Let’s Talk About Energy
As gas prices continue to skyrocket, the "solution" touted by some candidates is a "gas tax holiday," a proposal to eliminate the federal gas tax for a few months, saving the average driver approximately 25 dollars. Thankfully, many critics have risen to the fore to attack the “solution” as a politically expedient, short-sighted meaningless proposal. While the Presidential candidates have been talking about making our nation less dependent on foreign oil, the serious talk about how to go about doing so has been sorely lacking.
In several South American countries, cars are being run on sugar. In others, vegetable oil, soybeans or corn are being used to run their vehicles. Yet, here in the United States we are addicted to foreign oil. Why? Because the oil industry is vast and its purse strings tug at all key members and divisions of the federal government and because automakers do not want to undergo the costs involved to convert automobiles to fuel sources other than gasoline. Add to this the plethora of lobbyists for and against the various alternative energy sources and progress remains stalled.
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Michael M. Shapiro, founder of ShapTalk.com, is an attorney who resides in New Providence,