The “Evolving” Energy Policies of President Bystander

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The “Evolving” Energy Policies of President Bystander

After four and a half years, Barack is catching on.

 

By: Steve Maley (Diary) | June 29th, 2013 at 07:21 PM

 

In a "groundbreaking" speech Tuesday at Georgetown University, Barack Obama rehashed the same anti-Big Oil themes and half-baked energy policies that have marked his Administration since 2009. (See here and here for historical examples.)

 

One change: President Obama has decided he likes natural gas*, and credits "Federally supported technology", an implicit endorsement of fracking (its name is still as taboo as that other F-word). He’s still not crazy about oil, but since we’re producing more of it, he may as well claim credit. As for the Keystone Pipeline, more equivocating: this Administration has dithered about the XL permit for longer than it took to build the Trans-Alaska Pipeline over eight frozen mountain ranges.

 

Now, one thing I want to make sure everybody understands — [transitioning to a clean energy economy] does not mean that we’re going to suddenly stop producing fossil fuels. Our economy wouldn’t run very well if it did. And transitioning to a clean energy economy takes time. …

My two cents on this statement from the article After four and a half years, Barack is catching on. Bull poop