Devildawg15's blog: "Tell The Administration "Yes" on Energy Exploration"

While the President and Congress have been hard at work trying to
nationalize the health care industry, there is another issue they have
been avoiding: energy exploration.

Tell the Obama administration what you think about energy
exploration

President Obama's Department of the Interior has been stalling a
plan that would open up 31 new offshore drilling areas. These areas
contain an estimated 19 billion barrels of oil, and these initial
estimates usually prove to be low.  This increase in supply would
result in lower gas prices and home heating costs for you and your
family.

This important energy exploration program, which is in jeopardy
if the Obama administration doesn't act, would result in:

*  More American Jobs. According to a 2008 Heritage Foundation
study, increasing domestic oil production by one million barrels
per day would generate 128,000 jobs. At two million barrels per
day, that figure jumps to 270,000.
*  Increased State Revenues. Increasing America's
domestic oil production would help states that are struggling to
close their annual budget deficit. Developing just a portion of
our nation's abundant offshore energy resource base would
generate new jobs and billions in additional tax revenue and
royalties.
*  Increased Energy Access. America imports more than 10 million
barrels of oil per day, despite holding vast, untapped reserves.
No other country in the developed world with access to an outer
continental shelf has even considered locking its abundant
resources away. America should make full use of the resources
available to it.

But instead of actively pursuing this policy to increase
America's energy supply, the Obama Administration has focused
its energy policy on a cap-and-trade system.

Instead of lowering costs for families like yours, this policy would
tax American energy at a rate so high the average family of four will
have to pay over $3000 more in direct and indirect energy costs a
year. The impact on the economy would be devastating;millions of
jobs and trillions of dollars in the economy will be lost.

But you can speak out. To promote American energy and American
jobs, you can submit a comment in support of energy exploration to the
Department of Interior at FreeOurEnergy.com. It only takes two minutes
of your time, and you'll help put America back on the road to
prosperity. We cannot let America's energy resources go to
waste.

Addendum 11 Sept, 2009:

The Obama administration is seeking public input on a proposal
that would open energy exploration within the United States.
Join more than 34,000 people who have made their voices heard by
submitting your comments to the Department of the Interior via
Heritage's FreeOurEnergy.com.