Energy laws are unreasonable taxation

For about 100 years the United States has built most industries around the use of oil and its products. Now the government wants to instantly change that reliance. "We must wean our country off foreign oil." That statement sounds wonderful because some of the oil producing countries don't like us at all.

If we are going to wean ourselves off foreign oil then we should be looking to our own resources. Drilling for oil in the Gulf and off the coasts and in Alaska would reduce our foreign dependence drastically. It would ensure our national security until new technologies become dependable and affordable.

A little common sense would conclude that the United States alone can't improve the environment if other world powers don't do the same. China is a good example when preparing for the last Olympic Games. They stopped all polluting industries for over a month. The sun began to shine in Beijing. After the games were finished, they restarted those industries and lost sight of the sun again. Lately they have been buying oil-drilling rights all over the world including in the Gulf of Mexico. Does this sound like a country committed to a clean environment?

Saving the environment is the reason given for using less fossil fuel. NASA recently stated than man has no effect on the climate. Sun spot activities are to blame for weather changes.

To keep us from using fossil fuels politicians will vote on "cap and trade" bill. It will be a huge tax on energy that will cause a 50 to 100 percent rise in utility bills plus the cost of any purchases made. Who profits from this? The government, green technologies and politicians like Nancy Pelosi who invested in these energy stocks.

It appears the taxpayers will be attacked again by unreasonable taxation without representation.

Wayne Oras Sr.

Schaumburg