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In his State of the Union address, Bush declared America addicted to oil.(Brief article)

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In his State of the Union address, Bush declared America addicted to oil. The word "addicted," of course, is morally loaded, implying an unhealthy and irrational dependence. But since oil provides the cheapest and most efficient way to power automobiles, our use of it is natural and sensible. Bush isn't proposing any far-reaching proposals to deal with this newly diagnosed condition. His new Advanced Energy Initiative, which is charged with figuring out how to make fuel from wood chips, is redolent of all the past, failed federal initiatives to find alternatives to oil and to gas-powered cars. Who can forget the glories of President Nixon's Project Independence? Or ...

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