Democrats and 'Energy Independence'

James Kunstler is sometimes a rough read but his writing style is not nearly as rough as his ideas. In this piece he is lamenting that the powers that be are promoting the idea that energy dependence is merely a matter of switching from one technology to another. In fact, he says, there is another aspect to energy independence. We will have to give up a lot of our mobility and change not just the mode but the quantity of transportation we use. I see many instances of this energy ignorance in the press today. Over time we will begin to understand that the "independence" in energy independence really means living without it. But that surely hasn't happened yet.
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