New York Governor, George Pataki, who has been upping his own presidential aspirations for 2008, offered a 10-year energy plan on the same day as the Prudhoe Bay Field pipeline problems.
He called for tax credits to give incentives to auto makers to produce fuel-efficient cars and development of alternative fuels like ethanol from corn through a combination of tax incentives, loan guaantees and legislative changes.
He said oil's perpetual ties to terror, instability and environmental deterioration makes the reduction of petroleum consumption a matter for immediate and priority action.
His speech was briefly interrupted by the Transit Workers Union shouting out that he was to blame for the strike that paralyzed New York's subway and bus system last year.
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