Utilization of United States Energy Reserves

Proven United States energy reserves:

"The United States has largest energy reserves on Earth, according to a report from the Congressional Research Service" ( see - http://www.humanevents.com/2009/11/02/us-tops-in-energy-resources/).

Our untapped energy reserves - oil, natural gas and coal rival none, and represent a great oppurtunity for this country - both for energy independecne, and for job growth.

Even a hardened progressive such as Walter Russell Mead was forced to admit the obvious (see http://www.thenewamerican.com/economy/sectors/item/12355-america%E2%80%99s-exploding-energy-reserves-are-also-exploding-myths):

"If the energy revolution now taking shape lives up to its full potential, we are headed into a new century in which the location of the world’s energy resources and the structure of the world’s energy trade support American affluence at home and power abroad….

The energy bonanza changes the American outlook far more dramatically than most people yet realize. This is a Big One, a game changer, and it will likely be a major factor in propelling the United States to the next (and still unknown) stage of development — towards the next incarnation of the American Dream.

When left alone, the American entrepreneur with access to capital will allow it to find its highest and best use. As the energy development revolution in this country continues, its impacts will be felt across the country and around the world. It is estimated that the energy boom has already generated some 600,000 new jobs, and when manufacturing and processing industries return to the United States to take advantage of low energy costs, those jobs will be multiplied by a factor of 10.
As Mead mused on the energy revolution taking place in America, he was led to acknowledge a higher power:

Nature — or perhaps Nature’s God — seems to love mocking pundits. Just when the entire punditocracy, it sometimes seemed, had bought into the “American decline” meme, Europe collapsed and huge energy reserves were discovered underneath the United States.

The “special providence” that observers have from time to time discerned in America’s progress through history doesn’t seem to be quite finished with us yet."

The Obama Plan:

The future looks bright - as long as President Obama and his overzealous EPA henchman don't ruin this opportunity for all of us. The man who said - "under my plan, electricity costs would necessarily skyrocket" ( if you want to see this 2008 Obama conversation do an internet search on - "Obama energy costs skyrocket"), and who stopped the Keystone Pipeline cold can't be trusted to do what is right for the American people on this issue.

Obama's claim that there is more drilling going on during his term than at any time in recent memory is duplicitous at best. True, there is more drilling going on now, but this is in spite of him, rather than because of him. He, and his over regulating EPA henchmen, sign fewer drilling permits than any President in recent memory. The reason drilling has increased during his term is because the drilling is being done on private (not public) lands.

Climate Change:

We understand the concern over climate change. The thing is, that even if we are causing the planet to gradually heat up, we can't do anything about it at this time for the following reasons:

- We can't afford to: We have a snowballing deficit, a pathetic GDP growth rate, and a possible recession in the offing. This country cannot afford doing anything that would increase energy prices either now or in the near future. Such would just exacerbate our economic problems.

- We can't control third world countries: Third world countries will increasing be using more and more fossil fuels. Although we might be willing to bankrupt ourselves into cutting back our emissions, there isn't anything we can do to decrease the energy emissions of other countries - particularly third world countries who will increasingly need more and more energy to grow their economies.

Recommendations:
We need to fully utilize our natural resources - coal, oil, natural gas. We need to build additional nuclear power plants. We need to try to figure out a way to get nuclear fusion to work. We need to approve the Keystone pipeline. NOTE: The above actions will have the very important side beneifit of creating at least 1 million new jobs.

We simply need to make ourselves energy independent. We need to be rid ourselves of our dependancy on countries that we are not friends with (middle east countries/Venuzeula). We have huge supplies of energy (coal, gas, oil) within this country. Now, with our new recovery techniques (such as fracking), it's time to garner and utilize this energy.

We should provide grants to state of the art research centers/colleges, and aggresively pursue research into nuclear fusion. Prizes could be offered that even someone working out of their garage could win. NOTE: If we could figure out nuclear fusion, we could solve the world's energy problems AND curtail greenhouse gas emissions.

We should discontinue providing funds to the Solyndra's of the world. This just throws money (money that we don't even have) down the proverbial black hole. A Solyndra is not competitive with the same sort of companies where cheap labor resides (like in China), and, even more importantly, they are not competitive with less the expensive fossil fuel utilization. The government should not be picking winners and losers between businesses.

Comment: The energy is out there, and countries will garner and use it. Energy is what makes the world run, and there is simply and ever growing need for it. If Obama is truly concerned about greenhouse emissions and their adverse effect on our planet, he should want the country that is in the best position to garner these resources in as climate friendly of a manner as possible to be the one doing so - and that would be us - certainly not a Russia, a China, a Saudi Arabia, a Venezuela, or a Brazil. Rather than being a "climate savior", which I suspect is how he thinks of himself, failure to garner and use our energy reserves is actually a disservice (I aliken it to planetary treason on Obama's part) to the long term viability of this planet.


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