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Presidents must act in certain times to lead a nation through times of crisis, prepare a nation of the journey ahead, counsel the nation to action, or commit to action against popular opinion to protect national interests and security. President Roosevelt had to prepare a nation for war, support an ally from annihilation, and uphold legal law of the land during the run up to Pearl Harbor in December 1941. President Reagan had to bring the American people face to face with the country’s mortal enemy, The Soviet Union. President Reagan had to counsel the American constituency that freedom was the weapon to win the Cold War and bring the end to communism. Both presidents had an insurmountable task to bring the nation from a place of great weakness to a place of great strength to accomplish the impossible of defeating tyranny in the 20th Century.
President Obama is at a similar crossroads in his presidency, and his actions would speak that our country’s mortal threat is Energy Security. The current crisis with Iran has sent the price of crude oil up this calendar year, and that translates to higher gas prices for America. President Obama’s actions are a secret crusade to transition our nation off carbon fuels and foreign dependence on oil, but his actions may be a long-term necessity to insure national security but a grave mistake in the short-term.
A review of President Obama’s energy policy short-term implications must explore the following items of interest:
- The President’s legislative intervention was to prevent passage of the Keystone XL Pipeline in the Senate by making phone calls to Democratic members of the Senate who were sitting on the fence about a final vote. What is the motivation to kill domestic oil production and high wage jobs?
- The Republican’s claim stating President Obama being in favor of high gas prices to wean the American people off carbon base fuels. What factual basis is this claim? What harm to the economy if gas prices go higher?
- The President’s recent trip to North Carolina was to promote truck factory producing trucks that consume Natural Gas instead of petroleum. What implications to the US Economy by not embracing all available domestic resources of energy until the technology are ready to meet needs? Are we ready for Green?
- President Obama is handling of the Iran issue did nothing to stem the tide of high gas prices or to avoid war. What is the President’s plan to avoid oil disruption in the Middle East?
The short-term energy policy will have potential negative consequences to the US economy. The next several articles will examine all short-term costs to President Obama’s long-term objective of Green and Clean Energy is the ultimate insurance of Energy Independence and Security for America and the world.
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