I have already decided that my presidential vote for 2008 is going to be based entirely on whoever has the strongest stance for getting our dependence off of oil.

And I am not just talking about our dependence on foreign oil, I am talking about our dependence on oil...PERIOD! The technology is almost there. We just need to implement it. Research money, Legislation to require a % of all energy used to be renewable/nuclear energy, massive tax credits for 100% electric cars, and for companies building them... Just do it already!


I am sick and tired of anytime someone picks up a gun in Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, (insert oil producing country here) that the price of oil skyrockets. Heck, anytime we hear good news from the US economy (job growth, interest rate cuts, etc...), the price of oil skyrockets because that signals the demand for oil may increase, thus dragging the US economy back down. And if you are in the airplane industry, rising oil prices may be the single biggest reason why our industry is in termoil. (NPI) Oil prices are only going to go up and up and up.

I seriously believe that eliminating our dependence on oil will lead to more economic growth than any of the traditional methods (tax cuts, job growth, etc...)