Today, the United States imports nearly 60 percent of its crude oil the highest level in history. Our ever-increasing reliance on foreign sources like OPEC not only exports environmental damage to other countries, but makes our economy dependent upon the whims of foreign governments. The regulation of carbon dioxide would be like a BTU tax on energy. America is on the verge of an energy crisis. America s dependence on foreign sources of energy is up 15 percent in as many years.
Conservation is important.