DOE

The Department of Energy (DOE) was created by then president Jimmy Carter and it was signed into law on August 4th 1977, as a result of the oil crisis of 1973.

We can see the inefficiency of the Federal Government as this monster has become a $27 billion dollars a year enterprise with  more than 100,000 employees and contractors and 35 years after its creation we are paying in many States over $4.00 for a gallon of gas.
We are fair, and do not want to blame the present fuel prices only to the present Administration, however, if back in 1977 we had allowed oil companies to explore ,and extract as much oil and natural gas as we could, while at the same time encourage our scientist to look for alternate energy sources could you imagine where we would be today? and better yet could you even begin to think what would have been of OPEC?
The brains of the left keep saying “it will take 7 to 10 years to get results, well its been 35, and we are worst off today than in 1977, green energy ,solar and wind energy are at least 50 to 75 years before it becomes a viable solution.Whether we like it or not we will need to use fossil fuels for the time been. The President has the duty to confront this situation and it should stop the lying about the fact that “under his Administration there have been more drilling than any other administration in the las decade”. Yes it is true that drilling and production in “PRIVATE LANDS” has increased, however, all the Federal drilling and exploration permits had been cut by as much as 19% so there you have it Mr. President with all due respect talk about the “FACTS” and stop deceiving the American People,get out of the way with the Solyndras,Chevy Volts, and failing pies in the sky and come down to earth.

Victor J. Sardina