The best way to break this addiction is through technology. Since 2001,
we
have spent nearly $10 billion to develop cleaner, cheaper and more
reliable
alternative energy sources. And we are on the threshold of incredible
advances.

So tonight I announce the Advanced Energy Initiative -- a 22 percent
increase in clean-energy research at the Department of Energy to push for

breakthroughs in two vital areas. To change how we power our homes and
offices, we will invest more in zero-emission coal-fired plants;
revolutionary solar and wind technologies; and clean, safe nuclear
energy.

We must also change how we power our automobiles.

We will increase our research in better batteries for hybrid and electric

cars and in pollution-free cars that run on hydrogen.

We will also fund additional research in cutting-edge methods of
producing
ethanol, not just from corn but from wood chips and stalks or switch
grass.

Our goal is to make this new kind of ethanol practical and competitive
within six years.

Breakthroughs on this and other new technologies will help us reach
another
great goal: to replace more than 75 percent of our oil imports from the
Middle East by 2025.

By applying the talent and technology of America, this country can
dramatically improve our environment, move beyond a petroleum- based
economy
and make our dependence on Middle Eastern oil a thing of the past.




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Bush almost sounded like algore, eh?


Heard this same kinda rant 30 yrs. ago, after the last oil/energy crisis.
Nothing but a bunch of BS politics! It'll all go away if we just do
nothing long enough.... ;-b