EXTRACT: The No campaign is, unsurprisingly, led by oil companies such as Shell, Chevron and Exxon/Mobil.
THE ARTICLE
November 05, 2006
A referendum over weaning Americans off their dependence on oil has divided the state, reports William Kay from Pasadena
BILL CLINTON adopts his most sincere expression as he prepares to deliver the punchline of an advertisement showing on American television. “If Brazil can do it,” he says, “so can California.”
The former president isn’t talking about California winning the World Cup or growing coffee. In a patronising tone, he is pointing out that even Brazil has ended its dependence on foreign oil by switching to ethanol made from its own crops.
It is part of a fight that is threatening to overshadow Tuesday’s mid-term congressional election.
Electors are voting on a plan to tax all oil in California and use the revenue to fund research into alternative energy. read more
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