The consequences of such a short sighted policy are now washing ashore in Louisiana.
If nothing else the current oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico validates Senator John Kerry's oft repeated adage that we cannot drill our way out of dependence on foreign oil, we must invent our way out.
I can recall with the simplest nostalgia that was a much derided notion in campaign 2004, now hour by hour it looks like dire prophesy.
Good thing he has a climate change bill warming up in the bull pen sez Humble Elias.
And if anything this god-awful environmental disaster strongly underscores Governor Deval Patrick's unswerving devotion to the Cape Wind Farm Project.
Don't get me wrong, this is bad news all around, but lets use the moment to rethink some of our notions about carbon heavy energy in general and the intersection between green energy and jobs in particular.
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