http://centerblue.org/362/obama-vs-mccain-on-energy-and-climate-change/ Center-left commentary for a world in trouble Tue, 06 Jul 2010 04:19:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://centerblue.org/362/obama-vs-mccain-on-energy-and-climate-change/comment-page-1/#comment-14166 The Oil Crisis Is (Still) Not Like A Toothache: Fighting The “Drill Now” Rhetoric » Boztopia.com Mon, 14 Jul 2008 14:23:22 +0000 http://centerblue.org/?p=362#comment-14166 [...] $4-a-gallon gasoline has proven to be the tipping point beyond which Americans simply cannot soak up the costs of travel by car any longer. We as a culture are beginning a fundamental paradigm shift away from the traditional model of suburban commutes by car, which is manifesting itself in all kinds of surprising ways. As I said before, we can’t rely on the old ways to get us out of the problem, when it’s those very same old ways that got us into it. And there’s no more textbook example of “the old way” than Newt freaking Gingrich carrying water for Big Oil, while simultaneously providing greenwashed cover for John McCain’s lack of a comprehensive energy policy. [...] [...] $4-a-gallon gasoline has proven to be the tipping point beyond which Americans simply cannot soak up the costs of travel by car any longer. We as a culture are beginning a fundamental paradigm shift away from the traditional model of suburban commutes by car, which is manifesting itself in all kinds of surprising ways. As I said before, we can’t rely on the old ways to get us out of the problem, when it’s those very same old ways that got us into it. And there’s no more textbook example of “the old way” than Newt freaking Gingrich carrying water for Big Oil, while simultaneously providing greenwashed cover for John McCain’s lack of a comprehensive energy policy. [...]

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