Enough is Enough

As you are aware, the United States is experiencing an Energy crisis. How severe this energy crises remains to be seen. I was very young at the time of the last energy crisis and do not remember going to a gas station only to find the pumps to be dry. This blog is dedicated to the efforts each and every citizen of the United States can make to compel our elected officials to make better efforts to solve this energy crisis.

Each day the news is filled with reports on how high oil prices are going and how fuel prices are hitting record levels. Each quarter for the past 18 months, it has been reported the big oil companies are making record profits. The leadership of the big oil companies have been brought before Congress at least once a year for the past five years to give testimony as to why oil prices are so high and why their companies are making record profits while Americans stretch their budget to pay for their transportation costs. Each time, Congress has done little after they put on this show for the American public.

What can the average American Citizen do to help change the situation? We can do much. We can write to our representatives and tell them how we feel and let them know what we wish them as our elected officials to do. The following is a sample of what a letter to your elected official may contain.

Dear (Title and Last Name),

As a constituent who helped elect you to office, I am not happy with your job performance. I feel it is necessary to remind you great things can be done when people work together to make changes for the good of the country and put aside political differences.

As you will recall, there was great argument over how officials would be elected to the Congress of the United States of America. Some states wanted to have a certain amount of representation per state and others wanted representation based on population. After much debate, a proposal was made to have the Senate with two elected officials from each state and the House of Representatives would have officials from each state based on population.

(Title and Last Name), it is time once again for a compromise. This is especially true on the energy and economic fronts. Please work with your fellow elected officials and come to an agreement that both sides of the isle will pass into law. To help you in this matter, I have the following suggestions to make.

1. Finish the investigation on the high oil prices as quickly as possible.
2. Regulate how the oil futures are traded on the market or get rid of futures altogether.
3. Encourage the development of the shale oil in Western Colorado and Eastern Utah and any other domestic source available.
4. Encourage the development of alternative energy sources such as hydrogen, solar, wind, and nuclear power.

Once these energy projects are implemented, the United States will become less dependent on foreign energy sources and our economy will grow. If progress is not made on this front, other changes will become necessary. Thank you for your time.

Sincerely,



(Your Name)


By now you should be asking yourself “who are my elected officials”? By clicking here a new website will open in a different window. You can also search on the websites for the House of Representatives or the U.S. Senate for your elected official’s “official website”. Most if not all of these “official websites” have a place to communicate electronically with your elected official.

You may also want to take the time to write to all of the elected officials that represent you in your State Goverment.

Thank you for taking the time to express your concerns to your elected officials. Each of these officials reapplies for their job every two, four, or six years. I am not aware of any other job which requires such a process. We, as a people, have the ability to replace our elected officials with someone different if we so choose to do so. Your vote does count.