A POWERFUL INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION.(Main)

Byline: THOMAS FRIEDMAN

RICHARDSON, Texas - When it comes to energy and the American people, George W. Bush and Dick Cheney are guilty of the soft bigotry of low expectations.

No one has lower expectations for the American people than a vice president who thinks "conservation" is simply a personal virtue, not a national security imperative, and a president who can barely choke out the word.

But Americans are starting to lead themselves. The most impressive project I've seen is by Texas Instruments, which is building a "green" chip factory here in Richardson, near Dallas. TI is keeping 1,000 high-tech jobs in Texas by building its newest facility - …