Energy Independence

For the sake of our national security -- for every American family that is paying the price at the pump -- and for every American tired of hearing past and present administrations proclaim how they will bring our energy crisis under control, we will finally break our addiction to foreign oil. The ARP will commit to take the required steps to bring an end to our total dependency on oil and move our country toward the use of clean and renewable energy. We will commit to fast-track our efforts and provide the necessary investment in the clean energy sectors of our economy. We must invest in these new and emerging technologies here in this country to insure jobs in America. This transition to a clean-energy industry will further benefit all-income communities by immediately creating millions of badly need jobs throughout the industry. To achieve success and reach our goal of independence from foreign oil during this transition period, we must balance our use of existing energy resources with our impact on our environment.

We recognize that any transition of this magnitude will require a sweeping, common sense, approach in making certian interim eviornmental concessions plus modifications to State and Federal laws and regulations over the next 15 years.  We must begin by tapping into our existing and readily available coal, oil, natural gas and nuclear reserves and resources while our private sector develop and deploy the necessary clean-energy technology at reasonably affordable costs. We'll dramatically increase the fuel efficiency of automobiles, and we'll help auto manufacturers and parts suppliers convert to build the cars and trucks of the future and their 18 key components in the United States. We will work with and help industry, small business, managers and workers learn the skills they need to compete in an energy efficient economy. We are committed to getting at least 25 percent of our electricity from renewable sources by 2025.

We will crack down on speculators who are driving up prices beyond the natural market rate. We will direct the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice to vigorously investigate and prosecute market manipulation in oil futures. And we will help those who are hit hardest by high energy prices by increasing funding for low-income heating assistance and affective weatherizing programs, and by providing energy assistance to help middle-class families make ends meet in this time of inflated energy prices.

In the past, America has been stirred to action when faced with new threats to our national security, or new competitive conditions that undercut our economic leadership. The energy threat we face today may be less immediate than threats from dictators, but it is as real and as dangerous. The dangers are eclipsed only by the opportunities that would come with moving our country to self-dependent, renewable clean energy.

More On The Issue

	BRITS WARN AMERICANS OF GREEN CATASTROPHE by Sharon Sebastian posted on Thursday, July 21, 2011
Obama's duplicity is renowned. Obama's long-hyped "shovel ready jobs" to rebuild America's infrastructure turned out to be a joke that elicited an on-camera chuckle from Obama. Obama's latest ploy is to play "nice Boehner vs. bad Republicans," as if John Boehner is a doofus. After publicly sweet talking Speaker Boehner for "doing his best," he derides Boehner's Republican caucus for adhering to the will of a 76% majority of Americans who do not want…
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	GORE SLAMS OBAMA - NOT HARDLY by Sharon Sebastian posted on Friday, June 24, 2011
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	Obama Encourages Higher Fuel Prices to force His Cap & Trade on America by Michael Simone posted on Friday, April 15, 2011
If you think Obama's health care bill was a disaster and a government power grab over Americans, then you haven't seen anything yet. Should Obama and his administration be successful in passing the Cap & Trade, now known as the Green Energy Bill, we're finished. We are now, for the second time in just three years, experiencing a dramatic surge in energy and fuel cost approach $4.00 TO $5.00 A Gallon. Meanwhile, Obama…
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	Higher Fuel Costs, Not Sub-Prime Mortgages, Collapsed Economy by Michael Simone posted on Sunday, February 27, 2011
I've said this before and I will say it again. The real reason we face hard economic times globally and here in America is directly attributable to the high cost of fuel and NOT the mortgage collapse that our government and half ass economists would have us believe! The justification for my statement and claim is based on the simple premise that the higher cost of fuel has directly impacted on every single…
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	Carbon Cap & Trade Legislation by American Reform Party posted on Tuesday, February 09, 2010
There is not very much to say about this piece of proposed legislation other than to say, this is beyond any doubt one of the worst pieces of legislation ever proposed in the entire history of our country . This bill is nothing more than a wolf dressed in sheep clothing. Should this legislation become law it will represent the inevitable destruction of our capitolistic system, our industries, its jobs and the ultimate loss of our…
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