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The Politicians’ Energy Crisis — And Its Cure, by Newt Gingrich
For decades left-leaning politicians have advocated higher prices and less energy. They were going to save the environment by punishing Americans into driving less and driving smaller cars. Now their policies have succeeded with a vengeance. ** The very left wing politicians who favored a policy of no oil and gas exploration, no use of coal, no development of nuclear power, and no aggressive development of new technologies are now panic-stricken that their policies of higher prices have led to higher prices. ** And now the same shortsighted, dishonest politicians who created the crisis are blaming everyone but themselves for the crisis. Because they refuse to be honest about the policies which led to this crisis, they can’t be honest about the policies that will lead us out of it. ** The politicians want scapegoats. The American people just want solutions.
As always Newt doesnt come to the discussion as an empty suit:
Politicians with vision — working with entrepreneurs, scientists, and engineers — could rapidly replace the current shortages and high prices with a flood of new energy at lower prices. And America’s current vulnerability to blackmail by foreign dictators could rapidly be turned into virtual independence with a North American energy strategy that includes Canada and Mexico. ** The key is to create a new coalition of Americans who favor greater investment, greater discovery, greater creativity, and greater production. ** That coalition could lead to a new era of American prosperity with a more prosperous economy, more abundant energy, a healthier environment, and greater national security. ** The fact is, with leadership that unleashes the potential of the American people, there is no reason why America can’t have safe, abundant, and relatively inexpensive energy. ** America still has the world’s largest supply of fossil fuels. We have more coal than any other country by a huge margin. We have abundant oil and gas reserves. We have the potential for nuclear, wind, solar and biofuels in tremendous quantities. And, critically, America is still technologically the most advanced nation in the world, despite decades of bad policies. We have the potential for enormous breakthroughs in future technologies such as hydrogen power.