Renewable energy, the final frontier
My dad had posted this on facebook and it’s a really good question:
Interesting morning..When responding to an email question from a citizen during an interview with George Stephwhateveropolis regarding gas over $4/gal and rising, Mr. Obama in essence said that he understands the pain, not to worry, you’re getting tax cuts to offset the price. I’m getting gas TODAY, what tax cut do I use?
here’s my response:
You should ask the republicans who are in the pockets of the oil industry why our gas is so high. and democrats for that matter. Any time an alternative energy bill or idea is brought up the oil industry and their paid puppets (in any branch of the govt) shoot it down as saying it’s too costly or we don’t need it yet every year the oil industry gets more and more money. Then they trickle that money down to stimulate… the price of gas.
So what’s everyone’s thoughts on this? Should we focus on renewable energy and try and get the USA to be a self sufficient country that runs on solar, wind and hydro electricity and hybrid or electric cars? Yes it will take a while and money to get things rolling but think of the long term. Imagine what the US could do if the citizens were no longer paying an average of $3.791 per gallon of gas as of 4/11/11, $4.161 in California, which is up 0.933 from last year. They would be spending that money on other things like food, medical insurance or just to better their way of life.
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