Time to Get Un-Addicted to Oil

Update May 7: In a high stakes move, Senators John Kerry (D-MA) and Joe Lieberman (I-CT) announced they will introduce the Energy Bill next week. They should use the momentum of the oil spill to remove oil drilling from the bill, but it’s still in. The package includes generous revenue shares for coastal states that allow it. By Rona Fried, Ph.D. As someone that’s been involved in green business for decades, I’ve heard all the arguments over the years for continuing along the fossil fuel path of least resistance. Back in the 1970s, after the oil embargo, President Carter put the US on a path toward energy efficiency and renewable energy, but that was quickly disassembled as soon as President Reagan took office. One of the first things Reagan did was remove the solar panels on the White House. The theme during the President Bush Senior years was Economy VS. Environment – he insisted we could have one or the other, but not both. We made some limited progress while President Clinton was in office with Al Gore by his side, but even then Congress wouldn’t sign the Kyoto Protocol. Then came President GW Bush – it was during his […]

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