Bush administration urges energy conservation

[NNN0LHI]

Well, I guess Chimpy is going to have to borrow President Carters
sweater?

http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N09272356.htm

WASHINGTON, July 9 (Reuters) - The Bush administration on Wednesday launched a new campaign to bring energy conservation home to consumers, urging them to cut kilowatts by installing high- tech thermostats and
buying more efficient light bulbs.

The effort marks an about-face for the administration, which previously focused most of its efforts on opening federal lands to oil and gas
drilling, some environmental groups said.

Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham, flanked by officials representing
utilities and energy companies, said conservation could help stretch U.S. natural gas supplies that shrank to dramatically low levels after last
winter's frigid weather.

"If we have an unusually hot summer, there's a chance that prices
could increase dramatically because of tight natural gas supplies,"
Abraham said at a ceremony to kick off the new conservation
campaign.

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http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/columnists/wickham/2001-05-07-wickham.htm

Conservation doesn't enrich
Cheney's energy friends

WASHINGTON (AP) — Weeks before Dick Cheney went public with
the Bush administration's energy plan, he knew there was a far less
expensive alternative to the massive power plant construction and oil and gas exploration proposal he would put forth. snip

"America's reliance on energy, and fossil fuels in particular, has lately
taken on an urgency not felt since the late 1970s," Cheney said in a
speech in Toronto. "Without a clear, coherent energy strategy, all
Americans could one day go through what Californians are experiencing now, or worse." snip

"The aim here is efficiency, not austerity," Cheney said of calls for increased efforts to conserve energy. "Conservation may be a sign of personal virtue, but it is not a sufficient basis for a sound,
comprehensive energy policy."

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[DemoTex]

1. WTF?

Is Cheney changing his stripes with the latest court decision?

[kimchi]

2. Too little, too late, bud.

A tiger cannot change his stripes.

[oneighty]

3. The plan is in progress!

Increase natural gas and oil prices till it hurts! Conservationists will skimp and save

to help out the national problem. And the more we skimp and save the

more we will pay per volumn of gas/oil consumed. Eventually we will be using less and

paying more. The oil and gas people will be laughing and joking all the way to the bank.

Less is more. It is always thus!

180

[hatrack]

4. Guess it's not just a "sign of personal virtue" anymore!

Funny how Tricky Dick Cheney and his merry men can change their tune when necessary.

[Dover]

5. My lightbulb just went off!

:think:

Hey I know! Mr. Cheney, why don't we create REAL incentives for solar, wind, etc. installations?

:think:

Too 'austere' for you? Just think of all the savings we are getting by having an administration who uses absolutely NO kilowatts for brainpower. That must be why they call them conserv-atives!

[Nambe]

6. The Strategy! Say everything a Dem would say to deflate them.

He will never DO anything about it. It's a sound bite. No news here.

[myomy]

7. Just throwing out a little bone to make it look like

they give a rat’s ass about “the rest of us”.

[hatrack]

12. So that when Bush's energy non-policy comes up next year . . .

They'll take that ragged little bone and toss it condescendingly in our direction and by doing so "prove" how committed they are to energy conservation and efficiency. Another case of political preemption.

As if we're going to have any choice about conservation 8 or 10 years down the road.

WHORES!!!!!!!

[stevedeshazer]

8. Col. Sanders Urges Vegetarianism!

http://images.google.com/images?q=tbn:r838sy6a77AC:toolooney.toonzone.net/fogclip2.jpg

[otohara]

11. Tobacco Companies Urge Nicorette Use

Free coupon w/ every purchase of carton

[kysrsoze]

9. More Advice: Step lightly on the gas pedal in your new Hummer n/t

[Parche]

10. good one dh cheney

That sounds like your back tracking dickhead cheney?
and after your energy scandal files that you havnt turned over
yet
because you think you are above the law, you remember the one
where you and your buddies screwed the west, and mostly
California
where they bought and sold spot energy on the market and
inflated prices.