Huckabee has stated on many occasions that we should immediately start drilling in Anwar. Increased oil production, in his opinion, will not be enough to achieve energy independence.
Energy independence would be great but at what cost?
Huckabee submitted a white paper to the Council on Foreign Relations, a rather prestigious outfit. Energy was a significant part of the five page single spaced screed. In fact he said, "The first thing I will do as president is send Congress my comprehensive plan for achieving energy independence . . ." It is so important it will be the first thing he does!
Perhaps that would have been a good place to put something about drilling off shore and in Anwar, developing oil shale, opening up Escalante to clean coal mining, expanding natural gas drilling and promoting liquid natural gas ports in the U.S.A.
Instead we get the whole appeal to greenies, " alternative energy: nuclear, wind, solar, ethanol, hydrogen, biomass, and biodiesel".
If he missed this opportunity, it is getting a lot of press, one could easily conclude there was a reason for it.
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