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Oil Woes Fail to Stir Leadership
The Wall Street Journal ^ | 2008-06-24 | Gerald F. Seib

Posted on 06/23/2008 10:07:38 PM PDT by rabscuttle385

Why is Rep. Randy Forbes all alone out there?

Rep. Forbes is an earnest Republican congressman from Virginia who has distinguished himself by calling for a "Manhattan Project" to fully end the U.S.'s dependence on foreign energy within 20 years. The Manhattan Project label harks back to the government's crash project to develop and field a nuclear weapon within just a few years to prevail in World War II.

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Editorial; Government; News/Current Events; US: Virginia
KEYWORDS: 110th; congress; energy; energygasprices; gasprices; oil; randyforbes; va2008
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To: rabscuttle385

What’s the plan? Cost? Schedule?


21 posted on 06/24/2008 10:20:12 AM PDT by RightWhale (I will veto each and every beer)
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To: gleeaikin
the many small creative efforts

Too expensive to scale up. Go for one procedure that will do the job. Then get serious about nuclear fusion and that doesn't mean fringe physics like cold fusion.

22 posted on 06/24/2008 10:23:02 AM PDT by RightWhale (I will veto each and every beer)
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