Heritage Foundation joins the chorus
June 26, 2008
In a press release today, the Heritage Foundation joined the chorus of people pushing for energy independence of the United States. China and Cuba can drill off America’s coast, but politicians will not let us drill for our own oil.
No wonder gasoline costs more than four dollars a gallon: our country hasn’t increased its production to meet increased demand.
Other countries get it. Chinese companies are helping Cuba drill for oil 50 miles off the Florida coast.
But because Washington and state capitals succumb to pressure from radical environmentalists, American oil companies are prohibited from drilling in these same international waters…
They go on to say…
The Heritage Foundation’s renowned policy experts have a real plan to lower energy prices:
- Develop our vast U.S. oil resources in Alaska, off our shores and in the Western oil shale by using proven, safe technologies.
- Build nuclear power plants, which are cheap, safe and emit no carbon dioxide.
- Authorize the construction of near-zero emissions coal-fired power plants.
- Stop blocking the construction of new oil refineries.
- Reduce unnecessary government regulations and encourage private-sector innovation.
Common sense, right? But the left and its allies in the media are against all of these policies.
There is also a related website with more information and an action item.
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