Never, and I really mean it… NEVER listen to what GM has to say, it is usually self serving and most likely false.

And frankly, the same goes for “W”. What a crock of s**t indeed.

I’ve noticed he’s very careful with enunciation of particular words and feels he has to explain their meaning to us. I’ve thought he that maybe he just learned these things himself and, knowing he’s in the upper levels of intelligence and knowledge of the society he leads, feels compelled to teach us.

Let’s see, probably I was picking my jaw up off the floor in dumbfounded amazement that over thirty years after the 1973 oil shock, a Republican leader had at last clued into the obvious.

Windswords: In terms of how much it would add to daily production, there isn’t all that much oil in ANWR or the Gulf.

Kazoomaloo: Why? Because Cleantech is the next big thing.

–chuck
http://chuck.goolsbee.org

Where were you during the early 2006 SOTU address, where he said we were “addicted to oil” and had to find alternatives? Since then it’s all been about alternatives from him (E85, electric, fuel cells, bio-diesel) but meanwhile all that oil sits in ANWR and the freakin’ Chinese are drilling for oil in our frontyard (Gulf of Mexico) – ’cause we can’t.

Why fund battery research when private companies are already investing very heavily in that sector? Laptops, cell phones and industrial uses all place plenty of market demand on battery research that it makes more sense for .gov to spend their money researching other things.