OBAMA'S ENERGY PLAN IS GLOBALLY BENEFICIAL

Democratic Presidential Candidate Senator Barack Obama’s “green platform” is not only beneficial to the United States but to Third World Countries, especially to oil-dependent nations like the Philippines. In his acceptance speech as Presidential Candidate during the Democratic Party’s Convention, Barack Obama lined up several programs and projects for the United States and the American people including a solid and realistic program on Energy. He mentioned, “xxx for the sake of our economy, our security, and the future of our planet, I will set a clear goal as president: In ten years, we will finally end our dependence on oil from the Middle East.

Washington's been talking about our oil addiction for the last thirty years, and John McCain has been there for twenty-six of them. In that time, he's said no to higher fuel-efficiency standards for cars, no to investments in renewable energy, no to renewable fuels. And today, we import triple the amount of oil as the day that Senator McCain took office.

Now is the time to end this addiction, and to understand that drilling is a stopgap measure, not a long-term solution. Not even close.

As president, I will tap our natural gas reserves, invest in clean coal technology, and find ways to safely harness nuclear power. I'll help our auto companies retool, so that the fuel-efficient cars of the future are built right here in America. I'll make it easier for the American people to afford these new cars. And I'll invest 150 billion dollars over the next decade in affordable, renewable sources of energy; wind power and solar power and the next generation of biofuels; an investment that will lead to new industries and 5 million new jobs that pay well and can't ever be outsourced. “

If Obama gets elected and makes good his promise to end oil dependency in ten (10) years, the world will become a better place to live in, economically and environmentally. The issue on global warming due to excessive use of fossil fuel like oil will be adressed. Non-Oil producing countries will rely more on renewable energy, ending their dependency on Oil producing nations. OPEC’s whims will be neutralized and energy will become affordable to everybody. With this situation, economies worldwide will grow and industrialization will become environmental-friendly.

The U.S. Presidential Election should go beyond the racial issue, civil rights, financial crisis and the American Dream; it has a moral obligation to respond to the issue on Energy considering that the United States consumes twenty five percent (25%) of the world’s oil reserves.