Obama’s Energy Delusion  by Jarrett Skorup on May 3, 2012 · 2
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the president addressed the nation on energy. The president told
us, “Without our planning for the future, it will get worse …
The oil and natural gas that we rely on for 75 percent of our
energy is simply running out.”  Unless profound changes are made
in the next decade, the president warned, the world will demand
more oil than it can produce. He called for “strict
conservation” and switching to “permanent renewable energy
sources like solar power.” Because such sources promise future
energy independence—or at least according to the president—his
administration would spend billions of taxpayer dollars on wind,
solar, and biodiesel, plus offer massive “clean energy”
subsidies.  No, the president is not Barack Obama, and the
speech was not delivered in 2012. It was President Jimmy
Carter, speaking on April 18, 1977.  Since that time, American
oil and natural gas production has skyrockete