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Obama Says End Oil Addiction

06/16/10

05:40:15 pm, by edoherty

, 178 words

Categories: Gateway, Transportation, Oil & Gas, Energy

Obama Says End Oil Addiction

After almost two months of oil gushing into the Gulf of Mexico, President Obama has cited the disaster as the most vivid incentive yet to end "America's century-long addiction to fossil fuels."

As this news video shows, this is not the first time a US president has called for an end to oil addiction.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vj3yGsb22w0&feature=player_embedded

But the time is right for real action now. The Gulf Gusher provides the political symbol, and the end of cheap oil provides the economic imperative. The fact is that it is getting much more expensive to extract oil. And as the US has found in Iraq it is getting more expensive to steal it too.

So are Obama and other politicians going to stop spending billions to expand freeways and airports while neglecting public transit and passenger rail? Not unless the people lead and demand change. You had better bet that the people who own car dealerships and oil companies won't be leading the way.

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