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Energy, who needs it! One of the biggest needs in our country is being blocked by an organization that always claims America is at fault! Are they telling everyone the whole truth? Truth is a very funny thing, it depends on your point of view. When one complains about what another wants to do, they should say how they think it should be done. This is not how the environmentalists operate.

They speak in a loud voice for all to hear their complaints, but do they tell everyone what the effects will be for them. Always standing for the supposed good side, but do they really? How many United States citizens know that the US has as much oil as Saudi Arabia? Most of you must think I'm out of my mind, but it's true. There is oil all around the coast lines of our country. Why don't we dig for this oil? Why not ask the Environmentalists?

This organization has blocked almost every attempt to dig for the oil. They tell the local, and state politicians how this will harm the environment. Before doing that they get the people that live there (by protesting) the impact it will cause. In some cases it's like saying; "don't dig here, we have an endangered amoeba!" But they still demand energy!

Lets use Martha's Vineyard as an example. Companies were wanting to put up windmills offshore to obtain the energy the windmills will create. That's about as simple a solution there can be, and there is NO downside. WRONG! The good citizens of the Island (led by Walter Cronkite of all people) voted against it. They were so "clean energy", but it would spoil the view from their homes. In fact it would destroy tourism industry because things just weren't going to be as pretty as they once were. Is that how Americans solve a problem their country is having?

Not if you're an Environmentalist! Evidently they can complain, and you can stop just about any project. Solutions, they don't have any. The only problem is the solution is starring us in the face, all we have to do is dig. One problem solved. Then we have to refine the oil, or should we be like Iran. They only have one oil refinery. The Iranians have to send their oil to another country to have most of it refined. How does this effect the pricing of oil?

Send the oil out, have it refined and bring it back. Gosh, that sure can add to the price. That is evidently what the Environmentalists would have us do if we had more oil. They have stopped our country from building an oil refinery since around 1980. I think we need more oil today, But we still could not refine more oil. We don't have the ability to do it. That helps keep the price of oil up. It is a supply, and demand situation with no chance of an increased supply. The environment is a beautiful thing, but it cannot stop progress. Unless you're an Environmentalist!

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