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Energy Source Database
Approx. $1,818.00 per American, per year and rising -
May 2008- “We are going to have to do something different in America.
You can't keep paying out $600 billion a year for oil.” Oil billionaire T. Boone Pickens - planning 4,000 megawatt wind farm…
Pickens Interview
U.S. must develop its own energy sources -
March 17, 2008 - Oil and gas prices continue to rise, driving up the
costs of all goods in the U.S. OPEC refuses to increase
supply, driving costs constantly higher.
We must develop additional energy sources within the
U.S., including ethanol, biodiesel, solar energy and
wind and water power. We must produce our own energy and
stop importing oil, while reducing fuel consumption,
especially in vehicles.
Our economy will benefit from new jobs created in
renewable energy industries. We will reduce the danger
of energy price exploitation from abroad. An oil embargo
would ruin our economy.
— Rolf McEwen, Albany
POLL - Calif. July 17th, 2008
The solution to the U.S. expanding energy needs is:
More drilling exploration in the U.S.
39.71%
Subsidize renewable energy technology
31.38%
Nuclear power
13.17%
Build new oil refineries
12.86%
Increase taxes, regulation, conservation
2.88%
