How the US could be left behind.

EUROPE; UNITED States

Focuses on global warming and the energy policies of the U.S. President George W. Bush administration. Implications of Bush's re-election for the environment; Thoughts on the argument that energy shapes the course of civilisations; Suggestion that the U.S. is moving backwards; Outlook for the energy policies of Bush's second term; View that there will be no serious U.S. attempt at energy conservation or nationwide controls of greenhouse gas emissions; Europe's endorsement of new energy technologies; How, in the light of international regulation, the U.S. is losing the race for renewables.