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Has anyone added up the cost of evironmentalist lobbying over the decades that has gotten us a requirement of 35 mpg?
Has anyone added up the cost of the Department of Energy since it was created in 1977?
Billions spent and we are still, dependent on petroleum to a large extent and foreign oil as well.
The only way that real get real energy independence is to get the Congress and local legislatures out of the energy business. Either let oil companies produce petroleum at reasonable prices or push an alternative. It seems the government does neither and is more interested in how much tax revenue it can realize from energy production and consumption.
