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Kind of interesting though..... the Oil industry knows it has everyone by the balls.

Thanks beej.

From Jimmy Carter's Energy speech 15 july 1979.

Our Nation must be fair to the poorest among us, so we will increase aid to needy Americans to cope with rising energy prices. We often think of conservation only in terms of sacrifice. In fact, it is the most painless and immediate way of rebuilding our Nation's strength. Every gallon of oil each one of us saves is a new form of production. It gives us more freedom, more confidence, that much more control over our own lives.

Carter was a great man and its a shame he was ridiculed instead of followed. They loved Raygun cause he made them rich but we became poor in so many other ways....

He still kickin around, he was just in Chiang Mai, a Habitate for Humanity project.

If Americans would have followed Carter's Energy plan, we would be way a head.

He was what we needed for sure and I think one day he will be remembered in a much better light !