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...strengthening the nation's energy options, Schweitzer's is equal parts pie-in-the-sky, politically impractical, prohibitively expensive-and worthy of consideration. . "We don't respond to vision in this country. We respond to crisis," he says. "This is big thinking for a farm boy. But if not Montana, who? And if not now, when?"- Reported by Pat Dawson/Billings
...Defense Department briefing this spring for the nation's governors on potential future international conflicts, Montana Governor Brian Schweitzer was intrigued by one war scenario. In the hypothetical case, conflict with an oil-exporting nation interrupted U.S. petroleum supplies and forced reliance on alternative energy sources that have yet to exist. The official's message: Leaders should think about tomorrow's needs today. If mining states could make gasoline from abundant coal, for example, the military would buy every drop. "That piqued my interest," says Schweitzer, whose state may hold about a third of the United States' coal deposits...
...Companies are gearing up for that possibility. Sasol executives have already toured Montana and Illinois to gauge interest, conducted discussions with firms such as General Electric and sought out lawmakers in Washington, DC, to talk about investing in the U.S. President Bush and Congress nudged matters forward this summer by creating tax-incentives and loan guarantees that make investing in coal-conversion plants less risky financially...
Driven Out of Montana...
...willing to take his shopping list if I went to Costco the following weekend. I said, "Sure," though I knew I wouldn't go back. I had heard a rumor that a friend of mine had ordered a Honda hybrid from a dealer (a waiting list for Hondas, in Montana?), and I decided to give him my list, since he could now drive to Bozeman all he wanted. I had formed my own conservation plan by then: keep my truck, but keep it parked--and, if I ever felt restless, dress up in buckskin. I have seen such characters trudging...