Drill Here. Drill Now. Pay Less.
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Former Speaker of the House, Newt Gengrich, has started a non-partisan organization called American Solutions for Winning the Future. It was “designed to rise above traditional gridlocked partisanship, to provide real, significant solutions to the most important issues facing our country.”
I personally like his message, and I encourage you to check out their website over at American Solutions.
His latest solution is to drill here, drill now, and pay less. The movement targets the rising gas prices and America’s increasing independence on foreign oil. This is not an issue that only effects some of us. We all drive vehicles, and we are all paying $4 per gallon of gas. I won’t copy all of the information from their site into this post, but I’m going to give you their first paragraph and the link above so you to check it out. Also, take a look at the Chuck Norris video below. It’s worth 1:34.
“As gas prices continue to increase, Congress continues to blame others while ignoring practical steps to stop the pain Americans are feeling at the pump. To lower gasoline prices and reduce our dependence on foreign oil, we need real solutions to our energy challenges.”
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But does drilling here really solve the underlying problem? The problem is the fact that we are using technology created what a century or so ago (the internal combustion engine). And although there has been great improvements in it, the real problem, to me, is the lack of technological advancement in the way we travel…
Adam, I agree with what you said, but it’s important to realize that we are being held captive by OPEC. They can charge whatever they want just because they can. They’re the only game in town. If we were to drill here and drill now, it would show them we meant business and that we weren’t going to take it - even if it took us 4 or 5 years to actually begin using our own oil.
Once that begins, we should look for long term solutions.