Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less: A Handbook for Slashing Gas Prices and Solving Our Energy Crisis [With Bumper Sticker]

Very Infomative from the history of what has happened, where we are now, and where we need to go. I would recommend this book.

This is a comprehensive plan for cutting gas prices and eliminating dependence on foreign oil. Based upon the title, one might assume that this is just about increasing the oil supply. It is far more comprehensive than that. This shows how to do that as well as developing many other energy sources including natural gas, coal, nuclear, wind, solar, and hydrogen. The former Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives is a true visionary. His plan is brilliant in its innovation as well as common sense. It is a solution to what Speaker Gingrich demonstrates is 'an absolutely unnecessary energy crisis'. The author clearly shows who the culprits are in this fiasco: the politicians in Congress and the environmental extremists. The Congress has not only failed to take proactive measures to ease the situation; they have actively implemented most of the problems causing it. Some of their insidious actions have included: prohibiting offshore drilling in numerous locations, forbidding oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, as well as blocking development of the oil shale reserves of the Wyoming, Colorado, and Utah. The estimated reserves in this area alone amount to three times those in Saudi Arabia. They have also enacted measures that make construction of desperately needed oil refineries and nuclear power plants virtually impossible. There has not been a single new nuclear power plant built in the United States since 1979 (During that same period Japan has built 36 and France 56). The last American oil refinery was completed in 1976. During that time, other nations such as India have been outperforming us. There are many other harmful actions that have been perpetrated by the out-of-touch elitists in Washington. The so-called environmental organizations have also wreaked much havoc. They have made a sport of filing countless lawsuits to prevent drilling, stop the building of refineries, etc. The best part of this book is the solution section. Gingrich has made 38 specific proposals. These are all very practical. They are common sense and should be implemented immediately. Their adoption would put us on track to economic growth and energy independence. This is a must read book for all Americans. Every member of Congress who is concerned about his/her constituents will work to enact it. Those who do not should be voted into early retirement.

I think Newt Gingrich is a wonder - a true American statesman who has certainly earned the right to hang out at the golf course and relax, but who continues to invest considerable time and energy in helping America to get it right. Many of us, including Newt, believe that the current oil crisis is just a harbinger of related difficulties headed our way and he has written a book that outlines some revolutionary rescue efforts to make the US energy independent within the next 10 years. He's a solution-oriented gentleman and so is this book, which should be required reading for anyone who heats a house, drives a car, buys anything produced outside of his hometown or hopes to be President. His belief in American ingenuity, tenacity, and determination is imprinted on every page of this book. Drill Here, Drill Now isn't a green approach to US energy independence and I don't fundamentally support some of the methods he proposes, but I do recognize a crisis when I see one. We're in trouble on so many fronts at this point(many that stem from our overseas oil dependence), that I think we need to compromise on the methods that will free us from dependence on those who promise to destroy us. Drill Here, Drill Now is a step-by-step instruction manual on how we can again become an independent nation, safe within our borders and doing business only with those who support our beliefs and our well-being. This is an exceptional book that is highly recommended.

You should read this book and get yourself up to speed on how the enviro-lobby (yes, they ARE special interests, too) has worked their agenda to box up oil, gas, coal, and nuclear. The point is these forms of energy are lower cost than their "clean" methods of "renewable" energy. So, they had to raise the costs of the traditional fuels to make their preferred methods cost competitive. The problem is that these "clean" energies are not only not as clean as you are led to believe, they are so costly that developing countries refuse to use them. That means that our energy intensive industries will follow not only cheaper labor, but cheaper energy, less costly regulation, and lower taxes. And you wonder why the factories where your dad and grand-dad worked are gone. Speaker Gingrich lays out how producing more energy, our own energy, and using it to bridge to a time when the wind, solar, and hydrogen become more cost effective makes sense. The book reads very easily and is a call for us to take back our government and provide common sense balance to the enviro-lobby. No one wants to destroy the environment, but we also don't want to destroy our economy. Market prices reflect not only the current demand, but factor in a sense of future demand and supply, as well. When we show real determination to produce more of our own energy, oil and gas prices will fall around the world. This is explained in chapters one and two. Chapter three explains why America has the energy in our domestic resources to make a profound difference in our balance of payments, our industrial and economic might, and the price of we pay for our energy. Chapters four and five provide a sensible roadmap to getting more and less costly energy ASAP while also protecting the environment. Chapter six lays out the choice by describing a future scenario where America does drill here, drill now, pay less. You will understand the difference between what the enviro-lobby has in mind for you and what we can make for ourselves if we have the gumption to take political action and make it stick. Chapter seven and the conclusion tell you how to take that political action. There are five appendices that lay out the political platform for energy independence, facts and figures about American energy, how to counter the arguments of the enviro-lobby, and some tables showing how our current gas prices are impacting your family budget. Fine book, timely, needed. Get it, read it, and put pressure on your elected officials from your town all the way to Washington. Don't let them force you into an impoverished future where their costly enviro-dream becomes our nightmare reality. Heck, they even provide you with a bumper sticker! Reviewed by Craig Matteson, Ann Arbor, MI

Book Review: Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less--A Handbook For Slashing Gas Prices And Solving Our Energy Crisis (Regnery Pub., 2008) by Newt Gingrich From: www.BasilAndSpice.com Former Speaker Newt Gingrich follows up his American Solutions project, founded 2007, with a hot new book, Drill Here, Drill Now, Pay Less. He hopes to stem the tide of partisan politics and create a unified country stance on energy solutions. Gingrich begins with main points: * We have more energy sources than any other country in the world. Our shale resources in the Rocky Mountains alone are three times the size of Saudi Arabia's oil reserves (world's largest). * We have 27% of the world's coal. * We have huge potential in harnessing wind power. * We have enormous opportunities in solar power. * We have the largest number of scientists, engineers, and entrepreneurs of any country in the world. Gingrich also supports next generation incentives for biofuels, including cellulosic ethanol, a competition to contract out at least four experimental next generation clean coal plants with virtually no carbon emissions, McCain's proposal of a $300 million prize for breakthroughs in battery technology that will make electric cars and hybrids work better. His premise, "If we adopt the right strategies and implement sound policies, we can ignore the dictators of the world and never again have to beg another country to help us get energy." Gingrich blames left-wing politicians for their anti-coal, --oil, --nuclear policies. Our policies and their relation to energy costs in the United States effect all Americans. Around the globe, high energy costs raise the price of fertilizer and food transportation, actually leaving the poor in developing countries hungrier. Our national security Gingrich writes, is also affected negatively. Back in July 2006, Hezbollah (almost certainly backed by Iran) attacked Israel, a United States ally. On July 7th the cost of a barrel of crude oil was $74.16, by July 14th, it had risen to $77.03. This Gingrich says was a $2.87 increase, which amounted to almost $3 billion more a year for the Iranian dictatorship to spend on rockets for arming Hezbollah. Oil spikes bring in more revenue for the Iranians, allowing them to build nuclear weapons. In the United States 249 million cars and trucks rely on gas and diesel fuel, and our airlines require aviation fuel. Gingrich has outlined steps to move the United States out of the energy crisis and lead the world in new clean energy sources. First, drill for oil here, utilizing the resources already available and enabling our country to be economically viable. Though that oil won't be available immediately, just the fact that we'll be drilling at home will begin to reduce costs. Then we must develop alternative energy solutions which will lower costs and keep the environment clean. Interestingly, Gingrich points out that Congressman Randy Forbes already has a bill known as the "New M