I was hoping that was the case. Actually, I would not mind paying a few cents more per gallon of gas if someone could be trusted to use the funds to develop alternative energy sources and at the same time allow the
oil companies to drill in Alaska and off-shore, etc. while alternative sources are discovered.
Someone on another site posted - The Energy Department was created in the 1970's with the only purpose: reduce America's dependence on foreign
oil. Well, that dependence has gone up over the years (big time), but the Energy Department of the Federal Government now has 16,000 employees and 100,000 contract employees.
I’ve not verified the body count, but WTF?