The Not-So-Great Energy Debate
By Jared Bernstein
August 4, 2008
Opinion pieces and speeches by EPI staff and associates.
[ THIS PIECE ORIGINALLY APPEARED IN THE
HUFFINGTON POST ON AUGUST 3, 2008.]
The Not-So-Great Energy Debate
By Jared
Bernstein
To drill or not to drill -- that is the question. More precisely,
that's the question that has set the terms of the debate on whether
to lift the ban on oil exploration in the Outer Continental Shelf
(OCS) and ANWR. It's also exactly the question the oil companies
and their political proxies want us to debate. The fact that those
of us who'd like to protect the ban have accommodated them is
extremely unfortunate because it's the wrong question.
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