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...time of the first energy crisis, in 1974, President Richard M. Nixon put forth Project Independence to end American reliance on foreign oil through a series of energy programs, among them "hydrogen-fueled vehicles" that could be developed "to enable a shift away from oil." Takeoff date for the new technology: 1990. Members of Congress were enthusiastic about the hydrogen car then too. "Hydrogen offers us great potential as a fuel for the future," said Representative Charles Vanik, Ohio Democrat. Representative Robert Wilson, a California Republican, was equally excited: "We can now look forward to running our automobiles on water...
...eliminate the funding so there are no realistic alternative sources. They enact legislation offering incentives to stimulate crude-oil production in the U.S., when the politicians know--or should know--that the programs will not do so in any significant way. They encourage utilities, businesses and industries to shift to natural gas, then fail to ensure sufficient supplies of the fuel. The lawmakers refuse to make the tough choices on energy supplies and consumption, while they cater to the demands of campaign contributors and special interests. Worst of all, when politicians craft a conservation program that actually works, they abandon...
...largely of senior officials who, like Putin, are veterans of the Soviet KGB - is said to be trying to push the President into an aggressively populist stance in preparation for the presidential elections next spring, Gleb Pavlovsky, a key Kremlin strategist, tells Time. Hard-liners are trying to "shift the President's position," and portray him as "the leader of the impoverished masses," Pavlovsky says, a move that could be politically disastrous. Putin is not backing the faction, Pavlovsky claims, and the President's silence is a result of "disarray" rather than consent. But by hesitating, he has allowed...
...farm, adjusted to discourage industrial farming practices by remunerating efforts to protect the environment and care for the countryside. Since farmers won’t be guaranteed a minimum price for their entire harvest, they will have to pay more attention to market demand and will be motivated to shift from crops that were heavily subsidised to those in which they have a competitive advantage (decoupling, in international-trade-speak). Overproduction will be curtailed, dumping on world markets will be reduced and hopefully world prices will rise to a level that reflects the true costs of production...
...that could be used against the U.S. That was a pure national-interest case, for there's nothing so threatening to a nation than weapons that might incinerate millions of its people. The trouble is, we have not found any such weapons, which has led some Administration supporters to shift their ground. Whether or not Saddam had nukes, they argue, his rule was so vile that getting rid of it was a service to mankind. That is true. But if the test for deploying American power to remove a regime is not the danger it poses...