Please take out a sheet of paper. Write a sentence or two that describes America’s energy policy.

I bet you are left with a blank page.

Obviously, energy is one of the biggest challenges we face. You might think any problem that huge would call for a national policy.

If you know what ours is, please let me know.

Truth is, our energy policy is that we have no policy.

We should drill for more oil.

No, we should drill less.

We should open more areas for drilling. In the Gulf, off our coasts, in Alaska, on government lands.

No, we should keep these areas sacred. We should put millions more acres off limits.

We should import more liquified natural gas.

No, we cannot allow those big LNG tankers near our coastline. Think of the sabotage possibilities.

Nuclear is the only way to go. Build more reactors.

Not on your life. We should close a few of the old ones.

New refineries. Build them on government lands if possible.