As gas prices spike in Washington state and across the U.S., voices are calling for less reliance on foreign oil. To some, that means producing more oil domestically. But to others: “True energy independence means not being at the whims of the fossil fuel market.”
That’s according to Zane Gustafson, a researcher with the Sightline Institute, an independent environmental think-tank. He recently wrote about why clean energy is “the real solution,” and explained further while speaking with KUOW’s Angela King.
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Republican Congressman Dan Newhouse also recently spoke with KUOW and argued: “We have put ourselves in a dependent position, weakening our strategic position, by being dependent on other countries for sources of energy, Russia included. It’s not too late to reverse that course.”
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