Doggedly searching for the crux of the biscuit.
Democratic presidential candidate Howard Dean used a northern Iowa wind farm Tuesday as a backdrop for announcing a national renewable energy plan calling for greater reliance on wind energy and ethanol.
Dean said America's dependence on imported oil is indirectly supporting terrorism because some of the oil revenue going to Saudi Arabia is being spent on religious schools that foster hatred of Americans, Christians and Jews.
"We're essentially funding the next generation of terrorists because we're not willing to do something about renewable energy at home,"
Ya damn skippy, we are.
Update: To be fair, though, Kerry, Gephardt, and Lieberman have very good energy independence plans as well.
"...and ethanol."
Sigh. I'm really ready for some other states to have the first caucuses/primaries. You know if North Carolina was first, every candidate would be out promoting harvesting the BTUs from tobacco and pig guts.
Still, energy independence based on renewable resources (read: not more g**damn oil drilling) ought to be at the top of every candidate's platform. From both parties. This really ought to be a no-brainer, unless you are utterly and completely beholden to the oil industry. Oh, right...
Posted by: apostropher at October 22, 2003 02:32 PMso if i was generating my electricity through wind would that mean no power outages during hurricanes :)
Posted by: owlmother at October 22, 2003 05:26 PMowlmother,
Good idea. If we had enough turbines we could power the East coast and suck the juice out of any hurricane that came along!