Reply #7: He ignored Peak Oil and Global Warming issues and they relate directly

[Jersey Ginny]

to the price of gas. A visionary leader for a president would have increased CAFE standards years ago as well as create incentives for the use of alternative energy sources. He could have decreased American demand for oil as well as taken a leadership role in the Global Warming problem. The president failed miserably, opting to try to increase the supply of oil while ignoring the demand side. One of his first acts as President was to opt out of the Kyoto protocols. Supply increases have not kept pace with the world demand, nor will they ever with the massive growth of China and India. I believe that peak oil is here or we are very close. Peak oil occurs when 1/2 of the world's oil is gone and we'll use up the rest really quickly. All increasing supply has gotten us is no more oil, 4000 dead americans with thousands more severely injured and global warming that may be unstoppable by now.