The recent, rapid rise in gas prices is hitting Americans hard in the pocketbook and threatening to wreak havoc with our still fragile recovery. And yet, it’s nothing new -- déjà vu all over again.
We continue to import huge amounts of our oil, leaving us vulnerable to the whims of some of the world’s most despotic regimes -- Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Venezuela's Hugo Chavez, and Libya's Muammar Gaddafi. All Big Oil and their politicians have to offer is the same, tired “drill, baby, drill” silliness while they pocket more and more of our hard earned money.
The dictators, the oil execs, and too many of our elected officials have forgotten that America is a great country that has won the biggest wars, sent a man to the moon, invented the Internet, and chased down the worst terrorists. Surely we can remind them of that, no?
The mission of the Cheaper Gas Coalition is to offer non-partisan solutions that actually work, that will give Big Oil some real competition for our dollars, and that will keep us from having to relieve this Groundhog Day madness time and time again. America is a great, innovative, and resilient country that can build a broad, competitive, clean energy future here in the US while growing our economy. Don’t let them tell you differently.
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