The president of the United States of America, President Barack Obama, outlined a plan last Wednesday to cut America's imports of foreign oil by a third by the year 2025. This is his response to the growing global energy demands and instability overseas. The president's idea relies mainly on increased domestic production, conservation, and a shift to biofuels and natural gas. Despite the fact that he closed down some oil rigs off the coast. Among other things, Barack Obama said he will push for an increased use of natural gas in city and government owned trucks and buses, as well as the construction of commercial-scale biofuel refineries over the next few years. The president also anounced that he is directing the federal government to make sure that all of its vehicle purchases are alternative fuel, hybrid, or electric cars by 2015. Which is probably super expensive and will cost the country a ton of money.

       For example, higher fuel efficiency standards for cars will be introduced this fall. This summer, a new fuel efficiency standard will be proposed for heavy-duty trucks. This is all the idea of our wise and respective president. He and the White House also anounced a decision that all vehicles must have better fuel efficiency. Which was already a part of the 2007 energy act. But now they have made the lowest limit even higher and to be enacted alot sooner. Apperently the lowest amout of mpg is 36 by the year 2016. This means that pretty much every car that was made before the year 2000 won't pass emissions in 2016 so everyone will have to either buy a new car or go without. You can't sell a car that won't pass emission. And if you can't sell your previous car, how are you supposed to pay for your new fuel efficient car?

       "The United States of America cannot afford to bet our long-term prosperity and security on a resource that will eventually run out," Obama told an audience at Georgetown University. "We can't afford it when the cost to our economy, our country, and our planet is so high. There are no quick fixes," he warned. "America will keep on being a victim to shifts in the oil market until we get serious about a long-term policy for secure, affordable energy."

       Despite the ongoing crisis at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility that was damaged in an earthquake, Obama reaffirmed his support for a clean energy standard requiring utilities to buy about 80% of their power from "cleaner" sources like wind and solar, as well as nuclear, natural gas and clean coal, by 2035. So pretty much Obama is trying to cut out gas and oil from America even if it puts its civilians in danger of radiation. Because what if we had a gigantic earthquake that destroyed one of our neclear reactors? I bet he will want only oil in this nobel country. He says he dosen't want to take it off the table and will use more domestic drilling to provide a short term price releif. Even though he closed down a bunch of oil rigs off the coast after the issue in the Gulf. Nevertheless, the president said, America will have to increase its domestic oil production. 39 new shallow water drilling permits and seven deep water permits have been approved since tighter regulatory standards were imposed in the wake of last year's Gulf oil disaster, he noted.

        So I hope that the president will make a smart decision and just leave the oil industry how it is because it's perfectly fine and I only need a few more words and I'm done.