4.23.2006
We Can't 'Drill Our Way Out of 'Oil Crisis, Dems Say (CNN.com )
Saturday, April 22, 2006; Posted: 1:16 p.m. EDT (17:16 GMT)
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Consumer gasoline prices continue to soar as the Bush administration places too much emphasis on drilling reserves and not enough on alternative fuels, Democrats said Saturday.
In his party's weekly radio address, Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida noted that Brazil has announced it will achieve energy independence this year, something the United States has sought since the country's first oil crisis in the 1970s.
"In Brazil, drivers are filling up their cars with ethanol instead of gasoline," Nelson said. "And today in America, President Bush says, 'We have a serious problem. America is addicted to oil."'
Nelson said Bush acknowledges the problem but refuses to enact policies to address the issue.
"The administration's emphasis is on drilling, a strategy many experts say won't make a dent in the U.S. oil problem," he said.
Nelson noted how the United States has just 3 percent of the world's oil reserves yet consumes 25 percent of oil production.
"We cannot drill our way out of this problem," he said.
(More ... CNN.com - We can't 'drill our way out of' oil crisis, Dems say - Apr 22, 2006) ¶ 09:34
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Consumer gasoline prices continue to soar as the Bush administration places too much emphasis on drilling reserves and not enough on alternative fuels, Democrats said Saturday.
In his party's weekly radio address, Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida noted that Brazil has announced it will achieve energy independence this year, something the United States has sought since the country's first oil crisis in the 1970s.
"In Brazil, drivers are filling up their cars with ethanol instead of gasoline," Nelson said. "And today in America, President Bush says, 'We have a serious problem. America is addicted to oil."'
Nelson said Bush acknowledges the problem but refuses to enact policies to address the issue.
"The administration's emphasis is on drilling, a strategy many experts say won't make a dent in the U.S. oil problem," he said.
Nelson noted how the United States has just 3 percent of the world's oil reserves yet consumes 25 percent of oil production.
"We cannot drill our way out of this problem," he said.
(More ... CNN.com - We can't 'drill our way out of' oil crisis, Dems say - Apr 22, 2006) ¶ 09:34
