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Re: Depression of 2009 by jibiki on Wednesday May 20, 2009 @11:35PM (#619829)
"both Bush and Hoover took steps to inhibit certain forms of new energy – Hoover passed prohibition, which eliminated ethanol, and Bush refused to pass any bills that promoted renewable energy."

Somebody needs to read a history book...

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Re: Depression of 2009 by jgervin on Wednesday May 20, 2009 @11:56PM (#619855)
Sorry should have been 'upheld' not 'passed'. And please show me where in history ethanol wasn't kept out of the market with a heavy burdensome tax, making it to expensive?

Also show me a bill passed by the Bush administration that gave more subsidies to renewable energy than to big oil?

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Re: Depression of 2009 by jibiki on Thursday May 21, 2009 @12:08AM (#619868)
> Sorry should have been 'upheld' not 'passed'.

That's mainly what I was complaining about.

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Re: Depression of 2009 by wmeredith on Wednesday May 20, 2009 @11:42PM (#619838)
Yeah, that sounds like Pop history to me. I could deduce something similar from taking in mainstream newsertainment, but it's hardly accurate.
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