Posted on 05/29/2004 2:34:01 PM PDT by doug from upland
Note: my brother has published an industry newsletter, GREEN CAR JOURNAL, for over a dozen years. I've written for it over the years. Last year he launched the slick cover version in a magazine. From his website, here is a portion of a recent interview with Lee Iacocca. ENTIRE INTERVIEW WITH IACOCCA
RC: Where does politics fit into all this?
Iacocca: “I’ve written two books and I’ve taken the Japanese apart because of their trade practices, but what I’ve really taken apart is that this country does not have an energy policy. I’ve gone through nine Presidents of the United States and I can’t get them in 25 words or less to tell me what our energy policy is. I know that we’re at war because of oil, probably. Deep down, we don’t want to talk about it. We’re there for terrorism, right? We’ve got to make democracy come alive in the Mideast. That’s the oil capital of the world and we can’t avoid it. In a democratic nation, a free enterprise nation, we’ve put up with a cartel and accepted it, and now we’re hooked on their oil.”
If by that he means a centrally planned monstrosity such as various governments periodically promote, no thanks. Until government can consistently deliver energy where it is needed when it is needed at a price that consumers can afford, I'll pass on Lee's "energy policy."
Besides, we have an energy policy. It's called the market. It works.
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