The above recent poll shows that my concerns are inline with the American people who participated in this poll. Overwhelmingly, they agree our top priority must be to achieve independence from foreign oil, followed by ensuring our environment is not devastated as a result. This means alternative energy sources must be developed now. Now is the time to put to use, the technology and know-how that America has.
As a nation, we have a two-fold problem
1) The addiction of foreign oil – which is the primary revenue stream for many rogue states, is holding this nation and most industrial nation’s hostage. Let's face it; a person with a Heroin addiction will keep coming back to the drug dealer for the fix that is eventually going to result in his demise. We are no different as a nation.
2) The US has a major problem with the current EPA procedures and policies. The EPA sets too restrictive of polices instead of providing requirements for innovative solutions such as alternative fuel source vehicles and home heating/air conditioning technologies. Often there is so much EPA political red tape involved with bringing an alternative energy solution to market that the cost for regulatory certification and compliance far outweigh the benefit of the alternative solution. Basically, an innovative technology that would benefit tens of millions of consumers and result in tremendous savings in energy consumption are stifled and hindered by EPA policy due to the high expense and time involved.
America must be free from the grip of OPEC and the reliance on Middle East and Latin America fossil fuels as a matter of national policy and security without stifling innovators of technologies that provide solid, safe, and environmentally friendly solutions in the process.
My administration will aggressively drive ingenuity within our nation through alternative energy sources to wean off our dependency of foreign oil. We will create a national symposium to enlist the major industrial nations into this effort. We will make it an international goal to provide cost effective alternative energy solutions in areas of transportation, home, and business consumption and will share this information with the world community. The goal would be to wean the US and its allies from OPEC and the reliance on Middle East fossil fuels.