Weaning the U.S. off foreign oil. Higher fuel efficiency is first step

Let’s go back in time to the week after Sept. 11, 2001.
Our nation has just experienced one of the worst attacks in its history. While the specifics are still emerging, it’s already clear that Middle Eastern terrorists are behind what happened. The United States most definitely will respond, but when considering military or other action in that part of the world there’s always a wild card — oil.

Wouldn’t it have been great if President Bush, or some leader in this country, had turned the Sept. 11 tragedy into something we all know should have been started decades ago: America’s determined march to energy independence? None of us would have opposed such a campaign at that time. By now, 51/2 years later, we would have made substantial progress.

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