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• W297810770 abstract "THERE'S BROAD AGREEMENT that America should reduce its dependence on imported oil, but far less agreement on why. Are we combating global warming, or are we distancing ourselves from hostile and unstable regimes? The popular reply is that it hardly matters--we need to do both and the goals reinforce each other. But these two national energy goals are not only different but frequently in conflict, and effective policy will not be forged until those conflicts are addressed. Meanwhile, we'll continue to see watered down legislative efforts similar to the Energy Act of 2007 and its predecessors. When dependence on foreign first became a major issue in 1973, the country imported less than a third of its petroleum; it now imports over 60 percent. It was never easy to convince the public that we should curb use for security reasons alone. As foreign sources grew more numerous, credible energy experts insisted that this diversity of supply provided ample security. Throughout the 1980s and 1990s, it was widely accepted that no single country, nor even the entire OPEC cartel, could pose a real threat. The fact that America was devoting increasing military resources to protecting the international trade was viewed as just another consequence of being the sole remaining superpower. So in pleading the case for lowered consumption, energy security advocates gratefully accepted a new rationale--concerns about change. In 1973, those concerns were barely a blip on the political radar screen, but they have grown steadily since about 1988. Stop global has become a remarkably effective rallying cry, even inspiring award-winning documentaries and TV specials. Commercial interests have also latched onto this movement. Automobile makers find it easier to market gas-electric hybrid cars in the interest of saving the planet from excessive warming than in saving the country from Middle Eastern extremists. The ethanol lobby, too, identifies its raison d'etre more with greening the planet than with energy security. Combating change somehow seems more inclusive and less confrontational than mere energy security. For all these reasons, advocates of the latter (let's call them the oil independents) have eagerly accepted a strategic partnership with the change establishment (the climate greens). Unfortunately, however, the partnership rests on unstable ground. Three fault lines THERE ARE THREE conspicuous fault lines between the positions of independents and greens. The first and most obvious is that mitigating change requires curtailing not just consumption of and gas, but also of coal, which has even higher carbon dioxide emissions. Since CO2 is fingered as the main culprit in man-made global warming, it isn't surprising that coal becomes continually less welcome. But America has far more coal than it has or natural gas, and from the viewpoint of energy independence, that can't be ignored. The partners' attempts to bridge their differences on coal are not yet promising. Second, independents and greens face conflict over substitutes that emit no carbon at all. Climate-change activists have deep environmentalist roots. These often lead them to oppose large hydroelectric dams and even wind and solar projects. And one important noncarbon fuel--nuclear energy--remains anathema to the environmental establishment. The most recent report of the UN's International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) halfheartedly notes nuclear energy's positive attributes, but few greens concur. This is more typical view: We believe that the financial and safety risks associated with nuclear power are so grave that nuclear power should not be a part of any solution to address global warming. There is no need to jeopardize our health, safety, and economy with increased nuclear power when we have cleaner, cheaper solutions to reduce global warming pollution. …" @default.
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• W297810770 title "Energy Independence Isn't Very Green" @default.
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