As a public service, I offer this, the third in a series of posts intended to help readers of this blog distinguish between rhetoric and economic reality when it comes to matters impacting the nation’s energy future:
RHETORIC: Most Americans want the federal government to pursue alternative and renewable sources of energy.
REALITY: A recent poll found that 61 percent of Americans who voted in the 2008 presidential election support increased access to offshore oil and natural gas resources. The Administration is not listening to the majority of Americans who want a stronger economy using our own vast oil and natural gas resources. While other countries are providing incentives to develop their own energy resources, the U.S. is the only country actively discouraging it. Higher taxes would also rob the industry of additional capital needed to invest in alternative and renewable fuels.
To read more about the poll referenced above, click here.
To read more about “Rhetoric vs. Reality,” click here.
2 responses so far ↓
1 Mick Gregory // Mar 20, 2009 at 12:42 pm
Bob,
Excellent front page. The American peole want more oil production from the US offshore and we want it now, before the next big oil shortage develops. Oil and gas careers pay well and we won’t have to rely on oil from enemies like Hugo Chavez.
2 hotoffthepress2 // Mar 20, 2009 at 12:45 pm
Thanks, Mick!
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