Intrigue And Petrol

We're nationally addicted to oil. Mr.Bush swings his policies like a tetherball with a changing global climate and now, at last it has come full circle to a declaration that America is addicted to oil. In a state of the state address, the President elect is for the first time speaking out as a proponent of alternative energy sources, not withstanding oil, ethanol, and possibly even clean coal and methane. Where from comes this sudden change?

George Bush is a successful oil executive and entepreneur with massive ties to the petroleum mining industry. It has marked his campaign from day one that he does nothing which does not otherwise benefit him and oil is currently at it's most expensive, thus filling his coffers at nearly 70$ a barrel. Post Katrina, the price of gas was nearly double what it has ever been in the history of our country and today it sits at $2.34 a gallon as a national average. Is it possible that globally he is at last seeing the inevitable collapse of this industry? That the continued use of oil and gasoline products will finally drain the economic engine of our society to such an extent that the number of cars on the road simply dries up the oil supply completely?

It's not worth it to make predictions on that account, but this is an unprecedented change of policy by a man whose history has been one of strictly conservative values, crossing no party boundaries on any level. With the current gigantic budget deficits edging comfortably up again $375 billion dollars, possibly even spooning up with a $400,000,000,000.00 type number by the end of 2006, how can it be expected that he would suddenly abandon his long held plans to mine Alaska's oil fields? Or is this not to be the case? Will we instead use the money derived from those fields to transition into other more viably long term fuel sources? This is for now a moot point. His proposition later tonight will give further information on the subject of how and why he intends this action.