Like
Richard
Nixon,
Gerald
Ford,
Jimmy
Carter
and
George
W
Bush
before
him,
Barack
Obama
has
been
forced
to
address
the
issue
under
political
duress.
With
soaring
crude-oil
prices
causing
pain
at
the
fuel
pump
and
threatening
economic
growth
—
not
to
mention
his
bid
for
re-election
in
2012,
launched
this
week
—
Obama’s
response
was
what
presidents
do:
unveil
a
“comprehensive
national
energy
policy”.
It
was
a
back-to-the-future
moment
that
highlighted
a
lack
of
determination
in
recent
decades
in
both
Democratic
and
Republican
administrations,
and
in
Congress,
to
face
up
to
a…
