Keep oil, gas production in U.S.

Staying competitive requires the U.S. to attract and retain more investment in industry and services. The main requirement to keep and attract industry is a plentiful supply of affordable energy. In the future, this may be renewable electricity or hydrogen gas made using renewable electricity. However, for the next several years industry remains heavily dependent on gas and oil.

This means we either allow more U.S. gas to be produced, and supplied on long term contracts at affordable prices, or watch as more of our industry is replaced with imports from countries that have and use cheaper gas. If you want to make glass, ceramics, paper, steel, cement, drugs, plastics or many other products you need gas or oil. Importing it from somewhere else does not reduce the carbon footprint, it usually increases it.

John Branthoover

Arlington