The more that I think about gas prices and the great energy debate the more I come to one major conclusion ... our dependence on foreign oil has been an easy decision up this point. When you look at the $700 BILLION per YEAR that we are sending overseas to countries that don't like us much and building their economies at the same time. We do get oil for money so we aren't throwing it away, but is it the right choice?

Just searching around online I came across two different articles written by T. Michael French. In 1990 while Director of DNR for the State of Louisiana he wrote this article. Then in 2002 he writes this article. The bottom line is in a span of 12 years he goes from no to alternative energy to what's holding up the progress for alternative energy. CRAZY!

I don't know much about The Pickens Plan which focues on wind and natural gas, but it's all over the TV.

What I do know is that we need to make a change and it's going to be more expensive in the short term and maybe even the long term. Regardless, we all need to bite the bullet and make some changes with our energy consumptions and where we spend our money to get it.