policies to curb petroleum use, a cause generally associated with environmental activists. Today, 26 former national-security officials from Republican and Democratic administrations will send a letter to President Bush calling for "a major new initiative to curtail U.S. consumption" by improving the fuel economy of U.S. autos and developing alternatives to fossil fuels. The group asks the federal government to spend as much as $1 billion on the effort over the next five years -- "a level proportionate with other priorities for our nation's defense." "The price at the pump is not all we're paying right now. We are also paying $400 billion for a defense budget," says Robert C. McFarlane, President Reagan's national-security adviser and a signer of the letter. Frank Gaffney, another signer and former Reagan official who heads the Center for Security Policy, a national-security think tank in Washington, adds: "I don't often find myself in agreement with those at the Natural Resources Defense Council, but I'm delighted to have them joining us in this initiative because I do think there is common ground. There is now a critical mass of national-security-minded people coming together to make the argument that this is no longer something we should do at some point." Reducing U.S. oil consumption, he says, is "no longer a nice thing to do. It's imperative." "... "... "... "... "... "... _________________________ Peter Anderson, President RECYCLEWORLDS CONSULTING 4513 Vernon Blvd. Suite 15 Madison, WI 53705-4964 Ph: (608) 231-1100 Fax: (608) 233-0011 Cell: (608) 698-1314 eMail: anderson@no.address web: www.recycleworlds.net |
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