Posted by
James Biga on Friday, July 31, 2009 6:37:33 PM
"We have to reduce our reliance on foreign Oil", "We have to become energy self-Sufficient", the phrases of the day go on and on. ENOUGH ALREADY!! Either put up or shut up.
If we truly want to be self-sufficient then we need to get on it and quit with the typical political rambling about not caring about the environment or not caring about the middle or lower classes economically. These politicians don't know any more about economics than a third grader from Afghanistan. The answer to what we need to do is right in front of us.
There are massive deposits of oil, oil shale, coal, and natural gas right in our own country. Get to drilling and digging! We need to go on a 25 or 30 year plan. During this time, we startup and commence utilizing our own resources. This will provide jobs and tax revenue. Good for everybody.
During this period, we have our best and brightest working on cost effective alternative energy sources. At the end of the period, there should be affordable alternatives to oil and coal. We may not replace it 100% but even if we hit 40-50% we cut back on the amount of emmissions that the "environmentalists" like to complain about and we have opened up a new souce of energy as well as a new source of jobs and tax revenue. Once again, good for everybody.
There's nothing complicated about it. Quit thinking like self-serving, egotisitical, back biting, good for nothing politicians.
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