John McCain has taken the lead in developing a national security policy embracing energy security. Recognizing the stranglehold that foreign oil producers have over the U.S. and the rest of the world McCain has called for lifting moratoria on drilling in U.S. territories except for the Alaskan National Wildlife Refuge and for building 45 nuclear power plants before 2030 and accelerating work on clean coal technology. Obama and the Democratic Party are opposed, continuing to bury their heads in Middle Eastern sands. Skyrocketing gasoline prices for the average American seem not to bother Obama or the Democratic majority in Congress.
Veteran oilman T. Boone Pickens agrees with John McCain that this oil dependency is dangerous. He, too, believes a comprehensive energy program is needed to set America free. Drilling, conservation and alternative energy sources such as biofuels, wind and solar along with natural gas (which the U.S. has in abundance) are all part of the solution.
It cannot be emphasized often enough that the West, including the United States, is funding both sides of the War on Terror. Commendably, Pickens is spending his own money to alert the American public to the magnitude of the dependency and its cost to America. Watch this clip from the first of a series of announcements he will be running on national TV.
