[AmericaUnited]

While reading Reagan's announcement speech, I was struck how almost nothing had changed in the US related to energy. Almost 30 years ago, the exact same issues were being discussed!

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

Government exists to protect us from each other.

Damn, I miss that man!

[alice_in_bubbaland]

Yes and we have our Congress-critter’s and Loony environut’s to thank for that!

[Slapshot68]

And here we are, 30 years later....no energy policy, no ingenuity, no brains in Congress.

[neodad]

And, as always, when the federal bureaucracy fails, all it can suggest is more of the same.

Where have you gone, Joe DiMaggio?

[Realism]

Putting the market system to work for these objectives is an essential first step for their achievement.

And there is the failure. The market is driven by short and longterm profitability not future needs or objectives. What he envisions would require government intervention. Hard to believe such a intelligent individual could make such a simple mistake.