The Truth Behind Obama's Energy Policy
by: Les Carpenter Rational Nation USA Liberty -vs- Tyranny Obama Holds News Conference On Nation's Energy and Environmental Future With a struggling economy and millions out of work the Obama Energy Department, headed up by Energy Secretary Steven Chu has come clean with respect to the administration's real plans in regards to energy policy. And it isn't to lower the cost of energy. Irrespective of the financial headships it will place on those who right now can ill afford it rising energy costs are seen as a positive by Obama and Chu. POWERLINE - Barack Obama came into office as an anti-petroleum crusader. He made no bones about the fact that he wanted gas prices to rise; likewise, his Secretary of Energy, Steven Chu, explained that he wanted U.S. gas prices to rise to European levels. In those days, global warming alarmists were riding high, and the Obama administration accepted the idea that to prevent climate change, it should suppress production of domesti...