Environment

When Ignorance is Invincible

Collide-a-ScapeBy Keith KloorMar 24, 2011 7:50 AM

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This is painful to rehash, but I want to draw your attention to a streak of foreign policy ignorance that persisted in the 2000s. On a related (and more recent) note, four days after President Obama authorized a military campaign against Libya, I found this headline disconcerting:

Who are the Libyan Rebels? U.S. tries to figure out

This got me wondering if there is a similarly willful ignorance (irrespective of political affiliation) with respect to energy policy, along these lines.

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