Tom Friedman is on a roll. He has, clearly, decided that the United States faces a pivot point. Either we will figure out smart energy policies and prosper, or we will fry. As he looks to the election campaign, he has decided that the choice are clear. We might (MIGHT) prosper with Obama-Biden. However, WE WILL FRY with McCain-Palin.
And, here is a TV interview worth watching, absorbing, and sharing as Friedman lays McCain’s failures out on the table.
Friedman has a new book coming out that focuses on America’s energy challenges and … energy opportunities.
It will be a best seller.
And, Friedman will be on talk show after talk show, radio interview after radio interview in the coming weeks.
And, he is ready to speak strongly on these issues in the political campaign.
From this interview, for example,
Diane Sawyer: “You’ve actually called him another representative of big oil. Too tough?”
Friedman: No, I don’t think so. Given the fact that his mantra has been DRILL! BABY! DRILL! And it has not been what I think it needs to be, “Invent, Baby, Invent!”
There is a saying down in Texas, if all you ever do is all you’ve ever done, all you’ll ever get is all you’ve ever done.
If all we ever do is DRILL! DRILL! DRILL!, all we’re ever going to get is chasing the world’ oil price.
Hard to believe that I’m typing this: Tom Friedman, MUST WATCH TV!