Fire of Liberty
I guess President Bush has been reading Victor Davis Hanson's domestic policy recommendations. According to this article in The Financial Times, the President will introduce several energy policy initiatives to help ease the energy burdens on the American citizenry. The two biggest proposals are for the expansion of nuclear energy and building of new oil refineries on abandoned military bases. Just think how much a shot in the arm that the opening of new oil refineries will provide to the communities who were devastated from losing their military installations. Even better, the actual housing of these refineries in abandoned bases will also provide an added layer of security. If the military installations are still in workable conditions with its high security fences and guard posts, the refineries would only need a small security contingent to be secure from would be terrorists. As for nuclear energy, it has a greater shelf life and doesn't emit deadly fossil fuel exhaust into the environment like natural gas and coal fired power-plants.
It's about time that the White House stepped up the campaign for an effective energy policy. This legislation has lingered in Congress for far to long and the American people are hurting because a gaggle of Senators are standing pat and shouting "no." Have they heard of 2006?
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