‘Energy will be a central theme of President George W. Bush's state of the union speech this month, as it was in last year's address when he briefly caught national attention with the claim that the country was "addicted to oil".

But his critics doubt that he will do much more than call for more spending on alternative fuels, and again fail to embrace international efforts to agree a post-Kyoto regime to tackle greenhouse emissions.

"We've had the hydrogen economy, then alternative fuels, and 'addicted to oil'," said a senior industry lobbyist. "Yet on close Senate votes, such as drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, he has not put his prestige on the line by making personal calls. Energy policy has been the creation of Congress. Almost anything Bush says in the speech is irrelevant the day after he says it."’

Bush Tipped To Talk Tough On Energy But Snub Kyoto

as jughead has repeatedly said: “amerika’s way of life is not negotiable”. This effectively means that 5% of the world’s population, generating 25% of the world’s pollution, believe that they do not need to adjust their way of life, in order to secure the survival of the planet.

Why would they when they can steal the resources required to sustain their spoilt, selfish & fatal existence (Iraq’s oil & Afghanistan’s gas & minerals are just two recent examples to illustrate that truth) from everyone-else?

As for her willingness to kick her oil addiction, well, the fact that she spends US$80 billion per annum on weapons research & only US$3 billion per year on the development of alternative energy sources, probably says it all …..