Screaming Penguin - Source Does Matter

Geez, even Ms. GOP is slamming W in this
Salon.com article. Here are some highlights:

After the tour, he grandly
announced over $85 million in grants aimed at
encouraging the development of technologies linked
to renewable energy. Sure it sounds good, but the
problem is the grants simply restored the $85
million in funding for renewable energy the
president had previously recommended cutting. The
other problem is that $85 million is a drop in the
bucket compared to the roughly $1.36 billion in
tax incentives, credits and deductions handed out
to his buddies in the coal, oil and gas industries.

These, apparently, did not need further study. And
to put in perspective just how frivolous the size
of the grants are, California alone has set aside
ten times as much, $850 million, just in monetary
incentives for consumers who purchase energy
efficient appliances.
...
Despite the Bush administration's highly effective
effort to conserve its very limited supplies of
vision, leadership and determination -- and
despite widespread skepticism about whether there
really is a power shortage -- the public has
responded beyond all expectations to the call for
conservation
...
It is truly ironic that one of those on the
cutting edge of consumer conservation is W
himself, whose ranch in Crawford, Texas, has been
described as "an environmentally sensitive
showplace" designed with "state-of-the-art energy
efficiency." The house is filled with
energy-saving devices, while the ranch's lawn and
fruit orchard are irrigated with recycled water.
He's acting locally, he just can't think globally.
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