Will Some High School And College Games Be Canceled

Today on the radio talk show, Money Talk, a sound bite of the President of Opec was played.
He said that the Saudis would increase oil production by 200 thousand barrels pr day.

He then went on to say, the price of a gallon of gasoline in America is way too low. Americans should be paying the same price as Europe. He claims these low prices enjoyed by Americans does not promote energy conservation.

Add this to Chevron shutting down a Nigerian refinery do to attacks on a pipeline, we can see oil prices shooting higher tomorrow Monday June 23, 2008.

With prices skyrocketing more for both fuel and food, will this football season be marred by canceled games because travel costs are just prohibitive?

Personally I can see that happening in the conferences west of the Mississippi. Many of the colleges are less affluent than many of their eastern and southern counter parts. Their away games cant be reached by bus. Plus the cost of diesel fuel for buses will by unaffordable.

Rather than sit here and point fingers we Americans need to focus on solutions. What can ease our current pump pain price. How will we stay warm in the winter and buy food at the same time?

I support uncapping and using the thousands of capped oil wells we have nation wide. Drilling more wells and developing alternative fuel sources. We need better mass transit methods that can run on natural gas instead of oil. Seattle, Washington is doing that with great success.

The auto industry needs to improve and make more hybrids. They have the skills and technology to make it happen.

We can and should be building nuclear power plants and oil refineries, as President Bush suggested, on our abandon military posts. France has the technology to help us play catch up. They recycle their nuclear waste making it almost harmless while reducing its size.

Instead of finger pointing, this nation needs to pull together both in the private sector and the govt. sector and make viable solutions real.

As citizens we need to vote on November 4, 2008 for those that share our views. Under the age of voting? Then make your voice heard by campaign for those candidates that share your vision.

I have been told that one letter written and mailed to public official is given the weight of 100 voters. Now is the time for us all, regardless of age, to write our elected officials and the candidates, ask them the tough questions, tell them what we want. Make them respond.