Less Driving to Conserve
Gas: Bush hears Chavez!
27/09/05 10:08 Filed by Saswat Pattanayak in:
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Well, finally here is one lesson that Bush learnt
from Chavez and he has adopted quickly. Sounds like
trivial, but it is not.
Despite what the pundits say about impossibility of
Global Warming, its right here and its to stay if we
dont conserve energy.
On September 16, the communist model envisaged by
Chavez in his country felt disgusted at the
Capitalistic extravaganza. Associated Press writer
Kim Gamel mentioned:
Chavez singled out the United States as the most
wasteful
country, saying he was shocked when a quarter of
all the
cars he counted Thursday morning on New York
streets had
one person in them.
"That's crazy, one person with a huge car ... that
is using
up gas and polluting the atmosphere," he said at a
news
conference. "The world cannot tolerate this
model of
development called the American way of
life."
Chavez, some point out, colors his own lines. Well,
hardly.
In fact in 2001, Vice President Dick Cheney had said,
"Conservation may be a sign of personal virtue, but
it cannot be the basis of a sound energy policy."
Also that year, Ari Fleischer, then Mr. Bush's press
secretary, responded to a question about reducing
American energy consumption by saying "that's a big
no.
The president believes that it's an
American way of life," Mr. Fleischer said.
And this morning,
the New York Times has the US president heeding
to the call of the revolutionary. Finally.
With fears mounting that high energy costs will
crimp economic growth, President Bush called on
Americans yesterday to conserve gasoline by driving
less. He also issued a directive for all federal
agencies to cut their own energy use and to
encourage employees to use public transportation.
"We can all pitch in," Mr. Bush said. "People just
need to recognize that the storms have caused
disruption," he added, and that if Americans are
able to avoid going "on a trip that's not
essential, that would be helpful."
Way to go, Mr President!
Tags: Saswat, Communism, Environment, Venezuela, USA, Bush