Our Misdirected Environmental Policy

The United States has sufficient natural gas and oil reserves, offshore and in Alaska. We have practically unlimited coal supplies, in addition to oil shale. In fact, we would never need to drill for oil in deeper waters. We can build new nuclear plants whenever we decide to make that practical decision.

Developing sources of energy would save us trillions of dollars as a substitute for presently imported fuels, while increasing much-needed jobs at home. It would give the U.S. essential energy independence.

All the while we would develop more solar, wind and renewable energy for the future. Those prospects are bright only in the distant future, not now. Plus, the practical energy policy I outline would help our foreign policy.

But our environmental policy is unhinged by environmentalism. That has to be rectified, FAST.