[Brian328i]

Didn't see this in a search so here it is. He's a Democrat, but at least he's actively pursuing energy options so I give him credit for that.

[Obadiah]

Pardon me, but what advantage is there in consuming more natural gas, which is supposedly in short supply this winter, and converting it to diesel?

[kerryusama04]

"The country has two options for energy until we build a bridge to a hydrogen economy," Schweitzer said in a visit Wednesday to the Syntroleum Corp. plant. "We can either continue to give money to dictators who want to destroy our way of life, or we can provide tens of thousands of jobs in America's heartland."

I could not have said it better myself. Drilling in ANWR, coal, ethanol, bio diesel, whatever it takes.

[No Longer Free State]

He's been pushing this position for several months, which I agree is good.

I don't think we need any federal bucks going into it, though. Record oil industry profits mean they have plenty of cash to take advantage of the research that's already been done. If his figures are right, they'd be making big bucks off the investment in a couple of years. They don't need our help to do that.

[henderson field]

We need fewer people sucking away at our scarce resources. Enforcing the deportation laws would help, if anyone is interested.