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Oil Dependency. Brian Turner ... sources. The national increase in research funds
could greatly benefit this countries oil dependency. There ...
Dependency on Foreign Oil. ... There is a solution to the problem of foreign oil dependency,
and it lies here in this country; we just need to find it. ...
... Hybrids are made to use less gas per mileage, but a gasoline-electric hybrid still
does not eliminate America’s oil dependency (Hayhurst 1). There needs to ...
... As the US tries to develop new sources of energy the ANWR is a reserve that
should be tapped into to help free up the oil dependency. ...
... If we want to decrease our dependency on oil from unstable parts of the world we
must reduce government oppression on alternative energy sources. ...
Submitted by bturner0053 on November 26, 2006
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Brian Turner Turner 1
Professor Dimon
English 091
November 5, 2006
“Oil Dependency: Increase Research Funds”
America’s dependency on foreign oil is slowly crippling the average citizen’s hard-earned income with outrageous fluctuation in gas prices. The American government seriously needs to step it in gear and start taking action on possible supplemental energy sources to replace foreign oil and actually begin providing those sources to the public without overpricing. Today’s foreign oil is polluting our air and crushing we as American’s pockets. “Rising U.S. demand for imported oil accounts for more than a third of the U.S. trade deficit, draining more than $500 million per day out of the U.S. economy. Burning oil fouls the air, harms public health, and contributes significantly to rising concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere” (www.fcnl.org). The problem in today’s American society is greed. There are too many corporate giants that are afraid of their back pocket deflating. If we were to provide these possible alternate energy resources, the corporate giants would have to take a cut in their billion dollar salary in order for the American consumer to afford the alternative. This idea would be very tough to accomplish. My proposal is for politicians, who have the necessary power, to begin a national campaign on helping to increase research funds for alternative fuel sources.
The national increase in research funds could greatly benefit this countries oil dependency. There are several companies that are in the process of developing alternative
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resources for fuel. We have already seen the new hybrid cars begin coming out to attempt the cut...
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