Huckabee vs. Big Oil

Ivon Denosovich · Dec 11, 2007

Here, Huckabee takes on Saudi Arabia for human rights abuses. Huckabee also appears to be taking a shot at the Bush administration's "muted" response to the Saudi government for punishing a woman who was gang raped. (For some bizarre reason, the woman was both the victim of a crime and responsible for it.)

Okay, so far so good. I agree with the Governor that the Bush White House has been soft on standing up to the Saudi Government. But then Huckabee goes farther, perhaps too far:

"Every time we put our credit card in the gas pump, we're paying so that the Saudis get rich — filthy, obscenely rich, and that money then ends up going to funding madrassas," schools "that train the terrorists," said Huckabee. "America has allowed itself to become enslaved to Saudi oil. It's absurd. It's embarrassing."
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His solution?

"I would make the United States energy independent within 10 years and tell the Saudis they can keep their oil just like they can keep their sand, that we won't need either one of them."
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Other than the most extreme environmental nut jobs, I have never heard a politician say he would make the United States energy independent, much less in 10 years which is an alarmingly quick rate. Little wonder that when pressed:

Huckabee offered no specifics on how he'd accomplish his goal.
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Kinda figures. But if it's any consolation, his website says he'll invest in, "all avenues of alternative energy: nuclear, wind, solar, hydrogen, clean coal, biodiesel and biomass." So, is Huckabee for real? Can we really look at the world's largest oil producing nation and tell them to "keep their oil just like they can keep their sand?"

KenH · Dec 11, 2007

Politicians, not just Huckabee, are so silly. They say that we are going to use X billions of ethanol by X date. Or that we are going to be energy independent by X date.

Yet, they have no idea how these goals will be achieved. The idea of meeting these goals is dependent on technology that doesn't even exist yet, at least not in commercial form. Nor are they leveling with the American people about how much it will cost to achieve these goals(you just think that $3.00 gasoline is expensive).

hillclimber1 · Dec 11, 2007

KenH said:

Yet, they have no idea how these goals will be achieved. The idea of meeting these goals is dependent on technology that doesn't even exist yet, at least not in commercial form. Nor are they leveling with the American people about how much it will cost to achieve these goals(you just think that $3.00 gasoline is expensive).
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Amen to that....

Dagwood · Dec 12, 2007

http://www.bizjournals.com/denver/stories/2007/10/01/story1.html

We could be much more energy independent if we will continue to increase drilling in the United States. Also, there needs to be an increase in our refining capabilities.

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