I was pretty surprised, while watching the American State of the Union address last night, that Bush said anything admitting climate change was a problem, much less gave any airtime to biodiesel, ethanol, or other alternative fuel sources being necessary. The bad news is he only committed America to a measly 20% reduction in petrol usage over the next ten years, which is psychologically goofy as well as environmentally weenie. However, if even a hardcore Texas oilman can start to come around on the issue, pretty much anything is possible. Meanwhile, Al Gore is up for an Oscar for An Inconvenient Truth, and while he hasn't announced for president in 2008 yet, he's surely getting some heavy groundswell that wasn't present last time he was elected. [GT]
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