Fred Smith calls for dependence on oil (especially foreign oil) to end

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Las Vegas yesterday saw a gathering of the great and the good in the world of clean energy, with Fedex’s Fred Smith making a keynote speech. He pointed out that ‘oil wars’ had killed many Americans and that the country should produce enough domestically, in a strategy combined with using less and electrification. The summit was streamed live, although it must be said The Loadstar’s computer stumbled. Click here and then scroll down, past Bill Clinton and a couple of others to find Fred (there are two frames). For the US political angle, this is a good article. The text hasn’t yet been released but the gist of it can be found here.