Re: National Security Think Tanks Call for Shift from Oil

From: Tom Simonds (tsimonds_at_theworld.com)
Date: 12/18/04 

Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 21:11:40 -0500

On September 27, 2004 a group of national security experts and
representatives of prominent Washington think tanks and public policy
organizations including the Institute for the Analysis of Global
Security (IAGS,) Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD,) Center for
Security Policy, Hudson Institute, National Defense Council Foundation
(NDCF), and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE,) released
an open letter to Americans and an accompanying blueprint for energy
security called "Set America Free," calling for immediate action toward
reduction of America's demand for oil. The document spells out practical
steps which can be undertaken over the next four years and beyond to
dramatically improve America's energy security. Members of the group
called upon America's leaders to adopt the plan, with a view to rapidly
expanding fuel choice in the U.S. transportation sector beyond petroleum
while exploiting currently available technologies and infrastructures.
If the plan is carried out in full, U.S. oil imports would drop by as
much as 50 percent.

To download the .pdf go here: http://www.iags.org/n111104a.htm

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