ENERGY  (CONT)

coal, corn, soybeans, even hydrogen. Yet Americans are being forced to empty their bank accounts to buy gasoline from Middle Eastern dictators, while nations such as Brazil, having made an investment in their future, can now run their cars on any combination of ethanol and gasoline, allowing pure competition at the pump.

I think we can do better. Synfuel, ethanol, biodiesel, wind power, solar power, hydrogen, conservation ­ there is a range of energy alternatives that we can simply no longer afford to ignore. Washington needs to act on them. If we simply wait around for the price of oil to go down (if it ever does), the momentum for these alternatives will once again be lost. Let's not let that happen.

Governor Schweitzer is the 23rd Governor of Montana. He has been an outspoken leader on issues of energy independence, alternative fuels and energy conservation.

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