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Bush oil pledge depends on new energy sources
Source: Posted: 02-02-2006 at 12:00:09
| Washington Post: President Bush set an ambitious goal in his State of the Union address: break the country's addiction to oil and move beyond a petroleum-based economy. Bush's remarks on Tuesday night follow in the path of previous U.S. presidents, including Richard M. Nixon and Jimmy Carter, who pledged to limit reliance on foreign oil. But those goals have remained elusive. In 1973, the United States consumed 17.3 million barrels per day of oil. Today, that number is up to 20.6 million ... |
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