Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Great

But to encourage a transition toward alternatives, Obama favors legislation that would make fossil fuel more expensive. Doesn't that mean more pain to come under an Obama presidency? "There is no doubt that in the short term, adapting to this new energy economy is going to carry some costs." But, he adds, citing the coal industry's ability to adapt to stop acid rain in the 1980s, "I would never underestimate the power of American innovation."

Great. Because all summer long, Americans have been asking themselves, "where can we find a guy who will propose policies to make gasoline and electricity more expensive?"