Transcript: Is U.S. Energy Independence a Pipe Dream?

NEAL CONAN
Talk of the Nation (NPR)
01-24-2007
Is U.S. Energy Independence a Pipe Dream?

Host: NEAL CONAN
Time 15:00-16:00 PM


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NEAL CONAN, host:

This is TALK OF THE NATION. I'm Neal Conan in Washington.

Last night in his State of Union address, President Bush said that U.S. reliance on foreign oil threatens our national security and economic interests. He called for the U.S. to slowly wean itself off imported oil with investments in clean, alternative energy and stepped-up domestic oil production. Today Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi upped the ante and called for energy independence within 10 years.

Democrats and Republicans differ on how to get there, but the goal is almost ...

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