Word: conservationism
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CONSERVATION With environmentalists attacking his plan, Bush is playing up its greener parts--tax credits for hybrid electric/gas cars and research into alternative fuels
...and an alternative Dick Cheney calls conservation a personal virtue. But advocates say new technology has made it a viable alternative to simply drilling for more oil and gas. Some options:
PRO: Conservation starts at home. It's painless
SET AN EXAMPLE America's largest energy consumer, the Federal Government, could cut power use 20% just by using common conservation techniques. By investing in new technologies like hybrid cars, it will convince companies there's a profit to be made in conservation
For the moment, forget about conservation. And renewable energy. As George W. Bush gets ready to raise the curtain on his vice president's more-oil, more-coal, more-nukes long-term energy plan Thursday, he's left the Democrats a political opening bigger and juicier than any environmental outcry...