Back to the future: Carter pushes energy reform plan (CNN)

[eppur_se_muova]

May 12th, 2009

Back to the future: Carter pushes energy reform plan

Posted: 03:17 PM ET

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Former President Jimmy Carter warned members of Congress Tuesday that America’s failure to achieve energy independence is threatening the country’s national security, undermining its long-term potential for economic growth, and contributing to global warming.

“Collectively, nothing could be more important than this question of energy,” Carter said during a rare presidential appearance before a congressional committee.

“I would guess that our entire status as a leading nation in the world will depend on the role that we play in energy and environment in the future.”

Carter, who famously declared “the moral equivalent of war” over energy independence in 1977, told members of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that it was critical to end the country’s “vulnerability to possible pressures and blackmail.”
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http://cnnwire.blogs.cnn.com/2009/05/12/back-to-the-future-carter-pushes-energy-reform-plan/

[JonathanMeador]

1. Regan's "Dick" Move

For all of his supposed infinite wisdom, Carter's successor removed the solar panels that the beleagured peanut farmer had installed on the White House. Such a shame; had we followed through on Carter's energy plan, we wouldn't have to start from virtual scratch today.