Echoes Of Jimmy Carter... Bush Admin. Urges Energy Conservation, Warns Of Energy Shortages...
USA Today:
The nation's energy chief says it will take six months for U.S. energy production and prices to return to pre-hurricane levels, and he hints at energy shortages in the interim.
That's the most blunt and pessimistic estimate yet of how long the energy disruptions caused by hurricanes Katrina and Rita will affect the USA. But it could help Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman sell Americans on a conservation campaign he plans to detail Monday.
First Posted: 10- 3-05 08:24 AM | Updated: 03-28-08 02:43 AM