Sen. Bill Nelson Says a Gas Crisis is "Coming"
From AP:
The first-term Democrat said the Republican administration must stop being influenced by the powerful oil industry and start promoting production of synthetic fuel from coal and the use of alternative sources such as ethanol.
"We have the technology to raise the mileage standard for all passenger vehicles to at least 40 miles per gallon. The president has urged only a modest 2 miles-per-gallon increase for light trucks," he said.
An oil crisis is looming, Nelson said, with gasoline prices reaching more than $4 a gallon in some parts of the country.
"It may be that a terrorist sinks a super tanker in the Strait of Hormuz blocking oil from an oil thirsty world," Nelson said. "It may be a mega-hurricane that goes right up Galveston Bay and shuts down the refineries in Houston.... Whatever the cause, the crisis is coming."
The crisis is COMING? Dude, the crisis is already here! I mean, it's going to continue getting worse, but I think $4 a gallon qualifies as a bit of a crisis.
The first-term Democrat said the Republican administration must stop being influenced by the powerful oil industry and start promoting production of synthetic fuel from coal and the use of alternative sources such as ethanol.
"We have the technology to raise the mileage standard for all passenger vehicles to at least 40 miles per gallon. The president has urged only a modest 2 miles-per-gallon increase for light trucks," he said.
An oil crisis is looming, Nelson said, with gasoline prices reaching more than $4 a gallon in some parts of the country.
"It may be that a terrorist sinks a super tanker in the Strait of Hormuz blocking oil from an oil thirsty world," Nelson said. "It may be a mega-hurricane that goes right up Galveston Bay and shuts down the refineries in Houston.... Whatever the cause, the crisis is coming."
The crisis is COMING? Dude, the crisis is already here! I mean, it's going to continue getting worse, but I think $4 a gallon qualifies as a bit of a crisis.