Kerry's Energy Plan

Justin Darr, writing over at Things You Should Know, has a terrific analysis of John Kerry's energy "plan:"

Presidential Candidate John Kerry has announced his sure fire plan to end our dependence on foreign oil, save the environment, and lower energy prices. You ready? Somebody has to invent something.
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Americans are suffering with high gas prices for many reasons, however, one of the chief culprits is Liberal Environmentalism. As I stated before, the United States has not built a new oil refinery in over 30 years. Why? Because whenever an evil oil company tries to get the permits and approvals to build, Charlie Sheen shows up and chains himself to a tree. Massive oil reserves off the Gulf Coast, California, Florida, and in Alaska are not allowed to be tapped because the Greater Northwest Hairless Snot Rat might have to walk around them.
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Speaking of a failure to understand concepts, John Kerry’s plan to place our energy hopes into the hands of some mystery scientist’s hypothetical invention of a new wonder fuel shares much more in common with a bad joke than an actual policy proposal. Does Senator Kerry actually believe this, or does he just think that we are gullible enough to buy it? The fact is that America’s ending it dependence on fossil fuels in favor of any new alternative fuel source is decades away no matter what the circumstances.

Read the whole thing, it is right on the money.