We should worry less, enjoy life, America

There seems to be an influx of letters criticizing those who own large trucks and SUVs, blaming those folks for our dependence on Middle East oil. I think there are other reasons for this problem, which I try not to understand. Mostly the reason is political and the way business is done.

We have more oil in North America than we can ever use. Northern Alberta, Canada has enough oil to supply Canada and the U.S for the next 250 years. Montana has oil wells that are capped because of local labor problems, and who knows how much more oil is in this country that is not being utilized. Furthermore, I believe that industry already has the technology to run vehicles by other means, but won’t use them while we have so much oil available. Less than 100 years from now oil will be a useless commodity.

Oil is big business and a tremendous factor in our economy. We all have the choice to spend our money, and those who wish to spend it on gas (more power to them) are good for the economy. As far as the price of gas, it is cheaper now then ever. I am old enough to remember gas at 25 cents a gallon. Of course I was only making $1 an hour at the time. An average wage today buys more gas than it did years ago.

We need to travel, enjoy this country, enjoy life and quit complaining. We have it all.

Marysville

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