Even Bush knows about peak oil and biodiesel

I hear that Bush even has solar power on his ranch. That's the problem- a lot of these alternatives to oil and gasoline aren't reachable for poor folks and busy people who have kids. So here is an article about Bush visiting a biodiesel plant. The history of biodiesel is pretty interesting and shows how oil and politics are so closely entwined.

article:
Visiting a biodiesel plant near Richmond, Virginia, President Bush
today called biodiesel “one of our nation’s most promising alternative fuel
sources” and discussed the importance of a comprehensive energy plan to
wean the United States from foreign petroleum.

“Biodiesel is one of our nation’s most promising alternative fuel
sources, and by developing biodiesel you’re making this country less
dependent on foreign oil,” Bush said, while speaking to a crowd gathered at
Virginia Biodiesel Refinery, LLC, a biodiesel plant that began operating
in March of 2004.

The President said high petroleum prices highlight how consumers and
lawmakers need to look towards domestic energy sources, and he pressed
Congress to pass a comprehensive Energy Bill.

“The high prices we pay today have been decades in the making,’ he
said. “For the sake of the American consumers it is time to confront our
problems now and not pass them on to future congresses and future
generations.”

For more details, visit
http://biodiesel.grassroots.com/Bush_Virginia_Biodiesel.

For a transcript of the speech, visit
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/05/20050516.html

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Joe Jobe
Executive Director
National Biodiesel Board
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