It's the Economy, Stupid by Robert D'Andrea

A recent article [www.dailytech.com], dated Feb. 26, explains that world temperatures over the past year have dropped precipitously according to all the four major global temperature-tracking networks [Hadly, NASA's giss, UAH and RSS]. NOAA states that carbon dioxide has only increased by 1.5 ppm per year for the past 50 years, or about a total of 74 ppm. This insignificant rise is not enough to be the cause of global warming because as the carbon dioxide levels slowly increased, the temperature levels should also increase -- and they have, until last year. The temperature levels are now decreasing. This shows that carbon dioxide is not the cause of global warming.

This opens the door to tap our own oil and gas resources and resolve our increasing economic and social problems, not only for New Jersey, but also for our nation. President Bush has always said that it is time to end our dependence on foreign oil and gas and start developing and using our own resources.

This will break the OPEC monopoly they have on us, and the price of oil will decrease. Remember, voters are already worried about the economy, inflation and the high cost of gasoline and food. The farmers are happy with wheat at $25 a bushel. Wait until we get the bread bill. We must also help alleviate an impending food shortage crisis that is being caused by diverting acreage to bio fuels.

Producing more of our own oil and gas, will keep $400 billion per year to be used here and not given to the terrorist and dictators. Our third world "friends" will benefit with affordable energy and we will alleviate hunger if we start planting more crops for food -- not fuel.

Maybe Gov. Corzine's budget would benefit from offshore drilling. Alaska does. If nothing is done now, I hope you are not planning on staying in office for long, because alternative furls and energy systems are years away. I hope the environmentalists, who got us into this mess, will start walking to save energy for the rest of us. Remember, "it is the economy, stupid," and it is based on oil and gas.

ROBERT D'ANDREA
Vroom Avenue, Spring Lake

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