Our national leaders must develop a long range energy plan that will end our almost total dependence on foreign oil. The Republican Party has done a masterful job of allowing the powerful oil giants to run the show for the past eight years and as a result the American people are suffering greatly. It’s become obvious that we have no real plan to deal with a most serious problem. The GOP leaders – including the nominees for President and Vice-President – are doing a good job of diverting the public’s attention from the need for a strong, forward-looking energy policy into one that is not the answer and is backward-looking.

The Republican energy plan is to drill offshore and in Alaska and nothing more. That would help but not for ten years or more and we simply can’t wait that long for relief. We must make finding alternative sources of fuel our government’s highest priority and we must do it immediately. The next President should enlist the aid of T. Boone Pickens, who at least has a plan — and it appears to be a good one — in dealing with crafting a sound energy policy.

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