Obama tells us to get used to high gas prices

April 7th, 2011 | Author: Posted by Ben Hart

ASSOCIATED PRESS: Pitching the promise of energy independence, President Barack Obama cautioned Wednesday that it’s going to be tough to transition from America’s oil-dependent economy and acknowledged there’s little he can do to lower gas prices over the short term.

“I’m just going to be honest with you. There’s not much we can do next week or two weeks from now,” the president told workers at a wind turbine plant. It’s a theme Obama’s struck before as he tries to show voters he’s attuned to a top economic concern with gas prices pushing toward $4 a gallon.

Obama said he wants to move toward “a future where America is less dependent on foreign oil, more reliant on clean energy produced by workers like you.” That will happen by reducing oil imports, tapping domestic energy sources and shifting the nation to renewable and less polluting sources of energy, such as wind, the president says. He has set a goal of reducing oil imports by one-third by 2025.

One Response to “Obama tells us to get used to high gas prices”

Texas_Star:

April 7, 2011 at 9:01 am

The “Empty Suit”, Barack Obama, is a complete moron. The solution to high energy prices is to allow drilling, both on-shore and off-shore. During the Bush Administration, just the threat of allowing increased off-shore drilling brought gas prices down in a few weeks. Without reasonable energy cost, the economy cannot grow. The bright side of Obama’s “get used to high gas prices” is almost certainly the doom of his prospects of a second term.

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