In the annual State-of-the-Union address a President has a chance to lay out new proposals, and on January 31, 2006, President Bush provided a surprise. For the first time, he clearly indicated that energy supplies, particularly petroleum, are of concern: “America is addicted to oil, which is often imported from unstable parts of the world. The best way to break this addiction is through technology … and we are on the threshold of incredible advances.” Perhaps most memorably, he heralded a striking goal: “… to replace more than 75 percent of our oil imports from the Middle East by 2025.”