Like a PowerBar for America

What’s going on with U.S. energy policy?  The New York Times asks, with the clear understanding that what should be going on is the passage of some expensive, restrictive energy bill, and John C. Felmy of API answers — but in a way that actually makes sense:

 John C. Felmy, chief economist at the American Petroleum Institute, also expressed unhappiness at the government’s inability to act on energy matters, though from a different perspective. “It’s very ironic the way this legislation is playing out,” he said. “Everyone agrees that we’re in a very tight energy situation, so why are they writing legislation to make it even tighter?”

That’s the question, isn’t it?  It’s sort of grimly hilarious, I think, that the same liberals who go on and on about high gas prices and oil company profits are promoting legislation that would make gas and other energy forms far more expensive. High pump prices got you down? Don’t listen to these jokers.