I have to leave for work in about 20 minutes, so I'll have to keep this short: The three of us [Amanda, Billy and I] were hanging out last night watching tv - the Daily Show had just started and John Stewart opened with a clip of Bush talking about "our energy situation", Bush stated America needed a new [non-fossil fuel] energy plan, which sounded good, yes, we do desperately need a new energy plan, this is great news, right?

Then he went on to announce his new 10 billion plan over the next ten years... still sounds pretty decent, right? So, can anyone guess what "non-fossil fuel" energy source Bush is pursuing? Maybe wind? That's a pretty untapped energy source, and sure back in the 80's it was over 80 cents a kilowatt hour, but today it's side by side with any other energy source at 2 or 3 cents a kilowatt hour. But, no, it's not wind. So... hmm... hydrogen? No. What else, oh, there is the sun? Solar power has all kinds of potential... or maybe his initiative is just zero-energy homes, homes that produce as much, most times more, energy than they use. But no, it's none of the above.

Bush wants to spent the next 10 years and whopping 10 billions dollars on 'coal'. Coal... since when is coal not a fossil fuel? Did I miss a day in science class? When I heard the words "coal" come out of that man's mouth... my head almost exploded from confusion. Seriously, coal... the same coal which already accounts for over 60% of our energy... wow. Our energy problems are as good as solved.

But that's not all, oh no, it gets better. Then Bush said something along of lines of "we haven't built a nuclear power plant since the 70's", as if he was actually reporting shocking news. Yes... nuclear power... hmm... a 'three mile island' in everyone's back yard. But aside from nuclear power being a terrible, terrible idea - I'm still stuck on the non-fossil fuel alternative being coal. And people actually clapped at this - is it just me or should everyone's jaw have just dropped wide open when he said that? Sigh. I have to go to work now, I'd like to hear what people think of this "new cutting edge" plan.