Scripps Howard News Service
By Deroy Murdock
April 16, 2009

When you last showered, two percent of the natural gas that heated your water likely emerged from this bright-yellow platform in the Gulf of Mexico. Painted like a lemon, to ward off errant ships and aircraft, this leading-edge installation proves that America can produce far more of our own energy -- innovatively, safely, and cleanly -- if we just stop scaring ourselves into paralysis.

The Independence Hub, or I-Hub, is a joint venture of Anadarko Petroleum and Enterprise Products Partners. I toured their $2 billion facility on Tuesday on a trip sponsored by the American Petroleum Institute.

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