Let's look at the moronic points in the speech.  The few good ideas are obvious.

"...encourages the promotion of clean, renewable fuels."

Fuel farming, neither clean nor renewable.

"...releasing some oil from the government stockpile will reduce consumer prices in ten days, not ten years"

Idiotic pandering, gas prices already dropped.  The reserve needs to be saved for emergencies and a rationing plan should be inplace before it is tapped.  

Said rationing to acompany the release.  The rationing plan will let the oil rats manipulating markets know that we are ready for their trickery.  It will stave off manipulation.

"...invest in clean, renewable resources like ... biofuels,"

More fuel farming.  At least doubles GHG.  Will never reduce fuel prices.  Starves millions.  Wrecks eco-systems.

"...address the role that undue and excessive speculation plays in driving up the cost of oil."

It's not speculation that is the problem, it is unregulated insider trading manipulation and monopoly price fixing.  In short, corruption, criminal activity in so-called "free" markets.

Teddy Roosevelt's example must be followed, bust those trusts with regulation, enforcement, and oil use demand reduction targets.  5% reduction per year for 20 years.  Bring OPEC, the exxonmob, and Russia to their knees.  Then negotiate some favorable terms for planet earth and its life forms.

"...it will increase the use of natural gas, which is abundant, clean, and cheap."

It is clean, compared to coal and nuclear, but still emits GHG, and it is neither abundant or cheap.  Ask someone heating their home with natural gas how cheap it is.  If it's abundant why is it being imported on tankers and why is ammonia fertilizer made from natural gas being imported on tankers from Russia?

Better than Steny.

Nancy you get a D instead of an F.

So this is what we have to look forward to from a democratic administration and legislative branch?  

Please take some time to talk to Lester Brown and Amory Lovins both of you.  This is too important to rely on industry lobbyist propaganda.

http://amazngdrx.blogharbor.com/blog John Schneider, Northern Wisconsin

As I live in her district, I can verify that Nancy Pelosi is nothing but a political hack.  I won't list her transgressions here, but suffice to say that she's part of the Democratic "machine" here and  progressives have been battling her since she first ran for election.  Cindy Sheehan is running against her this time and I'm thinking of working on Sheehan's campaign.