How would you characterize the current administration's management of American energy policy?
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I only chose "Poor" because "Pathetic" wasn't an option. 
Bush HAS done a lot for this country - the best of which he has kept another "911" from happening. But "Energy" hasn't been one of his strong points.
I chose "other" hoping for another screen in which "regress" as opposed to "little progress" was a choice. The last eight years have seen the greatest screwup in all things American our nation has ever seen.
I remember what a huge "step" it was when Bush even mentioned the need for alternative sources of energy in one of his State of the Union speeches.....but he didn't do anything about it. Hopefully we'll see more action this time around!
In June, 1989, in New York City, Trombly and Farnsworth physically demonstrated a small solid state electrical transformer that measurably showed an efficiency of 54:1. Adam then walked down the street to the United Nations to give an address. From the point of view of one who witnessed this event firsthand, I can't believe the entire world didn't change as a result. One of the reasons I asked Adam if I could write this piece is because it is now ten years later and the American people, in particular, have still not gotten the message that there is an entirely new and benign option to the current death spiral of humanity. As the result of ignoring the opportunity that was presented on that day in 1989, the world still suffers under the tyranny of fossil fuels and a global power structure which seems bent on the eradication of all species.
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Overwhelmingly, NOTHING has been done to move forward energy initiatives on a business or personal level. It's astonishing how much of a focus there is in our culture on becoming "green" and how little the administration has done to face the issue. This doesn't mean that we should DEPEND on government to turn things around, but they should at least be facilitating the shift.
Posted by Sarah | July 16, 2008 8:20 AM