Bush Administration Policy
Outline of a New Energy Strategy
During our campaign, President Bush and I spoke of energy as a storm cloud forming over the horizon that could affect the economy. America’s reliance on energy and fossil fuels in particular has lately taken on an urgency not felt since the 1970s. A few years ago, many people had never heard the term "rolling blackout." Now everybody in California knows the term all too well. And the rest of America is starting to wonder when these rolling blackouts might roll over them. It is only reasonable for Americans to ask if California is, once again, foretelling the national trend….