Editor,
Gas prices are up. Demand for oil is up. Americans are dying in Iraq, and dependence on Persian Gulf oil is up. Even the President agrees that climate change is a growing concern. Instead of addressing these problems head on, the energy bill just signed into law by the President displays an abject failure of leadership.
America needs a bold new energy strategy, but the President and the Congress have punted. This energy bill is just another corporate giveaway which ignores forward-looking solutions, fails to help American's at the gas pump, and deepens our dependence on foreign oil.
While White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan says that this bill will, "reduce our dependence on foreign sources of energy, and help address the root causes that have led to high energy prices," the reality is that the energy bill does nothing to reduce our dependence on foreign oil or lower energy prices. Even the conservative Heritage Foundation said that "we'll be dependent on the global market for more than half our oil for as long as we're using oil, and the energy bill isn't going to change that," and President Bush's own Energy Secretary Sam Bodman cautioned that motorists should not expect a quick decline in gasoline prices.
America needs a new, visionary program for energy independence. The Apollo Alliance has outlined a 10-step national agenda of strategic planning and investment that drive for energy independence by the year 2015. Apollo's bold vision for energy independence will create three million new jobs, more than a trillion dollars in new economic activity and freedom from reliance on Persian Gulf oil. Our leaders have missed an important opportunity to declare energy independence - but, the stakes are too high and we must continue to pressure our leaders to enact Apollo's bold solution.
Gregg Schulze
San Francisco
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