Energy to Spare

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American Spectator:

North America is abundant with energy sources and clean technology — all that’s missing is the political and cultural will to free ourselves from the Middle East.

With an Arab Fall if not Winter dominating the Middle East, the U.S. is under pressure to intervene even more. Unfortunately, reliance on imported oil continues to entangle Washington in the Middle East’s volatile politics. Some analysts advocate more subsidies for alternative energy in response. It would be better to free North America’s abundant natural resources, providing the U.S. with a brighter economic future.

Americans have endured multiple energy “crises” centered on the Mideast over the last four decades. Arab oil producers imposed an embargo during the Nixon administration, which had bizarrely discouraged domestic production with price controls. President Jimmy Carter created the Department of Energy, which paradoxically did more to discourage than promote energy development.