Opinion

Without any food, climate won't matter

Posted April 16, 2008 11:00 pm

Gas prices at an all time high and food prices going up. We are putting food in our gas tank. How crazy are we?

We have oil in Alaska we cannot drill for, a new find of 4 billion barrels of oil in North Dakota and eastern Montana that we probably will not be allowed to drill for and oil in Wyoming that Barack Obama promised will not be drilled for if he is elected.

Food prices are climbing because we put corn in our gas tanks and that must be subsidized by the government or it would not be competitive.

If you want to solve these problems, drill for oil, build a couple new refineries and raise corn for food.

Adequate oil will bring down the price of gas and raising corn for food will bring down food prices. More jobs will be created in America and Americans will be employed.

Climate change will not matter if we can't go to work or eat.

Robert Chmela Elgin

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