Robert Steele on Energy & Oil

We have plenty of energy in the USA, but it's corrupt

• We have plenty of energy in the USA--end the federal government corruption on this subject
• KEYSTONE and Tar Sands are a scam externalizing costs to public, focused on export of refined tar sands--the energy companies are lying to the public and Congress
• End all ethanol subsidies while reinvigorating natural gas
• Conservation--including small and medium cities, high speed rail--is next big leap
• Water, not energy, is our next big challenge

Strongly supports replacing coal & oil with alternatives

A: Strongly Support. There is more than enough energy--including clean coal and real oil (North Dakota)--to meet America's needs. KEYSTONE pipeline and the Canadian Tar Sands are a scam, the energy companies want to externalize true costs (including the use of massive amounts of clean drinkable water from aquifers that are dropping ten meters a year) to the public, while refining this crude for EXPORT. We also have the wrong energy model, focusing on centralized wind farms and other forms of centralized production that lose 50% of the energy enroute to the end user. We need to focus on conservation and on localized energy self-sufficiency.