http://www.mittromney.com/issues/energy
Producing more domestic energy would create good jobs and bolster local economies in a wide variety of energy-producing regions that effectively “export” their product to the rest of the country. While countless jobs are engaged in the actual energy-production process, they are a small fraction of the full workforce that benefits. For instance, before the first barrel of oil is pumped out of the ground, entire industries are hard at work creating the equipment and providing the services used in drilling, production, and the long chain of supporting industries that brings energy from inside the earth to the consumer.
The ripple effects into the non-energy sectors of the economy are commensurately important. If instead of sending hundreds of billions of dollars overseas we can send them to our own energy-rich centers, the nation as a whole will experience the economic benefits that we currently see other countries enjoying at our expense.
Just vowing to become more energy independent will likely cause OPEC to increase production and lower oil prices... there is no end to the benefits that will be gained while working toward energy independence... I personally believe there will be an economic boon once a commitment is made and the work begins... Gawd-Damn-Obama
Exactly
the ripple affect on good paying jobs here in USA is immense
but what Dems do is to say that drilling and using gas here won’t bring down the price of oil or gas.
Thye try to deflect the reality of how may jobs drilling here creates.
nice link