DRIESSEN: American consumers pay dearly to go ‘green’

Obama’s war on fossil fuels means higher prices for families 

President Obama has spent 3 1/2 years waging war on fossil fuels - and American consumers and families are caught in the crossfire.

They are getting hit with higher energy prices, watching billions go to unfriendly overseas countries for oil we could produce in the United States, and seeing billions of tax dollars wasted on energy schemes designed to make “green” energy more competitive by making gasoline, diesel and other fossil fuels that really power our economy more expensive.

Even worse, Mr. Obama’s policies are killing jobs and preventing job creation in the oil patch, coal country and hundreds of industries whose survival depends on reliable, affordable energy. Family salaries and budgets, health and welfare, and hopes and dreams are being pummeled.

In reality, the only thing “green” about Mr. Obama’s ideologically driven energy policies is the money leaving our wallets. His energy policy isn’t about serving American consumers. It’s about appeasing environmentalists and crony capitalists the president is counting on for his re-election campaign.

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