The interests of the U. S. are basically the oil. If we become energy self sufficient, then our need to have troops there would reduce the tensions. The energy policy of the Bush administration is about as enlightened as a flash light with dead batteries. Wind power has the potential to provide 150 % of our current electrical energy. Develop Fuel farms - sunflower power etc. Invest in photovoltaic for each house in the U.S. as well as solar hot water heating and retrofitting houses to include passive solar heating. Contact Amory Lovins. Even read the reports that the national laboratories put out. Send President Bush to Nevada and have him stand out in the wind and think about energy.

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