BRAVO for The New York Times !!!!!

Yes, yes, yes. Instead of partisan politics or ridiculous, half-baked Monday morning quarterback attacks on the Bush Administration, The New York Times is doing something Constructive. They are coming out strong for a new energy policy. I hope they consistently utilize their still considerable influence campaigning for this issue.

It can save the world from itself.


Editorial - The New York Times - 01/15/07
Energy Time

Al Hubbard, the economic adviser who’s coordinating the administration’s energy strategy, recently promised that President Bush would produce “headlines above the fold that will knock your socks off in terms of our commitment to energy independence.”

Every president since Richard Nixon has talked this way, while every year the country slides further into dependency. Mr. Bush’s overpromising has included a forecast that we would all be buying hydrogen-fueled cars in 20 years and his pledge a year ago to rid the country of its addiction to oil.

Still, we must hope that Mr. Bush is serious this time, because we simply cannot continue to hold our national security and the health of the planet hostage to our appetite for fossil fuels.

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/16/opinion/16tue1.html?_r=1&oref=slogin