Republicans need to keep on hammering about domestic production.
It strikes me that Bush is not capable of hammering on anything.
Could it be our politicians are also dependent on the Saudis (and others in that part of the world) to grease the wheels of their re-election war chests? Just asking. It doesn’t make sense that we aren’t drilling in Teddy Kennedy’s private offshore “sailing” haven and a few others, and also in the little area of ANWR that could make all the difference.
I thought they were building nuclear power plants as far back as in the 1970’s. I remember the hippies lying down in front of the bulldozers at some of the proposed construction sites, but I think they were arrested. - My husband’s cousin worked as a public relations representative for the nuclear industry at that time. In all fairness, she was barely past the teeny bopper stage, admittedly nice to look at, but people at that time were asking for some explanation of what they planned to do with the nuclear waste - and those of us who asked were mostly talked down to and told “well, they don’t know right now what they’re going to do with it, but when it’s time, I’m sure they’ll find a storage area”.
I think whenever the nuclear industry goes at it again, they need to respect the intelligence of people and send out scientists ready to fully explain and address the legitimate questions people have instead of taking the tack of sending out sexy young chicks barely out of high school who’ve memorized their lines and alienate half their audience (the wives of the half they charm) with put-downs and sarcasm.