5 Myths About Breaking Our Foreign Oil Habit – Robert Bryce @ WashingtonPost.Com

Here is a 10 day old editorial from the Washington Post by Robert Bryce regarding the 5 Myths About Breaking Our Foreign Oil Habit.

What are these myths? Here is the summary:

1. Energy independence will reduce or eliminate terrorism.
2. A big push for alternative fuels will break our oil addiction.
3. Energy independence will let America choke off the flow of money to nasty countries.
4. Energy independence will mean reform in the Muslim world.
5. Energy independence will mean a more secure U.S. energy supply.

If anything is holding us back in becoming energy independent, its those who wants to be, but won’t let us doing anything about it.  In order to have a growing economy, we need the flexibility to take steps to ensure our country’s economy continues to grow.

This may mean making choice certain groups may not like.  In fact,  I believe there are too many extreme environmentalists dictating what our energy policy should be.  Look where it has gotten us in last 30 years by listening to them. We need to reduce their influence over our country’s energy policy and establish a policy which will help this country grow.

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