tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post5167146052285094618..comments2023-10-29T10:54:58.681-04:00Comments on Vox Baby: Why Stop There?Andrewhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13514024573333057559noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post-84227952294707491362008-01-13T07:14:00.000-05:002008-01-13T07:14:00.000-05:00Correct. Huckabee is not arguing for energy indep...Correct. Huckabee is not arguing for energy independence from oil as much as from mideast suppliers of oil.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post-44098091930190422562008-01-12T10:32:00.000-05:002008-01-12T10:32:00.000-05:00Thanks for taking the time to reply. As part of t...Thanks for taking the time to reply. As part of the larger issue, I would have to agree with both of your follow-up critiques. They are reasonable criticisms of the answer he did give.<BR/><BR/>Anon @ 1PMAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post-35350686392310825632008-01-11T13:51:00.000-05:002008-01-11T13:51:00.000-05:00That's a reasonable point to make--there are some ...That's a reasonable point to make--there are some steps that could be taken which would increase domestic supply without additional short-term financial costs. <BR/><BR/>We should acknowledge, though, that Huckabee shouldn't be saying "energy independence." On the current point, we don't have enough fossil fuels to be tapped at low cost to become energy independent. On the larger point, we Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13514024573333057559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537995.post-89593016681142635082008-01-11T13:00:00.000-05:002008-01-11T13:00:00.000-05:00I'm not sure that we should assume from his less t...I'm not sure that we should assume from his less than detailed answer that Huckabee was talking only about carbon tax or cap-and-trade systems as the only steps available. I think PGL makes that assumption prematurely as do you for saying that PGL is absolutely right.<BR/><BR/>In his most recent book, Huckabee mentions, albeit briefly, lifting drilling restrictions in places like Alaska and the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com