Reply All: submissions from the Register's Young Adult Board of Contributors
By BOARD MEMBERS


October 13, 2005

Conservation, not capacity, the answer

"We need more refining capacity," said President Bush in a recent news 
conference. However, if he keeps his commitment, it will mean continuing 
with a reckless energy policy, one that will lead to severe problems.

Installing new oil-refining capacity is not the answer to lowering gas 
prices. The answer instead is conservation of current energy resources and 
researching clean, renewable energy resources.

This not only is of environmental importance, but also is essential to 
ensure continuity of our energy supply. America must not pursue 
short-sighted solutions to a problem that will never go away — at least not 
until we achieve energy independence via domestically created renewable 
energy.

- Bryce Bauer, Audubon

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
To get off the IOWA-TOPICS list, send any message to:
[log in to unmask]