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This a major catastrophe. Its driving prices up on every commodity. Its increasing our trade deficit and leading
to further devaluation of the dollar, eroding the buying power and standard of living of all Americans.
We need:
To drill on ANWAR
Drill offshore all over the U.S.
Increase refinery capacity
Switch over to using coal and enhanced air pollution control mechanisms for our power plants
Build more electrical power plants using nuclear power
Explore and encourage development of alternate fuel sources, including exploitation of shale oil.
Do something to negate the nefarious impact of commodity trading in oil futures
Talk turkey to the damn Saudis making it clear to them that there will be consequences if they don't increase oil production until we can deal with this problem.
Congress, both political parties and Bush have been negligent in pursuing the above options. They have buckled under to pressure from environmentalist wackos. Its past time for them to start thinking about America and Americans and not about their own investments.
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