Energy independence is overrated; the climate hoax is at a "political dead end"; misleading people is OK?: Some interesting admissions from alarmist Matthew Yglesias]

...the benefits of energy independence are actually a bit hard to find.
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That said, I don't begrudge people for engaging in the occasional spat of misleading rhetoric. Practical politics isn't a seminar discussion -- sometimes to motivate people to do the right, effective leaders say things that don't hold up to logical scrutiny. But from the news this week -- from the Gulf oil slick to Lindsey Graham bailing from his own climate bill -- it's clear that we've reached something of a political dead end on climate issues. Progressives are going to have to start over again from scratch with our arguments...
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They say that desperate times call for desperate measures, so maybe it's time to try the truth: America desperately needs to start consuming less coal and oil -- the place of origin is completely irrelevant.