His conclusion:
America says to foreign producers: We prefer not to pump our oil, so please pump more of yours, thereby lowering its value, for our benefit. Let it not be said that America has no energy policy.
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In a nutshell – George Will explains how the people we should blame the most for high gas prices are… ourselves. Politicians for foolish and short-sighted policies. Voters for putting them in office. The one thing that clearly would be controversial is his implicit call for drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Reserve and for more off-shore drilling. But it is either that or prices continue to climb.
I like to think of myself as an environmentalist. But… good or bad… we need oil. Even if we today switch to fusion power across the board (we are not there yet I know that) we would still need petroleum. (A point made often made in science-fiction. Even in the far distant future human beings will need petroleum for plastics if nothing else.)
And remember – George Will speaks directly for God. Yes I have a bias.
