33: Energy Independence
Domestic energy independence. Other Information:
Domestic Energy Independence: An “All of the Above” Energy Policy -- The Republican Party is committed to domestic energy
independence. The United States and its neighbors to the North and South have been blessed with abundant energy resources,
tapped and untapped, traditional and alternative, that are among the largest and most valuable on earth. Advancing technology
has given us a more accurate understanding of the nation’s enormous reserves that are ours for the development. The role of
public officials must be to encourage responsible development across the board. Unlike the current Administration, we will
not pick winners and losers in the energy marketplace. Instead, we will let the free market and the public’s preferences determine
the industry outcomes. In assessing the various sources of potential energy, Republicans advocate an all-of-the-above diversified
approach, taking advantage of all our American God-given resources. That is the best way to advance North American energy
independence. Our policies aim at energy security to ensure an affordable, stable, and reliable energy supply for all parts
of the country and all sectors of the economy. Energy security is intimately linked to national security both in terms of
our current dependence upon foreign supplies and because some of the hundreds of billions of dollars we pay for foreign oil
ends up in the hands of terrorist groups that wish to harm us. A growing, prosperous economy and our standard of living and
quality of life, moreover, depend on affordable and abundant domestic energy supplies. A strong and stable energy sector is
a job generator and a catalyst of economic growth, not only in the labor-intensive energy industry but also in its secondary
markets. The Republican Party will encourage and ensure diversified domestic sources of energy, from research and development,
exploration, production, transportation, transmission, and consumption in a way that is economically viable and job-producing,
as well as environmentally sound. When our energy industry is revitalized, millions more Americans will find work in manufacturing,
food production, metals, minerals, packaging, transportation and other fields – because of the jobs that will be created in,
and as a result of, the energy sector. We are determined to create jobs, spur economic growth, lower energy prices, and strengthen
our energy industry.
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