Is America's Energy Independence important?

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Businessminded wrote:

I thought this would be a good poll ...

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Agreed wrote:

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This is a good poll subject, however I'm sensing most people would rather take personal jabs at the candidates and one another (generally slaughtering the English language in the process), and prove themselves to be the dumb-**** our media has trained them to be.
Any talk of energy self-sufficiency is important. But why has it taken a financial meltdown to get to this point?

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Businessminded wrote:

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Funny huh! They keep blabbing ON & ON...

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Morris E Smith wrote:

Remember on Back To The Future when Doc fueled his car with garbage?
Has the technology for that been looked into? I'm not talking about flying time machine cars, I'm talking about using trash as fuel.

Hold please wrote:

I think that independence from anything is very important. To not be beholden to another for something you need is very, well, liberating, to coin a phrase. The problem with depending on someone else for something is what do you do when they decide they don't want to give it to you anymore? Or worse, what do you do when they run out?

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ListenUpNow wrote:

I'd love to read the post from whoever votes NO or I don't know.
Kind of a no-brainer poll

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Steelie wrote:

Good Day,
I think one would have to be a fool not to think that energy independance is important. Steelie

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Businessminded wrote:

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While I agree with you do you really hear that in the voices of the voters? I mean, why does the amount Palin spoke about Energy Independence bother so many? More importantly, why isn't this very subject higher on Obama/Biden's list since the job creation part of it would be it - most specifically drilling offshore. He seems to divert to 'clean coal' and solar - blah blah blah... Yes, those things are important overall but oil independence has the most direct impact on our economy. Unlike his other agenda item, their is not a SINGLE taxpayer that is not affected by this problem.

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Agreed wrote:

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This is a good poll subject, however I'm sensing most people would rather take personal jabs at the candidates and one another (generally slaughtering the English language in the process), and prove themselves to be the dumb-**** our media has trained them to be.
Any talk of energy self-sufficiency is important. But why has it taken a financial meltdown to get to this point?

ListenUpNow wrote:

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Well I do not have a lot of confidence in the "voters" in general in terms of their intelligence. Look at all the losers that keep getting voted in! I don't think those running for office focus on specific solutions because of all the red tape they have to jump thru to actually accomplish anything. Its easier (per se) to get elected by slamming your opponet. When there is too much red tape for their "solutions" and they fail, they can't be slammed with broken promises.
I could add that I don't think the majoirity understand the full spectrum of the problem with being so dependant on oil from other countries. Americans can be very selfish and just want to pay less for things. Cheaper products may have to be built oversees. OK sounds great....WAIT then the jobs go and all h.ell is raised.
We also are creatures of habit....why try a new source of energy if what we have works? DUH!
We as a society need to think outside the box more.