Energy Policy

Just yesterday I had to gas up the Jeep and the cost of regular unleaded was $3.15/gal. Its even higher in other parts of the country. I bet Hawaii is $5.00/gal+. By the way, thats where PP and family are vacating, Gosh! The last time oil spiked in 2008 it was pinned on "W" being in bed with Big Oil. Hardly, it wasn't the case back in 2008, nor is it the cause now. Its free market forces at work reacting to the supply and demand cycle. The US simply does not have a Energy Policy. Increase purchasing of energy fuels from foreign countries would spell disaster for our fledging economy. PP still clinges to the green energy sources to make the US energy independented. That will happen Sir, when hell freezes over. In the meantime, we need to exploit our conventional fuels: gas, oil, coal resources now, not halt there development because of some green environmental reason...like CO2emmissions. BACT (best available control technology) is being installed on power plants and factories, with onging researsh and development, coupled with engineering design improvements to cope with even tighter emmission standards down the road. Development of nuclear energy has to happen if everything to autos are to run on electricity. Just plain conservation of energy is something everyone can participate.

Yes, we can.

There is absoletely no reason other green energy resources should not be developed, but not financially subsidized, as with ethanol, boifuels. There are areas of the country where wind mills, solar panel farms, tackling ocean wave for hydroelectric energy generation will be competive in cost, can and should be developed.

Yes, we can.