<![CDATA[Grist - Comment Feed for Does Bush deserve credit for the energy bill?]]> Grist Comment Feed en Comment #1 by justlou http://www.grist.org/article/it-never-would-have-been-this-milquetoast-without-my-efforts/ Wed, 19 Dec 2007 03:49:16 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/it-never-would-have-been-this-milquetoast-without-my-efforts/1 In the Spirit of the Holidays

We can most generously call the gift of credit to Bush the "Immaculate Deception".  

]]> In the Spirit of the Holidays

We can most generously call the gift of credit to Bush the "Immaculate Deception".  

]]> Comment #2 by Tasermons Partner http://www.grist.org/article/it-never-would-have-been-this-milquetoast-without-my-efforts/ Wed, 19 Dec 2007 04:31:06 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/it-never-would-have-been-this-milquetoast-without-my-efforts/2 Oh, he shaped it alright...

...shaped it into piecemeal legislation that could've been much better had he gone with the original version.

]]> Oh, he shaped it alright...

...shaped it into piecemeal legislation that could've been much better had he gone with the original version.

]]> Comment #3 by kayser http://www.grist.org/article/it-never-would-have-been-this-milquetoast-without-my-efforts/ Wed, 19 Dec 2007 05:25:44 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/it-never-would-have-been-this-milquetoast-without-my-efforts/3 This is what we're up against

Pathetic.

Yeah, to say he "shaped" this is like saying my 4-year-old nephew shaped my hundred dollar vase by breaking it.

Kudos to the Democratic congress for pushing for something meaningful. Kudos to Mr. Bush for reminding us that we need a different president.

]]> This is what we're up against

Pathetic.

Yeah, to say he "shaped" this is like saying my 4-year-old nephew shaped my hundred dollar vase by breaking it.

Kudos to the Democratic congress for pushing for something meaningful. Kudos to Mr. Bush for reminding us that we need a different president.

]]> Comment #4 by Colin Wright http://www.grist.org/article/it-never-would-have-been-this-milquetoast-without-my-efforts/ Wed, 19 Dec 2007 17:04:23 -0800 http://www.grist.org/article/it-never-would-have-been-this-milquetoast-without-my-efforts/4 Another possibility...

Here is another angle on this story.

World oil production has been flat for two years. Bush and Cheney know all about peak oil (from Matt Simmons, Roscoe Bartlett,...). To meet the average growth rate in petroleum use of 2%, B&C invade Iraq. When that didn't produce the necessary oil for world markets, they turned to biofuels (starting in 2006) to fuel our "non-negogiable" way of life. Now they realize that may not pan out as much as they had hoped. Hence the new CAFE standards, in addition.

Why else would two "oil men" (who believe conservation is a "personal virtue") support ethanol, a competitor of the oil industry? (It's certainly not because they have any concern for global warming.)

]]> Another possibility...

Here is another angle on this story.

World oil production has been flat for two years. Bush and Cheney know all about peak oil (from Matt Simmons, Roscoe Bartlett,...). To meet the average growth rate in petroleum use of 2%, B&C invade Iraq. When that didn't produce the necessary oil for world markets, they turned to biofuels (starting in 2006) to fuel our "non-negogiable" way of life. Now they realize that may not pan out as much as they had hoped. Hence the new CAFE standards, in addition.

Why else would two "oil men" (who believe conservation is a "personal virtue") support ethanol, a competitor of the oil industry? (It's certainly not because they have any concern for global warming.)

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