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US: Energy Independence: The Ever-Receding Mirage
President Bush and his Democratic opponent John Kerry are both for “energy independence”—like every other president for a generation. That elusive, but ultimately pointless, quest has been a central feature in American politics and policy for the past 30 years, ever since the October 1973 embargo on oil exports to the United States launched by Saudi Arabia, Algeria, Bahrain, Abu Dhabi, and Libya.
July 20, 2004