In the broader view, what is desperately needed is some sort of overall energy policy for the United States, and Congress has thus far simply failed to provide one. The oil interests certainly don't want one, because they know that any such policy would be bound to diminish their current stranglehold on the country's energy needs. But the nation's needs are paramount, and the solution is plain. We must expand our reliance on wind-power -- yes, and solar power too -- while there is still time.
William Rusher
William Rusher is a Distinguished Fellow of the Claremont Institute for the Study of Statesmanship and Political Philosophy and author of How to Win Arguments .
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