By Larry Sessions, Boogai Staff

North America has the largest known energy reserve on our planet yet we import half of our energy needs from countries that support terrorist groups that hate us. Does this make any sense?

Just last week our president denied a permit for the Keystone XL pipeline which would provide enough energy to dramatically reduce the need to import petroleum. Our Canadian neighbors are going to sell the oil to us or the Chinese. He said the reason was safety and inadequate time for environmental study.  Is three years not enough time?

We have 650,000 miles of existing pipelines and safety is engineered into each project. Pipeline transportation of energy products is the safest method available. Accidents do happen; however, the risk is extremely low. In addition, this pipeline will create 20,000 jobs for our depressed economy. Can we let this happen without protest?  The construction of this pipeline would be accomplished through the use of private equity, not like taxpayer-subsidized green energy that has cost taxpayers $250,000 for each job before going bankrupt.

We are devoid of leadership when the president cow-tows to a radical environmentalist at the detriment of the entire country. Every action by this administration has resulted in benefiting small special-interest groups at the expense of the general public.

We do not have a rational energy policy because of radical environmental groups and trial lawyers that control the Democratic Party. The Government may lease government controlled locations for exploration with one hand and prevent exploration with the other hand, using unnecessarily restrictive, lengthy and sometimes endless permitting requirements.

Our country needs to utilize cost-effective fuels to produce energy. Other than niche markets which green energy can supply, our energy will come from coal, natural gas, nuclear and hydro. Hydrogen is the fuel for the future; however, we need to utilize natural gas as a bridge fuel until hydrogen is economically feasible.  We need a national energy policy to convert transportation to the use of compressed natural gas (CNG) until energy from hydrogen is competitive.

Larry Sessions is a retired professional engineer who is interested in the country’s future and very concerned about the direction in which we are currently headed.

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