Our economy is on the move and we are creating thousands of new jobs, but we need to keep our foot on the gas pedal.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The way things are going, we are not too far from the day when it will take an hour's labor just to pay for the gasoline to get to the job.
Shale gas, if left to flourish, could create several hundred thousand more jobs.
I don't see a groundswell of people willing to raise gas taxes right now. That leaves fuel economy standards as the only effective tool we have as a nation to make a dent in our dangerous and ever growing consumption of oil.
As much as with increased exploration new gas reserves can be found, what must be obvious to all is that our oil and gas reserves are not renewable and they are diminishing, and to protect the generations to come, we must engage in nothing short of a radical shift in the diversification of the economy.
There are those of us that believe if you truly want to try drive down the cost of gas, if you really want to solve the problem, then you should be pursuing the extraction of our resources that are right here at home: alternative energy and traditional.
Everyone depending on foreign fuels are all too inclined, it seems, to let jobs leave this country.
We have a country that is $5 a gallon gas, $4 a gallon gas, we got unbearable unemployment and a federal government that is out of control. We have to take back this country and we've got to get off the sidelines and take it to President Obama.
With gas prices nationally, and especially in our area, increasingly on the rise, it is more crucial then ever that we take steps to diversify our energy sources and reduce our dependency on foreign oil.
You know how much money the oil companies have? If you need some gas, just go fill your tank off and drive off - they're not going to miss it.
There's a foot race between gas bills and paychecks.