The United States is at a fork in the road regarding which way we will go as a people. The 2012 election could be the most important in our lifetime, and conservative leaders have reached a consensus on how to channel the energy and concerns of the American people to realize historic change this year.
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Even under 4 years of Jimmy Carter’s failed energy policy, gas rose about 35%. Under two years of Obama, the price of a gallon of gas is now up 100%. The only difference (other than prices) is we don’t have gas shortages. The reason for that is the strategic oil reserves, which did not exist during the Carter presidency.
Hope ‘n Change, Baby!!!
Feeling pain at the pump? Gas prices have doubled since Mr. Obama took office. According to the GasBuddy gasoline price tracking web site, the price of a gallon of regular gas was around $1.79 when Mr. Obama took office. Today the national average is $3.58. The lowest average price in the continental United States is $3.31 in Tulsa Oklahoma, the highest is $4.14 in Santa Barbara, CA. Four-dollar-a-gallon gas has arrived on average throughout California, and a number of other states are headed in that direction.
Well how about “going green” and making more ethanol? Mmmhhhhh, no. That’s part of the problem and it also creates an even bigger problem. With ethanol you lose 30% efficiency which translates in to buying more of it, and that translates to even higher costs to the consumer. Also, it’s expensive to produce and uses a high amount of another natural resource essential for life, water. But that’s not what I was getting at.
More ethanol mandates (as Obama has ordered) means more crops being used for fuel and less for food, thereby driving the cost of food up. We are already experiencing that consequence here in the United States as anyone that goes to the grocery store is aware of, and there is, according to the U.N. a worldwide food shortage. Take away even more crop land with those eyesore windmills and solar farms, and you compound the problem. Forget the utopian green stuff. Like the national debt, we can’t afford it, and it’s unsustainable. Ever heard the phrase, “Death by a thousand paper cuts?” That’s what “going green” is all about (in a general sense).
I have even more good Obamanomics news for you. Following Obama’s energy plan, and current trends continue, gas prices will double again in about a year. What that means is gas prices will have risen 200% in three years of Obama.
The Washington Times put it this way:
If the trend continues, gas prices would double again within a year. 100% gasoline price inflation is nothing to brag about, but imagine Mr. Obama going into the 2012 election having to explain why gas costs $7.00 a gallon.
Why is this acceptable? No outrage, no complaining, no nothing. Imagine if this was the Bush policy. We’d never hear the end of it. All we’d hear from the partisans (including the media) is that fuel is up 100% and it’s Bush’s fault. Excusing this because it’s “your guy” is really sick. To me, I don’t care if it’s your guy or my guy, this is unacceptable, period.
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