Why should we be supporting nations of the world that we don't like or that can impact our economy on a moment's notice? I'm talking about oil.
We are an energy rich nation with plenty of resources in the ground.
Take whatever oil, natural gas, shale, and coal supply that we have under our surface. Then throw in what lies beneath the seas off our coasts - Atlantic from Key West to the St. Lawrence, Gulf, Pacific - up to Alaska, and Hawaii. Then add in Peurto Rico, Guam, and other areas.
Then drill, dig, and extract. Not in an reckless strip mining or wildcat operation, but in a strategic energy mining operation.
We have so many resources - maybe no one really knows how much. Estimates run to over a 100 year supply.
Here's the question: what good are they doing us in the ground?
Let's use them. They are a gift. When we see that we are coming to the end of what is feasible to extract, then we can aggressively pursue alternate sources of energy.
This doesn't mean that we can't be developing additional energy sources right now. Go for it. See what else we can perfect. Maybe we can even export that technology to the world. It just means that we have oil and gas to use while we are doing that.
You're probably familiar with the takeaway close. We can begin to use that on the countries we've been buying oil from. Sell to us at below market rates - on our terms - or we won't buy at all. We can be in a position to drive a hard bargain - and mean it.
As far as visual impact. offshore oil platforms are only visible when you get close. Oil wells are much smallerthan windmills and have a much smaller footprint. What about the environmental impact of the drilling, mining, refining, and extracting that foreign nations are using to produce the oil and gas we buy from them?
One way to bring manufacturing jobs back home to the USA and to hold the line on inflationary energy costs is with reasonably priced, domestic energy.
We are an energy rich nation. We should act like it.
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