When the Bush administration first came into power, they held a secret meeting of the top 100 energy people. No one could get any information about what was discussed. They claimed executive privilege and that was the end of that. Now we see what was being discussed. I believe that was how they would go out with a bang and bankrupt the American people in the process.

How can such supposedly smart people be so stupid? If you take every dime we make for your own good, who will buy your products and keep your business going? Most of us can’t buy your new cars. So many of your dealerships will go belly up. We can’t buy new furniture for having to buy your overpriced gas, so furniture stores will go belly up. Houses are out of the question for many of our children just starting out in the world. They have to come back home to mom and dad in order to survive.

Why are they allowed to get away with it? I think it is because there are too many of our politicians whose portfolios are dipped in oil as well.

We have the technology to produce all-electric vehicles that will not require being plugged in overnight. They can recharge on the fly, just as an internal combustion engine with the right setup.

I know it is possible, yet no one is ready to make an effort to look into it in the process stopping our dependence on oil, foreign oil at that. Maybe the only way I can get some of the big wigs to see how right I am is to produce the car myself. Prototypes are the best way to show that your dream is for real.

I sure hope they don’t let those jokers who started this mess get away with what they’ve done. Once we get that vehicle on the road, let those Arabs keep their oil. We have enough of our own oil to take care of us if we really meant what we say about going green and stopping our dependence on foreign oil. Think about it!

— Harry Coles Jr., St. Matthews

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