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"Energy independence was not an awful goal. But true independence cannot be achieved by the market alone. The U.S. ensures that its food supply, timberlands, and water quality are not administered solely by the market. That same philosophy can apply to two of its most important natural resources: its fossil fuels and its climate. The first goal can be achieved through more aggressive management of the industry; the second, by a phaseout of fossil fuels altogether. Only through such stewardship can the United States secure the true dividends of prosperity and freedom."

This implies that our climate is isolated from the rest of the world's climate. That if we "phaseout fossil fuels altogether" that somehow that will save one of "our most important natural resources": climate. This makes no logical sense whatsoever but is in line with what seems to be some of the policy philosophy: if we impede additional domestic oil and gas exploration, new drilling and production, this somehow makes us greener by importing oil/gas from other countries (like Russia). It sort of highlights the contradictory goals of our energy policy.