Let’s turn our attention to energy independence. Freeing ourselves from the burden of foreign oil is becoming a rapidly growing need. Becoming energy independent wouldn’t just free us from the outrageous costs of foreign oil; it would also provide thousands of jobs and help to strengthen America’s economy. Drilling off shore for natural gas, drilling for oil in Anwr, Nuclear power as well as refining and using alternative sources of energy such as solar, wind and waste incinerators are perfectly viable options if used in conjunction with one another. It’s no secret that both sides of the isle want to move away from foreign oil. The stalling point is how to do it. Democrats want to completely do away with all oil and move to corn-derived alternatives, wind power, solar, and other such solutions only. They believe that any drilling on or offshore is going to destroy the planet and add pollution. Nuclear is one of the cleanest, and most efficient ways to create power. Currently, about 20% of power in the U.S. is made through nuclear power plants. France makes around 80% of their power from nuclear. Neither country has ever had a significant incident involving Nuclear power production. The most notable incident on record is Chernobyl in the then Soviet Union. That incident has been widely associated with operator error and design problems and occurred over 29 years ago. There has not been a significant incident since then in any country. It’s safe, effective, sustainable and also reduces emissions. It would also create thousands of jobs, many of which would be high paying careers for American workers in every area. France, who makes nearly 80% of it’s power by way of Nuclear fission, enjoys some of the cleanest air and cheapest energy prices in Europe and nearly ¾ of the people there think highly of the energy alternative. Currently, the only thing slowing Nuclear Power from becoming as important to the U.S. as it is to France, is the discussion of waste treatment. Properly storing waste for a few decades before moving it to a new location, perhaps deep within the earth, and reprocessing any parts of the waste that we can are viable solutions. The ANWR solution is another area where liberals have bogged down progress for America. As the demand from the public to reduce our dependence on foreign oil increases, liberal Democrats challenge and oppose the U.S. gathering it’s own oil from places like ANWR. ANWR is large enough to drill with current technology without disturbing much of the area and contains enough oil to alone out produce all 48 contiguous states. Again, thousands of jobs would be created, many of them high paying and a valuable commodity would be easily accessible to America. This same idea can be presented for drilling natural gas reserves off the coast of the US. Our country hasn’t even begun to tap into it’s supplies and yet, the liberal media and the liberal congress would have you believe two complete falsehoods. 1.) That drilling of any kind would send our world into a tail spin and destroy all mankind and 2.) That we are in such dire straights because the Republicans made enemies with the world, which is why oil prices are soaring. The facts are that drilling properly, using American ingenuity and current technology wouldn’t affect the world at all. Also, the reason we are in this position is that your liberal government is being bought and paid for by radical earth left wing nuts. These are the people that burn down homes as eco terrorists in protest for them being too large. With a comprehensive plan, including a revitalization post drilling for each area, I see no downside to us tapping our country’s natural reserves. This brings us to the other forms mentioned above. Wind, solar and incinerators are excellent supplementary power options. Wind power, if strategically placed and properly done can supply power consistently enough to be distributed in local areas. For instance in Delaware, a company called Bluew ater Wind has proposed building an offshore wind farm in the Atlantic that would provide power to Delaware. According to BWW this would provide a stable energy price, create hundreds of jobs and reduce carbon emissions. While popular with the residents of Delaware, lobbyists from the energy conglomerate DELMARVA Power, have convinced state Democrats to oppose the construction sighting their own opposite opinions of the BWW project. Simply put, DELMARVA Power feels like they may have to be honest and open about their pricing and so they are fighting the construction. If Delaware truly wanted to do the right thing, they would put it to a referendum and allow the residents of the state to vote on the measure. Instead, Delaware lawmakers bog down the progress of the proposal in the legislature as they decide which side has the most voters behind it. Solar power is an energy alternative that, with some more technological advances, could be affordable for almost anyone that wants it. Installed single home systems cost around 20k dollars and can produce more energy than needed in your home. That allows you to sell power back to the supplier. The sun alone produces more than enough energy to meet all of the power demands of the earth if we could harness it properly. I would like to see more private research companies invest in perfecting solar panels. Finally, we’ll talk about incinerators. Currently, as solid waste is landfilled, it emits methane and other toxic gasses in the are, which is one of the reasons no one wants to live near Cherry Island here in Delaware. What if we took a queue from Germany and Spain and built incinerators at landfills. Municipal waste would be able to be burned up, producing very few if any dioxins and the same amount of CO2 as would normally be emitted by rotting garbage. So, using incinerators would decrease the physical amount of garbage that rots aware, it would provide sustainable (there’s always trash!) energy, pay for itself rather quickly, and not increase greenhouse gases. Where’s the downside? The planet would smell a lot better that’s for sure. There’d be less places for the mafia to dump bodies.