"History is a wonderful thing, if only it was true"
-Tolstoy

Friday, April 21, 2006

Juxtaposition

Democrats Eager to Exploit Anger Over Gas Prices - New York Times:

"WASHINGTON, April 20 — Democrats running for Congress are moving quickly to use the most recent surge in oil and gasoline prices to bash Republicans over energy policy, and more broadly, the direction of the country."

and :

Al Gore controversies - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Democrats to decry high gas prices while a leading spokesperson is on the record with his book "Earth in the Balance" as questioning the use of internal combustion engines, "it ought to be possible to establish a coordinated global program to accomplish the strategic goal of completely eliminating the internal combustion engine over, say, a twenty-five year period."

Seems like a disconnect to me.
Wonder how it will be played out.
Which is it ... phase out IC and likely cars, or keep prices down so we can burn more oil?

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