End War; Save the Earth; Drill for Oil 05/06/2011

The hand ringing about our oil and natural gas supplies started in 1919: “The auto industry could no longer ignore the fact that only 20 years worth of U.S. oil is left. ‘The burden falls upon the engine. It must adapt itself to less volatile fuel, and it must be made to burn the fuel with less waste…. Automotive engineers must turn their thoughts away from questions of speed and weight… and comfort and endurance, to avert what … will turn out to be a calamity, seriously disorganizing an indispensable system of transportation.’” – From a 1919, Scientific American article
America’s oil, natural gas and coal resources are equivalent to 1.3 trillion barrels of oil, the largest proven reserves in the world.  Not exploiting these energy resources has funded our enemies, caused three recent wars killing over 6000 of our military and countless civilians, and arguably caused the terrorist attacks on the United States.

Those who make the false impression that the United States cannot produce its own energy through natural resources, those who try to force energy alternatives by blocking exploration and harvesting, those who choose the unlikely risk to the environment over lives and livelihoods of people have the blood of these Americans and the civilians in the countries we fight on their hands just as if they pulled the trigger themselves.

 We have the supply and we can mine, drill, and process it safer and more environmentally clean than any other country in the world.  Yet we export the environmental risks to less skilled countries and force our hand to take up arms and go to war.

We have the energy resources in America to sustain ourselves with a certain overproduction that could be exported.  As long as we outsource the dangers and environmental impact to the Middle East, we will need to send more kids to die and the terrorists’ killing of innocents will continue.
Government policy to ignore our energy potential causes death in this world.  And for those who try to think globally, oil spills on the other side of the world still occur on our planet.  As the safest, most environmentally protected nation, with skills that are used worldwide, the United States is actually the most responsible nation for harvesting natural resources.

Protecting the environment, stopping terrorism, and saving lives by ending our involvement in the Middle East wars begin with exploiting our own resources.