Babble

I was looking through "BLOGS of note" today and the one listed for today is about the economy. I guess I just don't get it. Oh, but I do, and this guy, along with Governor Patrick of Massachusetts, don't.

Here's the quote that has me so riled up:

Gov. Deval Patrick writes about the state's new energy law in today's Globe:
Our vision capitalizes on the Commonwealth's natural advantages in technology and entrepreneurship to combat rising energy costs and satisfy the need for new, clean, affordable ways to meet energy needs - creating a whole new industry along the way.

Can anyone interpret that for me. Even by dissecting the sentences, I have a difficult time understanding the babble. It's a convoluted way of saying nothing.

Vision -- what we dream about, wish for, want, see in the future
capitalizes -- profits or takes advantage of something
natural -- usual, normal ordinary
advantages -- compensation, reward, benefits
technology and entrepreneurship -- obvious what that means -- includes new businesses? those willing to take a chance?
combat -- battle
rising energy costs -- like the cost of gasoline and heating oil going through the roof?
satisfy -- please, assure, convince
need -- something one must have
new, clean, affordable -- read that -- don't drill for oil in our country or use nuclear energy, but go on with the FAILED search for uses for solar energy, corn fuel which if it weren't subsidized by the government would cost the uses twice as much as gasoline costs, etc.
meet energy needs -- without bankrupting the country
creating a whole new industry along the way -- no drilling for oil, no windmills, no nuclear power plants, etc. Just what we need, a whole new industry. The oil industry COULD be doing quite well if it were permitted by the US Government to drill off-shore, in ANWR, and even in states that already have a hefty oil production.

And, I don't buy the lie that we can't have a new oil supply if we start drilling today for another 20 years. For the past 20 years, we've tried all the non-fossil fuel things and they aren't doing the job. And, if we needed to, we could get those oil rigs producing oil within 2 years, I'd bet, or less, like we did in World War II. We had nothing -- no ship works, minimal rubber plants, minimal steel plants, minimal fossil fuel production -- and within ONE year we were up and running and battling for our lives with the greatest war machine ever. So don't tell me it can't be done. We have a crisis in this country, and depending on other countries for something we can produced and gather ourselves is utter nonsense.

Enough of my blathering for today. I just had to vent!