Energy
"Green" initiatives and energy resources represent the best answer to the problem of fossil fuel consumption. Texas, which played a leadership role for many years in the exploration and drilling for oil is also fortunate to be located in the Great Plains, known as the "Saudi Arabia of Wind Energy". Roughly 23% of the nation's natural gas resource happens to be in Texas. In partnership with other states whose economies will benefit from the development and exploitation of these assets, a national energy policy must also take into consideration the way we harness nuclear energy, export energy to other nations and distribute electric power to a larger, safer and better-protected grid.
If the Wright Brothers had given up after their first attempt, they would never achieved flight. If NASA had abandoned the Mercury program after its early missile launch failures, we would not have walked on the moon in 1969. Our government must continue to provide incentives for the private sector to make this essential transition, with an understanding that research and development doesn't always succeed in its earliest stages.
"Green" initiatives and energy resources represent the best answer to the problem of fossil fuel consumption. Texas, which played a leadership role for many years in the exploration and drilling for oil is also fortunate to be located in the Great Plains, known as the "Saudi Arabia of Wind Energy". Roughly 23% of the nation's natural gas resource happens to be in Texas. In partnership with other states whose economies will benefit from the development and exploitation of these assets, a national energy policy must also take into consideration the way we harness nuclear energy, export energy to other nations and distribute electric power to a larger, safer and better-protected grid.
If the Wright Brothers had given up after their first attempt, they would never achieved flight. If NASA had abandoned the Mercury program after its early missile launch failures, we would not have walked on the moon in 1969. Our government must continue to provide incentives for the private sector to make this essential transition, with an understanding that research and development doesn't always succeed in its earliest stages.
