Energy Crunch, What Energy Crunch. Here is the Answer

I had some time to kill in between dinner and a new episode of "Deal or No Deal" so I thought I would go ahead and solve this energy crunch that has manifest itself with gas prices approaching 4.00 per gallon. Ready? Here we go, Green light to off shore drilling and oil exploration in ANWR Announce plans to authorize permits to double the nation's nuclear power generation capacity Announce plans to double the nation's oil refining capacity Remove the shackles from America's massive coal reserves and exploit advances in new clean coal technology. Over the long term this plan would demonstrate America's actionable resolve to become far more energy independent over the long term. Over the short term this new found resolve would take the wind out of the oil speculator's sails which would result in siginificant and immediate price reductions in the cost of crude oil. Let's face it, absent political constraints, this is not a hard problem to solve. We need to make the most of the resources we have, we need to remove the self-inflicted constraints to our energy independence, and let the market delivery technology-based solutions over time. Think about the efficiency of our politcians. Here is a workable plan to solve the energy problems we all detest, developed while waiting to watch "Deal or No Deal" and I still have time to get some ice cream.