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Beware of Green Fairy Tales.(energy conservation)

The American Enterprise

| September 01, 2001 | Zinsmeister, Karl | COPYRIGHT 2001 The American Enterprise, a national magazine of politics, business and culture (TEAmag.com). This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group. (Hide copyright information)Copyright

Ah, politics. Even before President Bush unveiled his energy initiative earlier this summer, his opposition went into attack mode. House minority leader Richard Gephardt and Democratic National Committee chairman Terry McAuliffe thundered into cameras about how scandalously little George Bush cares about conserving resources. They all but demanded the White House cooks wash and reuse the Saran wrap they peel off casseroles at state dinners. What Americans really need, they insisted, is tougher controls on consumption of energy--like stricter gas-mileage requirements for their cars.

And in what did these super-conservers roll up to their news conferences? Well, ...

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