Department of Energy - Typical Government Incompetence To Run Anything

Do you recall when the Department of Energy was created and why?
The Department of Energy (DOE) was created by Jimmy Carter in 1977, 32 years ago, to reduce our dependence on foreign petroleum. At that time, petroleum imports had risen to about 54% of the total used in the United States. All of the usual reasons were given for creating the DOE: to bring focus to the problem, industry wasn't cooperating so the government needed to take over, too many dollars were flowing out of our country, petroleum supplies were not in the hands of countries that are friendly to the U.S. and so on.
The DOE has grown to 16,000 employees and tens of thousands of contract employees with a annual budget of $24 billion, hundreds of billions have been spent in the 32 years on the DOE. Complete figures for 2007 are available in the EIA Annual Energy Review Table 5.1 June 2008.
THE RESULT: BY 2007 OUR DEPENDENCE ON PETROLEUM IMPORTS GREW TO ABOUT 60%. GOOD JOB DOE!!
And now, there are those who want to turn health care over to the government.