Americans United Party - Energy Policy

For several decades now, the global warming environmentalists on the left and the drill-baby-drill free market capitalists on the right have held our national energy policy debate hostage. The result has been at best, a muddled energy policy that has failed to serve the best interests of the American people.

The reason why neither argument has been able to break the logjam is that both arguments miss the salient points of what is best for America. The appropriate arguments are two-fold. First, we should view our energy dependence on unfriendly and unstable foreign governments as a national crisis that threatens our way of life with as much danger as that posed by the World War II Axis powers. Second, any plan based on the likely exhaustion of a finite, irreplaceable, critical resource like oil is more than strategically unsound; it is dangerously irresponsible.

To learn why we should and how we can achieve energy independence in ten years and strive for CO2 neutrality and oil conservation in twenty years or less, please read our position papers called “10-for-10 Energy Independence Plan” and “10-for-10 Alternative Energy Plan - the Sequel”.

The 10-for-10 plan provides a general framework for reducing foreign energy imports by 10% each year over the next 10 years. It references the undisputed fact that our economic lifeblood – energy - is not in our control but in the control of those who do not wish us well and asks the question what we would do if external sources interrupted our energy supply for any reason. The paper stresses the point that as a nation, we must recognize that our energy dependence on foreign sources is in fact a national crisis requiring immediate attention. The paper argues that the solution to ASAP energy independence is simple – do it all, do it now, do it here and do it smart. The paper stresses that free markets must determine the energy winners and losers not the government. The energy “winners” must do so in the free-markets and cannot be supported by the taxpayers for the simple reason that the American taxpayer cannot afford to support an energy source that cannot stand on its own any more than we could support any major unprofitable industry. The government’s role is to provide policy direction leadership, research funding, and infrastructure build-out for undisputed free-market winners; but not to subsidize ongoing unprofitable industries.

The 10-for-10 the Sequel plan does not debate the merits of the global climate change arguments but rather recognizes that oil has a finite supply that we, as a species, cannot afford to exhaust. Even if we had economically viable energy alternatives, and if we could economically neutralize all potential environmental hazards from petroleum use, the paper argues that some future discovery may unearth a use for oil that is even more important to humankind than its currently know uses.

America's short, mid and long-term interests can best be served through energy independence as soon as possible and alternatives to finite based sources as soon as economically practical. The 10 for 10 plans provide a framework and a timeline for achieving these objectives. Americans deserve a defined, measurable national energy policy. Tell your elected leaders to "Get 'R Done".