We must stop our addiction to oil

In 2006, President Bush said America was addicted to oil, but recently he complained that we need more.

When American families are struggling with record prices at the pump, how can we justify continuing to subsidize Big Oil as it rack up tens of billions in record profits?

Were not just paying at the pump either. Big Oil and the Bush administration are pushing harder and harder to open our last, best wild places and wildlife habitat to drilling.

If they have it their way, we'll be paying for oil with our natural treasures, including the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge.

The disastrous policies of the Bush administration have allowed the addiction to grow and energy prices to skyrocket.

As hardworking Americans suffer and spiraling energy costs wreck the economy, the president merely trotted out more of the same policies that do nothing to help consumers, do nothing to end our dangerous dependence on oil, do nothing to bring rising energy costs back under control, and do nothing to fight global warming -- something even the president recently admitted must be dealt with.

Instead of the failed policies of the past, it's time to break our addiction to fossil fuels by shifting our priorities.

It's time to take back the giveaways to Big Oil and invest that money in clean, renewable energy and efficiency.

Marty Longo

Blue Island