Senate Sunday Session

[Tarfang_Trubasher]

Vote Count

A bill to designate certain land components of the National Wilderness Preservation System, to authorize certain programs and activities in the Department of the Interior and the Department of Agriculture, and for other purposes.

Fox News Article

I wonder if this will block any of the headway made in our search for energy independence?

Like this... Oil Shale Ban Lifted

I'm curious how much of this land overlaps. Will post any findings...

-TF

[Partha]

I wonder if this will block any of the headway made in our search for energy independence?

If 'headway' means 'running in place on inefficient versions of the same model at a glacial pace', then yes.

Now, maybe if we started building more nuke plants and high speed trains for close urban areas and large cargo hauling, we could claim to be doing something for 'energy independence'.