Seems everyone forgets about the needto drill for our own oil now that gas prices are 2.00 a gallon range. Opec crashed the economies of all countries that relied on them foroil. They will do it again. It was a windfall of profits. Pricesdrop, we get off the drill for oil bandwagon, they will leave us torecover and prices will rise do to demand for oil as we grow oureconomies again.
This doesn't have to happen. Its so simple.. we have so much oil, natural gas, and coal available. We just need to get it!
Howstimulating to our economy would it be if we drilled for oil andnatural gas in lots of area's, Give coal burning plants big tax cuts toclean up their emission and build lots more nuke plants. In the meantime, we continue building Wind Turbine Farms, use solar wherepractical, and continue developing Hydrogen fuel cell technology.
Thinkof all the jobs in the Oil fields, Gas wells, Coal mining, Coal plantupdating, Building and installing Wind turbines... I would think thatit would be a nice bump in employment, and at the same time, making theUSA much more self sufficient energy wise.
I didn't do the math,but would think the tax cuts given to coal plants to modernize andclean up emissions would be paid for by the taxes on the companiesdoing the work, the employee's doing the works wages, and the generaleconomic activity generated by big construction projects like that. They only get the tax cut if they spend lots to clean up emissions.
Allthe talk of being Green is nice, and we should work toward that. Butin all reality, look around you while your in traffic. When will 10%of the cars around you be propelled by a fuel source other thangasoline or Diesel fuel? Good question, isnt it! I bet 10 years fromnow would be close. In the mean time, we are letting other countriescontrol our economy to an extent, while incredible amounts of US leaveour country and add to the trade deficit that is already out ofcontrol.
