[originaltext]President Bush says America needs to focus on research and develo

President Bush says America needs to focus on research and developing in a renewable energy sector to decrease the nation’s addiction to foreign oil. Speaking at a federally funded research laboratory, in Colorado, the President said American should embrace hybrid vehicles and aheruative fuel sources such as cornbased ethanol. The President also said the US needs to pursue nuclear, solar and wind energy. Mr. Bush blamed the conflicting messages on the appropriation’s process. He said US reliance on oil from nations with unstable governments or regimes that have fundamental differences with the United States, is a national security issue. "The demand for oil is rising faster than the supply of oil. And anytime that happens, it creates the conditions for what could be price disruption, and price spites at home are like hidden taxes on the working people of our country. "During his State of the Union speech to Congress last month, the President called for measures to reduce US oil imports from the Middle East by 75 percent during the next two decades.