by David Snyder

Created on: March 04, 2009

Energy Dependence a Sign of Weakness
Weakness in the sense that we have no other option but to rely on other nations to provide for our citizens. Showing weakness in certain areas can be good, if it exits, for that is the only way that we can become stronger. Sharing our resources with other nations, and other nations sharing with US is not dependence, but rather a global community effort, setting the stage for world wide unity and understanding.

However, when it comes to a resource that we have more than the capability to provide on our own, it is no longer a sign of unity and commonality, but that of laziness. Laziness then becomes the source of our weakness, that is, the very lack of innovation of which the United States has declared over the years that we reserved an endless amount of. Energy independence is within our power and, as a result, should be initialized.

Economic Benefits are Endless
One of the major reasons that the United States has been offering for the lack of innovation in this area are the economic benefits of relying on other sources outside of the US. It is cheaper, less expensive than to start drilling on our own soil. Why cut through our land when we can simply pay someone else to do it somewhere else? This is the very laziness that has driven this nation into the economic recession we are now enjoying.

If the United States developed both an independent oil source along with a substantial Green Energy grid, issues of power and foreign policy would not have become such monstrous concerns. Imagine what the world's perspective on the United States would be today if we were Energy Independent, silencing forever the on going belief that the United States will only go to war for the nation's oil supply, offering the US a much stronger reputation internationally.

We Must Provide an Example
Not just on a national level, but on a local level. As citizens who care about Green Energy, complete independence and the importance of our international reputation, we must stand. There is no need to change our system if the system is filled with people who already hold the vision of change. Not a general change, but a change in our perspective of who we are in the international arena. To this truth, every United States citizen holds the right.

Before we can assist other nations in the ways of which we have become ever so popular, we must first provide an example of how to care for our people, not just in the here and now, but for future generations. If we can hold fast to our vision for the future and how they will maintain a sustainable environment, then our nation will last through the ages. However, if we continue focusing on the here and now, offering only quick solutions to our economic woes, then our future children will face a very different world where the United States will be shaken to the point of potential collapse.

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