WE HAVE ENOUGH ENERGY
By Maj. Gen.
Jerry R. Curry (Ret'd)
CurryforAmerica.com
First, let’s get something straight. The environment was created to
serve mankind; mankind was not created to serve the
environment. Is that clear?
The mating habits of a snail darter fish or other member of the endangered species club is not the yard stick to be used in determining how American civilization should develop and function. Hopefully the darter’s habitat can be preserved and the darter doesn’t have to be turned into a can of sardines. No one would deliberately go about destroying an endangered species’ habitat, at least not any one rational. But if in the scheme of things preserving it is not possible, then so be it
These same tradeoffs and considerations must continually be addressed while developing a national energy and environmental policy. For example, a primary national goal for the next quarter century should not be to engage in a crash program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, though we should insist on such reductions, rather it is to make the United States of America fully energy independent of foreign oil. Energy independence should be our national goal and the main focus of our efforts.
Unexplored and untapped sources of oil both “off-and-on shore” are more
than sufficient to supply the nation’s energy needs,
especially in the transportation sector.
New clean burning coal-fired plants can bring in billions of investment dollars to the states while concurrently providing thousands of new jobs. Of course, each state must decide for itself whether or not to welcome the construction of clean coal-fired plants within its borders.
Unfortunately the current policy of the White House goes in the opposite
direction. Before election candidate Obama promised
that in his efforts to green
He and his Administration seem to be afraid that if the American people
are given honest, unvarnished facts they will come
to conclusions and make choices which may not
support the program he is trying to force down their
throats. For Obama, his advisors and czars know that
the
They know that it costs nearly three times as much to produce the same amount of electricity by nuclear power as by gas, oil, or clean-coal. Wind costs up to five times as much and solar energy costs ten times as much. Wind and solar are boutique industries which can only supply a little of the nation’s energy needs and windmill blades will continue to be injurious to the health of eagles and other endangered bird species.
The
If the federal and state governments provided the necessary leadership,
the American people would gladly rally behind them
and cooperate with that effort. For example, the
citizens of
God has blessed our country with having, within its geographical
borders, all that is necessary to make