On Thursday in New Mexico, Mitt Romney is unveiling his latest energy plan (pdf). It’s easy enough to summarize: He wants North America to achieve energy independence by 2020. “North America is the fastest-growing oil and gas producing region in the world,” the plan notes.
LINK: http://www.mittromney.com/sites/default/files/shared/energy_policy_white_paper.pdf
Getting there, Romney argues, will require three big things. First, the United States will need to open up more federal lands and waters to oil and gas drilling.
Second, the federal government will need to give states more power to approve permits, in order to speed up the rate of drilling.
And third Romney would focus on building pipelines like Keystone XL and partnerships with Canada and Mexico to take fuller advantage of those countries’ oil resources.
The U.S. economy can add 3 million jobs by tapping oil and gas reserves in the United States, Romney repeatedly said.
"This is not some pie-in-the-sky kind of thing," he said. "This is a real, achievable objective."
Romney would open up areas off the East Coast to oil exploration, and in particular would reverse Obama's decision to suspend development off the coast of Virginia
He would establish a five-year offshore leasing plan that would open new areas for development beginning with those off the coast of Virginia and the Carolinas.
The centerpiece of Romney's energy plan is to permit individual states to manage energy development on federal lands within their borders.
the liberals seems to say the plans offered last night have no details... because the leftist media said it didn't
well here is a link to the details..
http://www.mittromney.com/issues/energy
and it is easy to read and understand...
I really like the states rights part of the plan,.. and when liberals states saddled with huge deficits see the potential to drill their way out of the mess they are in... I bet most will get onboard..