The US Department of energy has 100,000 employees and an annual budget of 23 Billion dollars. They have many responsibilities including looking for a solid strategy for the US energy policy. The department was started in 1977 by Jimmy Carter and it looks like it exploded (of bloated) to the current size.
Dr. Steven Chu is the head of the organization with a very impressive resume. He is a participant in international anti fossil fuel climate change organizations. He stated the US price of gas should be equal to Europe to curb the US addiction.
The media is MIA on good old fashioned investigative reporting and following the trail on the real cost of our energy. I am suspicious that there is a plan to get gas above 8 dollars a gallon and we are nit picking sound bites in the media. Wall street speculation, deregulation, supply disruption, global unrest, China and emerging market demand, and all other issues do not seem to equate to the current supply levels and cost.
Will this impact the useage of the lake this year? I suspect it will.
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