This is actually about a week old, but Charles Krauthammer's commentary on President Obama's algae alternative fuel speech is classic. I'm reminded of a scene from the cartoon Futurama where a stock broker gets hit on the head and tells his client to buy waffles. That's probably a more practical idea than saying algae is a better short term energy solution than opening up federal lands to drilling.
Oh, and if you haven't been paying attention, despite President Obama's claims that production is up in the United States (which is accurate), to say that he deserves credit for this borders on a psychotic need to lie. Under President Obama, lands controlled by the federal government have declined steeply as leases and permits have been slowed and revoked. Let's not forget, this President has so little respect for the other branches of government that he was held in contempt of court not once, but twice, for continuing what I like to call the Moronatorium, to cut of production in the Gulf.
This is a man whose Secretary of Energy, Stephen Chu (living proof that physicists should be required to have real jobs first or at least read Milton Freidman), wants to raise gas prices to the level of Europe, i.e. $7-8 per gallon. This is a man who said his energy policy would necessarily make the cost of electricity skyrocket.
Luckily, he's a champion of the poor and middle class, who apparently don't use gasoline or electricity. By the way, if he wants everyone driving electric (i.e. coal powered) cars, and electricity rates would skyrocket under his cap and trade ideas right along with gas prices...logic fails me on this one. Actually, it doesn't, logic fails him and those who would support him.
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