tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121836870164599938.post320160527836675102..comments2024-03-28T00:02:59.655-04:00Comments on Energy Policy Update: Energy and the 2014 State of the UnionTodd Grisethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13493808805105483563noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9121836870164599938.post-13100873722400509622014-01-31T14:15:37.279-05:002014-01-31T14:15:37.279-05:00Energy independence is really code dependence on a...Energy independence is really code dependence on another form of energy. Will we be any happier when we are beholden to natural gas industry than we were when we were beholden to the oil industry? Ahh, but it's a domestic fuel supply! How happy would we be if we only had Ford and Chevy to choose from? I'm old enough to remember and wise enough to know that the sub-standard products they produced is what gave rise to foreign suppliers.<br /><br />Natural gas revolution, energy efficiency out the whazoo, stemming global warming and renewables as far as the eye can see -- a new paradygm. <br /><br />I fear that we are building a house of cards, a bubble that will not sustain under a robust economic recovery but then... we have the wholesale electricty market place where supply and demand will match, efficient prices will emerge, and regulatory institutions will harmharmonizegdubhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05044222389450741690noreply@blogger.com